eBay bidding

Hi all,

I have been trying to bid on my first HGVC unit for a while and every time I bid on a listing, I seem to get outbidden by the same guy! Just this past week, this user have successfully bidden on 4 units! How can someone buy so many? Do you think Hilton actually have someone who acquires unit on eBay?
Any info or advice is greatly appreciated. BTW, username is c***h.

Don't worry, he can't buy it all. There always a deal to be had, just be patient enough.

Just stick with your max reasonable price... What are you trying to get / bidding on? Than maybe we can comment if your expectations are too high or not...

Good Luck!!!

Great3

Must be a Pro who is in flipping business. Buy it cheap on eBay and sell it on RedWeek?? Not even worth the trouble over few hundred dollars

Great3,

I was bidding on both 3400 and 5000 in Vegas. 1K for the 3400 and around 1.7K for the latter. Oh well, I just need to get lucky. The one that just ended few minutes ago, he did not bid, but I didn't bid either. Was busy posting here lol.

Armani987 said:

Great3,

I was bidding on both 3400 and 5000 in Vegas. 1K for the 3400 and around 1.7K for the latter. Oh well, I just need to get lucky. The one that just ended few minutes ago, he did not bid, but I didn't bid either. Was busy posting here lol.

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Are you sniping or trying to outbid him live?

Ty1on said:

Are you sniping or trying to outbid him live?

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I've been sniping the last few times, but he is the better and richer sniper than me. He doesn't even bid once until last couple seconds.

Unless you want to drive the price of an auction up, you should never bid until the last moment. Use a sniping service (I use bidnip [http://www.bidnip.com/a.php?id=16639]]) and set it to bid in the last 5 or 10 seconds. Bid the maximum you are willing to spend. When you lose an auction, tell yourself they paid more than you thought it was worth.

bjones9942 said:

Unless you want to drive the price of an auction up, you should never bid until the last moment. Use a sniping service (I use bidnip [http://www.bidnip.com/a.php?id=16639]]) and set it to bid in the last 5 or 10 seconds. Bid the maximum you are willing to spend. When you lose an auction, tell yourself they paid more than you thought it was worth.

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Yes. ezsniper is the one I use http://www.ezsniper.com

If you bid at all before the very end, you are doing it wrong. If he outsnipes you, then it was worth more to him than it was to you--fair play.

bjones9942 said:

Unless you want to drive the price of an auction up, you should never bid until the last moment. Use a sniping service (I use bidnip [http://www.bidnip.com/a.php?id=16639]]) and set it to bid in the last 5 or 10 seconds. Bid the maximum you are willing to spend. When you lose an auction, tell yourself they paid more than you thought it was worth.

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Thanks for inputs guys,

Yes, I learned that the hard way last week where I put a high bid in 3 days before ending and there was a guy who bid 50 times live to get where I was. It reached close to its max price 2 days before the ending lol.

But I sniped what I wanted to pay Max for the unit this time around, so no regret there. It's becoming more like a silent auction than a regular auction.

Armani987 said:

Hi all,

I have been trying to bid on my first HGVC unit for a while and every time I bid on a listing, I seem to get outbidden by the same guy! Just this past week, this user have successfully bidden on 4 units! How can someone buy so many? Do you think Hilton actually have someone who acquires unit on eBay?
Any info or advice is greatly appreciated. BTW, username is c***h.

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I don't buy HGVC but I can tell you 4 weeks is peanuts. There are pros out there buying to fund a rental business or to resell or buying timeshare as a proxy for a second home

Being out bid 4 or 5 times is no big deal. Your time will come. But if it doesn't you will have to re evaluate how you value this stuff and perhaps open your wallet up a little more

I must have lost 10 to 15 auctions before I got what I got for what I wanted to pay. Use snipping and just try again. .

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You can always message the seller during the auction and offer to buy it at your highest price. They may end the auction early to sell to you.

I so agree with sniping…. Last year when I was looking for a TS in a specific resort that is located in an independently controlled HOA. I sniped to my max amount and kept losing out and then I reached out to mass sellers and offered them a total all in amount and I ended up getting exactly what I wanted for a lower price…So hang in there and by being patient you are able to snag what you want at the price you want to pay.

I have never used sniping for a bid. The priority is to the earliest bid. If I get outbid, I figure it wasn't meant to be. Since I have bought about a dozen units on ebay over the years and never paid more than I intended to, I don't feel I need to snipe.

I'm not in a rush of any kind. I will be patient and train to be a better sniper. I am also looking on the Marketplace, but the brokers are all the same and they charge pretty high closing costs. Best is to find a fellow TUGGER wanting to sell.

alexadeparis said:

I have never used sniping for a bid. The priority is to the earliest bid. If I get outbid, I figure it wasn't meant to be. Since I have bought about a dozen units on ebay over the years and never paid more than I intended to, I don't feel I need to snipe.

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I agree with the spirit of your post, but...

Shill bidders are rampant on Ebay these days. Sniping is one of the few tools you can use to defeat them.

I've seen shills run an auction up to 'fair value' days before close. that pretty much guarantees no bargain deals.

But, point taken; especially on higher priced items.

Armani987 said:

I'm not in a rush of any kind. I will be patient and train to be a better sniper. I am also looking on the Marketplace, but the brokers are all the same and they charge pretty high closing costs. Best is to find a fellow TUGGER wanting to sell.

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That's the spirit. In fact, I would only be willing to pay the price you quoted bidding as your max if a reputable broker is involved. I probably wouldn't bid $1K for the 3,400 points though. To me, that amount of points contract is worth $1, maybe $300 tops to me, because I don't see value in it.

If anybody is willing to pay for 3400, than I say let them have it. 5,000 pts at the rate ROFR is going these days, I wouldn't even go higher than $1500, but that's just me.

When ROFR is being exercised, than my top probably would have been $2500. So, I would say, stick to your original plan, and let him have it.

I don't think you need to open your wallet anymore, unless you are truly anxious at getting HGVC asap for a special occasion, which is what happened to me, so I think I paid $2K more than I normally would have been willing to pay for 7,000 pts contract. And yes, I got HGVC in time, and search diligently enough 3-4 times a day, that I finally got all 7 nights I wanted for HGVC Lagoon Tower for our 10-years anniversary (and my first time to Hawaii) although it ended up being two separate reservations and we changed rooms in the middle of the week.


Good Luck in your search.

Great3