I get you point. I just got an Ensign Rosstar (645) vintage English folding vamera- byaccident, actually. I did bid a very small amount. I recently got two Perkeo I's the same way. Sometimes I think - if I get it very cheap it's OK. If I don't, that's fine too. Serious "sniping" I have only done a few times. Once for the SMC Pentax-A 3.5 35-105mm (not ebay). I bid like 100 USD above the high bidder in the last seconds. That did pay off. Got it for 110 USD. I was told by the PDML, that it's a great lens. It certailny is, although the focus distance is really not short enough for macro:-)
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af keith_w Sendt: 23. oktober 2006 12:08 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: $890 for a 85mm f1.8 SMCT lens ! Jens Bladt wrote: > William wrote: >> Two bidders gone into hysteria. > That happens quite often. I quite often find my self being the one setting > the final price - and the item being sold for just a little above my final > bid. > That is when I choose to back off, rather than go into a hysterical bidding > competition. > Sniping is much better. When I really want the item, I often get it. Bidding > double within the last 20 seconds usually does it. > If more bidders do just that simultaneously, the auction goes nuts > > > Jens Bladt That's why I never mention the technique to anyone else... I don't particularly like the term "sniping" because of the connotation baggage it carries. I choose to call it an intelligent bidding technique. As with you, if I decide I really want an item, I rarely lose it. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.10/491 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.10/491 - Release Date: 10/23/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
