The Energon Pub

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:45 pm**

i've now lost 4 mib shockwaves in the past 2months(in the last minute or so)to people that clearly have deeper pockets than i do... :cry:

just thought id share my hatred at the moment.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:11 pm**

I feel your pain. I once had a Sunstreaker in my grasp up till the last minute. Then some arsehole bids £50 for him.
There's no need, especially when the current bid is a tenner.

Ebay sucks. I only ever use buy it now.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:13 pm**

lol buy it now appears to be the only thing i can win :grin:

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:32 pm**

Lord Crump wrote:I feel your pain. I once had a Sunstreaker in my grasp up till the last minute. Then some arsehole bids £50 for him.
There's no need, especially when the current bid is a tenner.

If £50 was the winning bid the bid before it must have been over £49 that's how eBay works.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:12 pm**

I may be simplifying things some, but the end message is the same. I hate ebay.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:20 pm**

The problem I always had on E-bay was that I'd bid on 3 or 4 of the same item hoping I'd win one and ended up winning 2 or 3. Problem being I'd only really be able to afford 1 and would have to scramble for cash.

Also I feel into the trap of bidding on "little" things while I was waiting for the auction I was really wanted to end. Before you know it you've spent more on things you don't care about than you have on what you really wanted in the first place.

Of course that's just me, I have a money spending problem/addiction.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:36 pm**

I just gave up on ebay. Could never find what I wanted, in the condition I wanted, with all the bits still present, for the price I was willing to pay, so I gave up. Grom time to time I'll bid for specific things (complete Skorponok is high on the list, and I'll probably preorder MP Megs cuase he seems cheaper on eBay (as was Starscream).

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:45 pm**

Really
I love Ebay, sure i get outbid but where else can i find enough TF's,Robotech and Gundam stuff to knock me flat, and if the price gets too much, they'll always be a cheaper one

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:47 pm**

I love eBay! Although, I'm a buyer and a seller, so maybe that's why.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:47 pm**

if you hurry, toysrus.com has Soundwave back in stock RIGHT NOW!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:55 pm**

GrimlockZ28 wrote:if you hurry, toysrus.com has Soundwave back in stock RIGHT NOW!

Shockwave, not Soundwave.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:03 pm**

GetterDragun wrote:
GrimlockZ28 wrote:if you hurry, toysrus.com has Soundwave back in stock RIGHT NOW!

Shockwave, not Soundwave.

I could see the confusion though, sound the same and soundwave is in Gutter Bunnys Avatar :lol:

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:13 pm**

lol oops.... well, i stand by what i said, soundwave is in stock at toys r' us....

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:15 pm**

GrimlockZ28 wrote:lol oops.... well, i stand by what i said, soundwave is in stock at toys r' us....

Well a good first post never the less. Welcome aboard!

"Into the ocean best be daring...

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:57 pm**

GrimlockZ28 wrote:lol oops.... well, i stand by what i said, soundwave is in stock at toys r' us....

No problem. But your post was invaluable as I was able to finally get one from the store! You're better then their e-mail alert system, thanks!

And welcome to Seibertron!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:07 pm**

GetterDragun wrote:
GrimlockZ28 wrote:lol oops.... well, i stand by what i said, soundwave is in stock at toys r' us....

No problem. But your post was invaluable as I was able to finally get one from the store! You're better then their e-mail alert system, thanks!

And welcome to Seibertron!

lol, funny thing is i pretty much just happened to check the website outta frustrated curiousity to see if maybe they were in. i was quite surprised to find that they had some in stock. hehe, i didn't get an email alert either.

thanks

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:12 pm**

Grim,

your effort and enthusiasm is much apreciated irregardless. Soundwave is my favorite character afterall... :grin:

welcome to the board.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:26 pm**

Since its another ebay gripe thread and I recently had my own experience, I'll play along.

Someone had a GI Joe Dragonhawk with a penny bid no reserve. Cool looking fighter great price, sure I'll bite. I wait till the last minutes and drop my 3 dollar bid since its been holding steady at a penny. a few seconds later my bid's outmatch by 25 cents. No big deal, I was only after it if I got it. Thing is, I hadn't even logged off ebay before my inbox has a notice of a "Second chance offer". I don't mind being outbid by another sniper, but when that snipers just boosting the price of his own product...

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:38 pm**

CyberTooth wrote:Since its another ebay gripe thread and I recently had my own experience, I'll play along.

Someone had a GI Joe Dragonhawk with a penny bid no reserve. Cool looking fighter great price, sure I'll bite. I wait till the last minutes and drop my 3 dollar bid since its been holding steady at a penny. a few seconds later my bid's outmatch by 25 cents. No big deal, I was only after it if I got it. Thing is, I hadn't even logged off ebay before my inbox has a notice of a "Second chance offer". I don't mind being outbid by another sniper, but when that snipers just boosting the price of his own product...

No dude, that's most likely a scam! THe latest e-bay scam is second chance offers that are fake. My friend sold a quad on e-bay, so I bid on it as a joke (I knew what his reverve was, so I didn't go above reseverve), but some one bid until they met reserve and won. I then got a second chance offer and called my friend and asked if he was kidding, but it wasn't him. So when I followed the link, I found out it was a scam.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:40 pm**

i believe thats why if you go above a certain price then it stops giving the names of the bidders.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:48 pm**

the easiest way to avoid that scam is to reply to the second chance offer only from your ebay account. that's interesting though. i've never heard of this kind of scam before.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:06 pm**

Simple way to know if the email you got is fake or not is when you get an email from ebay like a second chance offer, is just to go to ebau and click on My Ebay and check your ebay messages.. If its a real email from ebay that you got in your email it will also be listed in your ebay messages..
I was told this by ebay after i reported some emails that i have gotten ...
There most common fake emails are one that look like people asking questions about an item .. i got like 20 of these in just a month, funny thing was , i wasn't selling anything lol ..
And then you get the second chance offers and also emails saying there are problems with your ebay account and you need to update your info lol lol big red flags there...

But always check your My Ebay for your emails...

And about being outbid lol , sniper bidding sucks buts its about the only thing that gives you a chance to maybe win what you want.. I never bid on anything anymore until maybe about the last minute and half of the auction..If you bid on it with 5 days left your most likely gonna loose it ...

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:43 pm**

I have had great luck with eBay, I used to use it only for YGO cards, but I started getting Transformers, for G1 I make not complete exceptions, so... yeah. I got Metroplex, who I adore, Kup & Blurr who are some of my faves and Thundercracker, who I love the paintjob, I just wish I could find a TM2 Cheetor, Optimal Optimus, TigerHawk, TM2 Megs, Black Arachnia & Tigertron, to complete my BW Cast.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:48 pm**

I know i bid in the last minute so I am only capable of bidding what I am willing to pay, which isn't much really. Otherwise I avoid ebay like a plague... it's too easy to spend on it. Far tooo easy.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:58 pm**

GetterDragun wrote:No dude, that's most likely a scam! THe latest e-bay scam is second chance offers that are fake. My friend sold a quad on e-bay, so I bid on it as a joke (I knew what his reverve was, so I didn't go above reseverve), but some one bid until they met reserve and won. I then got a second chance offer and called my friend and asked if he was kidding, but it wasn't him. So when I followed the link, I found out it was a scam.

Yeah... I left out the detail that it was in my ebay mail, I still feel the second chance was legit [though morally questionable]. Either way, I let it be as I felt burned.

Then again, I've become a little cynical of sellers after having seen my bid for a Binaltech KO get run up to my limit only to have this "third party" retract their higher bid.