Dam, 210 thousand for a cornflake,
Yea but how much is the freeking milk
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Yea but how much is the freeking milk
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ahhhhhhh the joy of snipe bidding on eBay!
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The Great Illinois Corn Flake is no more.......
It has been taken down
It has been taken down
bongcritter
Member
How would you ship a corn flake without damaging it?!?!?!
bongcritter said:
veeeeeerrrrry carefulllllly
FRANKENBLUNT420
me blunt is like, wicked yo!! owight
damn and that would have completed my bowl of cereal!!! damn i wanted that flake!! they took it dwon you say!?!? DAMN!
Corn Flake Shaped Like Illinois For Sale (Sort Of)
CHICAGO (AP) ― Two sisters from Virginia who are selling a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on eBay say the online auction Web site canceled their listing.
"Something really dramatic just happened with our corn flake," Melissa McIntire, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., said Tuesday, explaining that the sisters received an e-mail from eBay saying the state-shaped cereal was in violation of the site's food policy.
But the flake is back. The sisters say the Land of Lincoln twin they discovered in a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes is still available after all.
McIntire and her 15-year-old sister Emily said they've relisted the flake on eBay, but this time they're auctioning a coupon redeemable for it, instead of the cereal itself. Bidding early Wednesday was at $116.11.
Copycat items have popped up on eBay, including corn flakes shaped like Hawaii and Virginia. There's also a potato chip shaped like Florida, and Illinois corn flake paraphernalia, including T-shirts and buttons.
A telephone message left with San Jose, Calif.-based eBay Inc. after business hours on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
Bidding on the 2-inch-by-1 3/8-inch flake was to end Thursday.
The Great Illinois Corn Flake saga wears on.......
CHICAGO (AP) ― Two sisters from Virginia who are selling a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on eBay say the online auction Web site canceled their listing.
"Something really dramatic just happened with our corn flake," Melissa McIntire, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., said Tuesday, explaining that the sisters received an e-mail from eBay saying the state-shaped cereal was in violation of the site's food policy.
But the flake is back. The sisters say the Land of Lincoln twin they discovered in a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes is still available after all.
McIntire and her 15-year-old sister Emily said they've relisted the flake on eBay, but this time they're auctioning a coupon redeemable for it, instead of the cereal itself. Bidding early Wednesday was at $116.11.
Copycat items have popped up on eBay, including corn flakes shaped like Hawaii and Virginia. There's also a potato chip shaped like Florida, and Illinois corn flake paraphernalia, including T-shirts and buttons.
A telephone message left with San Jose, Calif.-based eBay Inc. after business hours on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
Bidding on the 2-inch-by-1 3/8-inch flake was to end Thursday.
The Great Illinois Corn Flake saga wears on.......
wow,looks like things have gone completely bonkers now ,there's loads of them
quick folks,dig out your illinois shaped cornflakes,could be onto a winner
here's the original
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Great-Illinois-Corn-Flake-Coupon_W0QQitemZ110235071660
quick folks,dig out your illinois shaped cornflakes,could be onto a winner
here's the original
http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Great-Illinois-Corn-Flake-Coupon_W0QQitemZ110235071660
2 minutes to go the coupon is up to $1,325.00 for the Illinois Corn Flake
SOLD to a last second snipe bidder for only $1,350.00
SOLD to a last second snipe bidder for only $1,350.00
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well it wasn't snipe bidding just a bunch of 'Buy It Now'
DVDs I had to have, all of them being 'Best Of' SNL players.
These 13 DVDs (new) from one seller delivered to my door for
$130. When I'd bought the rest of my SNL collection from both
local and distant stores they usually cost me $12-18 plus tax.
SNL: B.O. Dana Carvey
SNL: B.O. Jon Lovitz
SNL: B.O. Chris Rock
SNL: B.O. Dan Aykroyd
SNL: B.O. Tom Hanks
SNL: B.O. Eddie Murphy 2
SNL: B.O. Molly Shannon
SNL: B.O. Gilda Radner
SNL: B.O. Will Ferrell
SNL: B.O. Chris Rock 2
SNL: B.O. Steve Martin 2
SNL: Waynes World Halloween Party
SNL: Anthology The First Five Years (75-80)
EDIT: landshark.......
DVDs I had to have, all of them being 'Best Of' SNL players.
These 13 DVDs (new) from one seller delivered to my door for
$130. When I'd bought the rest of my SNL collection from both
local and distant stores they usually cost me $12-18 plus tax.
SNL: B.O. Dana Carvey
SNL: B.O. Jon Lovitz
SNL: B.O. Chris Rock
SNL: B.O. Dan Aykroyd
SNL: B.O. Tom Hanks
SNL: B.O. Eddie Murphy 2
SNL: B.O. Molly Shannon
SNL: B.O. Gilda Radner
SNL: B.O. Will Ferrell
SNL: B.O. Chris Rock 2
SNL: B.O. Steve Martin 2
SNL: Waynes World Halloween Party
SNL: Anthology The First Five Years (75-80)
EDIT: landshark.......
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I dont use Ebay anymore but I did some sniping back in the day. My method was to open up numerous browser windows to the auction with a minute left. I'd enter increasingly higher bids in each window and start submitting them until I hit the new highest bidder screen. The catch is you gotta make sure your computer clock is timed with Ebay's clock. Worked every time if I was quick on the submit button.
zeeba amoeba
Member
This is way too much trouble, yu guys must have time on your hands. I just bid the MAX I am willing to pay and don't worry about snipers. If everyone did this to begin with, sniping wouldn't be a problem.
so many ppl are dumbasses who have a very unrealistic idea of what things are worth. Naivety... ppl think that if they bid low they will get the item at the low price. Ppl just aren't used to auctions, their brains didn't evolve in an auction environment...let alone online...
But yeah I have sold jewelry worth 2500+ and snipers get them almost every time, in the last 1 second (let alone 2 min)... Yes, I said in the last SECOND. Sometimes there's less than half a second left, and a sniper comes in right then. They synch their computer time to Ebay time and use a program...
Sellers would make better money on Ebay if there weren't so many cheap asses who think low bids work. I have had auctions where there were over 30 watchers, and out of that many you know there are probably 8 snipers who aren't bidding until the last minute.
Word to the wise is, bid the max you are willing to pay. But yes it makes sense to wait until later to bid (if you have the patience) because early bidding tends to drive up the price. It's all a psychological mind game. People think that because other buyers are interested, then the item must be valuable and merit a higher price. Herd mentality...
I can tell you ebay sux for most sellers, these days, with the high fees, compounded by Paypal fees. A lot of auctions fail or at least that's my experience. Try selling a car on ebay, lots of luck, even if you have great wheels, so many people are so distrustful they won't bid. Ppl would rather pay full price and buy from a dealer who is sure to cheat them really good.
I sold a recent model Japanese car with low mileage on ebay once. I listed it at the Kelly Bluebook price, just the modest price listed for Private Owner - Good condition (not excellent, even though arguably it would have qualified...spotless car). Well that auction failed. Then I relisted, knocking the price down by $2000. That auction earned a bid, but only went up a few hundreds dollars. Some guy, a pro actually who resells cars, snipe bid at the last minute and got it for just $50 extra.
I was thinking to myself, buyers don't have a clue on ebay, they think nobody is watching the same auction, and they're going to get some killer bargain. So anyway on the bright side, the guy comes to my house with cash money in $100 bills.
so many ppl are dumbasses who have a very unrealistic idea of what things are worth. Naivety... ppl think that if they bid low they will get the item at the low price. Ppl just aren't used to auctions, their brains didn't evolve in an auction environment...let alone online...
But yeah I have sold jewelry worth 2500+ and snipers get them almost every time, in the last 1 second (let alone 2 min)... Yes, I said in the last SECOND. Sometimes there's less than half a second left, and a sniper comes in right then. They synch their computer time to Ebay time and use a program...
Sellers would make better money on Ebay if there weren't so many cheap asses who think low bids work. I have had auctions where there were over 30 watchers, and out of that many you know there are probably 8 snipers who aren't bidding until the last minute.
Word to the wise is, bid the max you are willing to pay. But yes it makes sense to wait until later to bid (if you have the patience) because early bidding tends to drive up the price. It's all a psychological mind game. People think that because other buyers are interested, then the item must be valuable and merit a higher price. Herd mentality...
I can tell you ebay sux for most sellers, these days, with the high fees, compounded by Paypal fees. A lot of auctions fail or at least that's my experience. Try selling a car on ebay, lots of luck, even if you have great wheels, so many people are so distrustful they won't bid. Ppl would rather pay full price and buy from a dealer who is sure to cheat them really good.
I sold a recent model Japanese car with low mileage on ebay once. I listed it at the Kelly Bluebook price, just the modest price listed for Private Owner - Good condition (not excellent, even though arguably it would have qualified...spotless car). Well that auction failed. Then I relisted, knocking the price down by $2000. That auction earned a bid, but only went up a few hundreds dollars. Some guy, a pro actually who resells cars, snipe bid at the last minute and got it for just $50 extra.
I was thinking to myself, buyers don't have a clue on ebay, they think nobody is watching the same auction, and they're going to get some killer bargain. So anyway on the bright side, the guy comes to my house with cash money in $100 bills.
G
Guest
Sniping is one of the shitty tactics that ruins ebay, I've had it done to me many times and it sucks, some of us have lives and can't be sat in front of a PC waiting for an auction to end!
that'd just be poor planning on your part by submitting a losing/inadequate bid early.......Ganja Pasha said:
I prefer NOT to put my best bid out early & have others peck away at it, that is NOT how a real auction works. a real auction ends when the last bidder offers more than anyone else and that then closes the auction.
Snipe bidding is always going to happen when you have a timed auction just like Stoner4Life said, it's not a real auction.
I tend to buy my stuff off ebay using buy it now but sometimes I watch items with the intention of snipe bidding, but I always miss the end of the auction and end up with a load of emails in my inbox telling me I missed out.
Maybe they'll change the rules like they did with the feedback thing? I had my 100% (over 250 feedback) feedback ruined by a seller who didn't like the fact that I left him neutral feedback for overcharging me on the postage. So he gave me negative feedback even though I was prompt with my payment and the model buyer.
Basically, there's always people who will try and get around the system. It's a shame, but it's been like that on ebay for the past 3-4 years.
I tend to buy my stuff off ebay using buy it now but sometimes I watch items with the intention of snipe bidding, but I always miss the end of the auction and end up with a load of emails in my inbox telling me I missed out.
Maybe they'll change the rules like they did with the feedback thing? I had my 100% (over 250 feedback) feedback ruined by a seller who didn't like the fact that I left him neutral feedback for overcharging me on the postage. So he gave me negative feedback even though I was prompt with my payment and the model buyer.
Basically, there's always people who will try and get around the system. It's a shame, but it's been like that on ebay for the past 3-4 years.
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ScrogHog
Ganja Pasha said:
Something known as your brain helps you remember the time so that way you only have to sit in front of the computer for 5 minutes.
