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johnfowles · 10-21-2003, 07:55 PM

OK I am not trying to duplicate Bill's response just that he posted while I was composing my reply. So as something of a paraphrase here follows my thoughts:-
Or read about sniping and download a free trial of some software from:- http://www.auction-sentry.com/
I have never tried it myself because after a few problems when I first bid on e-bay I am banned from bidding.I did successfully get a PAL Betamax VCR from a seller in north welsh Wales a couple of years ago in order to continue being able to watch and/or convert to NTSC a large collection of Betamax videos (some rare and much revered) I had brought with me from England after my ancient (1982) Sony C5UB Beta machine gave up the ghost (as in my experience many things electronic made by Sony are prone to do at a tender age!!).
I would also recommend deciding in advance your very highest bid and bid that amount as under ebay's proxy bidding system you will only apparently pay enough to beat the otherwise highest bidder. It is rather disconcerting at first for example if the current high bid is (as the 19 CDs now are)$13.75 and the increment is 50c and you bid say $55 it will then show you as the highest bidder at a value of $14.25 not $55. Sure got me worried the first time I bid!!
But Bill you were quite right it can be nerveracking and thast is why I rec0ommended that DnD3 gdet the 3-cD set at the "buy it now" price of $14.93 as in the current auction:- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6&category=307

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10-21-2003, 07:55 PM	#16
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	OK I am not trying to duplicate Bill's response just that he posted while I was composing my reply. So as something of a paraphrase here follows my thoughts:- Or read about sniping and download a free trial of some software from:- http://www.auction-sentry.com/ I have never tried it myself because after a few problems when I first bid on e-bay I am banned from bidding.I did successfully get a PAL Betamax VCR from a seller in north welsh Wales a couple of years ago in order to continue being able to watch and/or convert to NTSC a large collection of Betamax videos (some rare and much revered) I had brought with me from England after my ancient (1982) Sony C5UB Beta machine gave up the ghost (as in my experience many things electronic made by Sony are prone to do at a tender age!!). I would also recommend deciding in advance your very highest bid and bid that amount as under ebay's proxy bidding system you will only apparently pay enough to beat the otherwise highest bidder. It is rather disconcerting at first for example if the current high bid is (as the 19 CDs now are)$13.75 and the increment is 50c and you bid say $55 it will then show you as the highest bidder at a value of $14.25 not $55. Sure got me worried the first time I bid!! But Bill you were quite right it can be nerveracking and thast is why I rec0ommended that DnD3 gdet the 3-cD set at the "buy it now" price of $14.93 as in the current auction:- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6&category=307 ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited October 21, 2003).]