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justin11045

justin11045

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its off ebay from Arroyo Grande CA 400 dollars is the bid right now. complete engine. im sure this is what im going to go with. the motor had approx 40k miles on it when the car was rearended. (has carfax) auction has 3 days left so i would like to try and arrange a truck to go get it probably next weekend. anyone able to help me out?
 
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Ichiduo

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don't bid on it right now... wait until the very last second to bid. if you bid early, you're just going to get outbid and bring the price up on yourself.

practice sniping... a.k.a. bidding within the last 5 secs. no time for anyone to counter. :)
 
Renegade

Renegade

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Ichiduo said:
don't bid on it right now... wait until the very last second to bid. if you bid early, you're just going to get outbid and bring the price up on yourself.

practice sniping... a.k.a. bidding within the last 5 secs. no time for anyone to counter. :)
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ya but doesn't work out to well when someone else is already doing it or has a rolling bid
 
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Ichiduo

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Renegade said:
ya but doesn't work out to well when someone else is already doing it or has a rolling bid
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i usually bid the max i would for that item. if it's a rolling bid and i outbid him, i know i'm still within my target bid range.

usually ebay tells you to put your MAX bid and it will bid for you up to that max. if my max bid isn't enough to beat the current bidder, i stay away as i don't want to (what i think) overpay.

either way, waiting until the last 5 secs, usually works for me. i pay the price i want and no one else has time to counter if i get my bid in. bidding now will get some nutjob who's willing to overpay, to outbid you, and you'll either lose the item or have to overpay yourself to outbid him.
 
Renegade

Renegade

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good tips Jay! i love pushing people rolling bid as far as i can so they have to pay more an item :)
 
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Ichiduo

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patience is a virtue... i know some people want to have that item now, and unless it has a buy it now price, you could end up paying way more than you want just because you had to get a bid in early.

i know some people who have friends bid on their items JUST to bring the price up if it's not selling at the amount they want. be weary... there's a reason why people create ebay sniping programs. they want that final bid at the price they want to pay, and not give any nutjob willing to pay more than them a chance to do so.
 
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Ichiduo

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Renegade said:
good tips Jay! i love pushing people rolling bid as far as i can so they have to pay more an item :)
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that could be counter productive as they may push you to your max, and then you'd be on the ass end of the deal as they kept raising the bidding price. :laugh:

had it happen a couple of times. you set your max bid too high and you could end up shelling out way more for what should be a cheap item. even the nutjobs on ebay have limits and raising that max bid too far up could bite you in the ass.

just bid up to the amount you'd be willing to pay, within the last 5-8 secs (depending on how fast you type / click... maybe more time needed), to ensure you either get the last bid, not pay too much, or find out that yes... there was a nutjob and yes... now you made him overpay as your highest bid now raised the price very high for him... :laugh:
 
justin11045

justin11045

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ill be able to have a new motor complete+ my old one, i can sell the block heads and whatever else i can part off the motor. so in theory i can make money off this buy
 
zimmerc

zimmerc

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WHy do you need a new engine? because the stock GT motors all have the same problem right? Build yours so you know you wont end up witht the same problem.
 
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