Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:54 pm

Manowar Class wrote:I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.

Actually sniping is more high-tech than that (and a bit less sinister).
I use www.ESnipe.com but there are tons of choices.

When I see an Ebay item I want, I place a bid on it through ESnipe.com.
(Usually I even place that bid the very first day of the auction.)

ESnipe.com automatically waits until the last seconds to bid for me.

In the old days, it was guys hovering around their keyboards at the last second
waiting to hit the "Enter" key.

Today, it's like Tivo for Ebay... just set it, and forget it.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:07 pm

greg wrote:
Manowar Class wrote:I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.
Actually sniping is more high-tech than that (and a bit less sinister).
I use www.ESnipe.com but there are tons of choices.

When I see an Ebay item I want, I place a bid on it through ESnipe.com.
(Usually I even place that bid the very first day of the auction.)

ESnipe.com automatically waits until the last seconds to bid for me.

In the old days, it was guys hovering around their keyboards at the last second
waiting to hit the "Enter" key.

Today, it's like Tivo for Ebay... just set it, and forget it.

Although, honestly we still hover around the keyboard waiting to see if we won, we just let something else actually do the fun part for us.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:33 pm

Amen Whet, for a minute there I thought I was the only *SQUEE* hole who did that!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:49 pm

tcolli wrote:Amen Whet, for a minute there I thought I was the only *SKREE* hole who did that!

No, you're the one who puts in twenty different bids on the same item.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:50 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
tcolli wrote:Amen Whet, for a minute there I thought I was the only *SKREE* hole who did that!
No, you're the one who puts in twenty different bids on the same item.

Hey..watch it, I like paying out the *SQUEE* for everything!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:56 pm

tcolli wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
tcolli wrote:Amen Whet, for a minute there I thought I was the only *SKREE* hole who did that!
No, you're the one who puts in twenty different bids on the same item.
Hey..watch it, I like paying out the *SKREE* for everything!

It all makes sense now; you're a millionaire.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:57 pm

No, I just poop money!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:00 pm

Eww..... I feel sorry for the sellers.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:02 pm

Hey, I am the one who has to pull it out!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:38 pm

whetteon wrote:
greg wrote:
Manowar Class wrote:I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.
Actually sniping is more high-tech than that (and a bit less sinister).
I use www.ESnipe.com but there are tons of choices.

When I see an Ebay item I want, I place a bid on it through ESnipe.com.
(Usually I even place that bid the very first day of the auction.)

ESnipe.com automatically waits until the last seconds to bid for me.

In the old days, it was guys hovering around their keyboards at the last second
waiting to hit the "Enter" key.

Today, it's like Tivo for Ebay... just set it, and forget it.
Although, honestly we still hover around the keyboard waiting to see if we won, we just let something else actually do the fun part for us.

Nahh...the fun part is seeing what you've won for half of what your snipe bid was for.

Manowar Class · Post by **Manowar Class** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:23 am

I tried pooping money, but all I got was Turok #1s...

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:09 am

Rule of thumb, guys...

You eat chicken, you poop SHT

You eat SHT, you don't poop chicken...

so,

forget about eating Ninjak #1s in order to poop 25c coins!!!

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:04 pm

Manowar Class wrote:I tried pooping money, but all I got was Turok #1s...

At least someone somewhere will buy poop . . .

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:16 pm

Visited a store yesterday near where I work and picked up the following:

Gen-13 Mini
-1 x2
-2 x2
-3 x2
-4 x2
-5 x3
-1/2
-Solar 10 (2nd print, solid 9.8

)
-X-O #1, vol.2 (painted variant cover)
-Goon #1 (Exploding Albatross)

-Stormwatch #37 (1st Warren Ellis issue)
-Shadowhawk II #2 Gold (signed by Jim Valentino #'d 437/1000 with COA)
-WildC.A.T.S #1 (signed by Jim Lee-1992 24 hour Cross Country Book Signing tour; #'d 393/1000 with COA)
- Youngblood #1 (signed by Brian Murray)
-Adventure into Fear #20 (Morbius solo story begins)

All NM or better, for $35

Mr.V

Vault-Keeper · Post by **Vault-Keeper** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:01 pm

Hey Mr. V, do you want to buy a #5 Bloodshot Print?......

Mr.V · Post by **Mr.V** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:20 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:Hey Mr. V, do you want to buy a #5 Bloodshot Print?......

No thanks. One is enough for me.

Mr.V

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:49 pm

Vault-Keeper wrote:Hey Mr. V, do you want to buy a #5 Bloodshot Print?......

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 3:51 pm

greg wrote:
Manowar Class wrote:I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.
Actually sniping is more high-tech than that (and a bit less sinister).
I use www.ESnipe.com but there are tons of choices.

When I see an Ebay item I want, I place a bid on it through ESnipe.com.
(Usually I even place that bid the very first day of the auction.)

ESnipe.com automatically waits until the last seconds to bid for me.

In the old days, it was guys hovering around their keyboards at the last second
waiting to hit the "Enter" key.

Today, it's like Tivo for Ebay... just set it, and forget it.

I dont think that I buy enough stuff on ebay to warrant sniping stuff...i guess if I ever started buying lots of stuff or even was lokoing to buy stuff I would start sniping..

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:45 pm

Manowar Class wrote:wait a tick...two X-O 15 pinkies...did you swipe those from Chan703 or something like that? I bought some Shadowman books from him and he didn't pack them very well at all! I'm glad you got them and not him!

Yeah, 703chang was the guy who I beat out for the 2 X-O pinks. He only had the minimal bid, I think I bid double what the starting bid was, but only had to pay the next increment up from $3! Sometimes I like eBay.... then again, there are times when I really DON'T like eBay...

-slym (is now thinking about how different the words "increment" and "excrement" are)

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 7:47 pm

Manowar Class wrote:nice going slym...Solar 7 is a very cool issue. He goes back there to the moon in like X-O 30 or somethig to grow aric another armor. Nice deals.

Danke schoen, mein freund...

-slym (isn't German, just doesn't know Gaelic for "thanks, my friend."

Manowar Class · Post by **Manowar Class** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:22 am

zehr gut, herr slym...(i think). (Manowar Class isn't German either, he's watched Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me too many times!)

Manowar Class · Post by **Manowar Class** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:34 am

oh yeah, nice going on beating 703 Chang...I don't like him. He packages poorly when you buy from him. I got some Shadowmans from him and I didn't like how they were able to flop about. They could have been damaged.

Dr. Phil Seleski · Post by **Dr. Phil Seleski** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:59 pm

Manowar Class wrote:oh yeah, nice going on beating 703 Chang...I don't like him. He packages poorly when you buy from him. I got some Shadowmans from him and I didn't like how they were able to flop about. They could have been damaged.

I always wondered if 703chang was someone on the boards???

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 6:54 pm

Dr. Phil Seleski wrote:
Manowar Class wrote:oh yeah, nice going on beating 703 Chang...I don't like him. He packages poorly when you buy from him. I got some Shadowmans from him and I didn't like how they were able to flop about. They could have been damaged.
I always wondered if 703chang was someone on the boards???

Whoever he is, he flips books a lot!

SolarFan777 · Post by **SolarFan777** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:37 pm

Dr. Phil Seleski wrote:
Manowar Class wrote:oh yeah, nice going on beating 703 Chang...I don't like him. He packages poorly when you buy from him. I got some Shadowmans from him and I didn't like how they were able to flop about. They could have been damaged.
I always wondered if 703chang was someone on the boards???

Yea, wasn't there a board member with chang in his name?

There was also that thread that was started that was tracking eBay names for winners of Valiant issues.