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KDS
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:06 am

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Grrr. I'm on an eBay losing streak. I've been watching this item for a almost a week and wanted it painfully badly.

http://cgi.ebay.de/e30-BMW-M-technik-2- ... dZViewItem

(For those of you who don't know, MTech hatch spoilers are NLA from BMW and good used ones are about as rare as hen's teeth.)

The bidding had been idle for several days and for a foolish second I thought that all the other bidders had forgotten or dropped out. I set my maximum pretty high and saved my bid until the last few seconds of the auction. Well that strategy didn't work--I was outbid by one friggin' Euro!

Anyone have any sure-fire techniques for bidding? I've heard that there are services that you can hire that have a system that will bid on your behalf in the last fraction of a second. Anyone know if they work?
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:09 am

Google

Automatic ebay bid program or similar

winkeye

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E30cabrioman
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:11 am

try this ...

http://www.auctionsniper.com/default.aspx 8)
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:12 am

try this ...

http://www.auctionsniper.com/default.aspx 8)
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:13 am

dont look no different to the standard ones ive got on my tourings, mind you ive just gone through 400 pics of today at gaydon so my eyes prob aint no good right now.
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:36 am

andyp wrote:dont look no different to the standard ones ive got on my tourings, mind you ive just gone through 400 pics of today at gaydon so my eyes prob aint no good right now.
The MTech version is about twice as deep as the dinky one that comes standard on the Touring. Inches count, baby!
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:10 pm

that red one looks like an old Nova SRi spoiler, try one of those :wink:
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Post Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:30 pm

what you wonna do mate is....... if u want the item really really bad, say if the item is £50 worth in the real world, i normally whack in a stupid bid like £150. no one will match that!
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Post Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:30 pm

e30bmlover wrote:what you wonna do mate is....... if u want the item really really bad, say if the item is £50 worth in the real world, i normally whack in a stupid bid like £150. no one will match that!
Until someone else does the same thing and whoever sets the highest ends up paying a small fortune for it.. (mobile phone for £2400 for example, m8 of mine) not a good idea imo. If you really want it decide what your absolute maximum is and add £20 or so. If you don't get it then someone else decided it was worth more.
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Post Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:51 pm

I did the bid £1000 for a £20 item.. lucky no one did the same!! it doesnt matter when you bid, highest bid ALWAYS wins!!


:eek: how much, :eek: that can't be much different to this one that went to the scrappy!!


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