Technic Deals you've 'missed-out' on auctions ... and why?

[DrJB]

This may not be 'happy' thread ... unless you're the person who won those actual auctions. But in any event, maybe worth sharing.

On occasions, I did bid on attractive deals off eBay, but because of various circumstances ... I did not win that auction.

1 - 8450 (2x, not new) - two posts, the same week, under $100 each. Missed out because I was traveling in Italy, listing ended at 3:00AM local time, and hotel WIFI was 'crappy'

2 - 5571 (not new) - Sold for $180!!! - I was in a meeting a work when auction ended ... Darn!

3 - 9797 - Someone snuk in and beat my highest bid in the last 10 seconds

4 - 7905 (NISB) - sold for $120 - I gave up as the person I was bidding against had zero history (seemed fishy)

So, what have been your 'disappointments' ... ?

Edited November 24, 2013 by DrJB

[peter_m]

I have missed a lot of deals due to lack of money :P

[Theo van Vroenhoven]

Sounds like it is about time you should use Auctionsniper!

[tibivi]

8448, not new but complete 30 € i missed it because i was on a holiday in scotland

[D3K]

Recently someone posted on finn.no (Norwegian sales site) a whole lot of sets at ridiculously low prices (8421 for 60 EUR, 8043 for 70 EUR, and a whole lot more).

Naturally I was all over it in no time, and had almost sealed the deal on some of the sets, when the seller e-mails me and tells me he had to up the prices, due to a lot of people mailing and calling him, telling him he was selling it way too cheap, and thereby - and I quote - "ruined the value of LEGO by doing so"!

Anyway, I ended up not buying the sets I initially wanted to buy

[Doc_Brown]

I missed out on 8880 MIB (not sealed) cos of $5. Sold for $305

:cry_sad:

[OzBen]

Doc_Brown won a 8466 that I had my eye on last week, I was busy at work and missed out on it :-P

[DrJB]

Silver Champion 8458 (2x), auction had 2 built (F1 car and truck). Auction ended at 5:30 AM, Woke up early to catch it ... someone above suggested I look at AuctionSniper ... While checking that out, I missed auction by 1 minute ... darn darn darn ... Both sets sold for $128 !!! And, somehow eBay's clock was faster than my computer's by 2 minutes !!!

Time to go back to sleep I guess ...:(

Edited November 24, 2013 by DrJB

[S.I]

I don't see the point of the auctionsniping, if I know I'm willing to pay up to X$, I just bid that once I see the auction, and either the guys using those tools are willing to pay >X or not.

[OldBuilder]

Missed out on 5550 today as I was at work and missed the notification on the phone and it went for $37. Most upset

[Rockbrick]

Nearly always my failures are because the vendor does not ship to my country or does not take paypal (in germany they do not have to and prefer bank transfer... )

I swear by auction sniping - yes you set your limit conventionally but with sniping you get to do it at the last second almost and that

stops stubborn a$$h0l3s outbidding you because they can or want to or have nothing better to do

plus its easier to set up a sniping group - and keep adding to it and and set it to one item and the sniper will stop when you are successful

It can take a couple of months to get one of what you want but be patient....