I bid $400 on Little Samson...

[MyTurnToPlay]

So I bid $400 on the sealed brand new Little Samson currently up on ebay and yeah....I did it knowing fully well that there was no way in hell I would actually win it....but on a whim I just felt like raising the price.

But I thought, what the hell....let's get the party started already and jack up the price to $400 already. I mean, we all know that sucker is going to sell for thousands of dollars. But at least I could feel like an ebay champ if only for a little while.

I do this quite often, especially with items I know will sell for outrageous amounts. I can already hear the cries of a lot of you guys. Well, let me ease your fanboyish hearts and minds. It doesn't really hurt or do any harm, since the outcome is inevitable and widely known by everyone, namely, that the particular item will sell for an absurd amount. So my small bid is merely a means to an ineluctable end.

It's fairly amusing to see yourself among the bidders for an item you have no intention of purchasing, especially for rare items. I get to be an ebay champ.

Anyway, anyone else indulge in the same past time?

[Steven]

No.

I don't bid just for fun. I bid to win.

If I'm not in it to win a certain auction, then I leave it be. It's pretty jacked up to purposely spike a game's price. You say it's inevitable, but let the people bidding do that. One more reason I'm glad I'm out of the rat race, so to speak. And another reason why I don't bother with sealed games, lol

[GameNinja]

I guess it is all fun and games until you actually win an item you didn't intend to, realizing that you overpaid.

An unlikely scenario, but still possible if you misread the ad, etc.

[Edmond Dantes]

What the heck is Little Samson anyway and why is it so sought-after?

Ironically I once saw it at a rental and passed it up because it "didn't look interesting." Hindsight's a bitch, ain't it?

[Icarus Moonsight]

[Kitsune Sniper]

Wow, way to be an asshole.

It's people like you that artificially inflate the value of an item.

[XYXZYZ]

What the heck is Little Samson anyway and why is it so sought-after?

Because they only made like four copies and it's one of the best damn NES games I've ever played. I may have to get into making repro carts; I don't care about it's rarity and I just want a copy to play.

[klausien]

I guess it is all fun and games until you actually win an item you didn't intend to, realizing that you overpaid.

An unlikely scenario, but still possible if you misread the ad, etc.

I hope this happens to any jerk like the OP who shill bids up an auction. Karma is a bitch.

[jcalder8]

I have bid on things that I "knew" that I wasn't going to win but I have never bid more than I would want to pay for the item.

[kainemaxwell]

Auction hit 1k.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Samson-Ni...item415bc6f844

[RCM]

Auction hit 1k.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Samson-Ni...item415bc6f844

Didn't a sealed LS just go for over 5k? I like the game, but wouldn't even pay $100 for it.

[BeaglePuss]

Didn't a sealed LS just go for over 5k? I like the game, but wouldn't even pay $100 for it.

It's the same copy.

It was returned to the seller with damage to the cellophane, so the original seller relisted it noting the damage. Having received sealed games from this seller, I have to say that his packaging job was rather poor. I'm not surprised that the game arrived damaged.

[mobiusclimber]

The difference is, only the auctions that have bids throughout the auction time are the ones that end with an inflated price. I've yet to see an auction that didn't have bids until the last few hours end at a price I thought was ridiculously high for what was in the auction. All those bids create a bidding war, whereas the people sniping are usually trying to get a good deal.

[Zing]

whereas the people sniping are usually trying to get a good deal.

Speaking as a sniper, I bid to win at the lowest price possible, but I still bid to win. I don't bid to "get a deal". If I am sniping something, I am there to win. I set my snipe appropriately, usually high market value, or sometimes a ridiculous amount if I simply must have it. It is rare that I don't win an item I snipe.

[kupomogli]

All those bids create a bidding war, whereas the people sniping are usually trying to get a good deal.

I snipe and that's it. The last 10 seconds(five or less if I'm on my own computer) I'll bid as high as I want to pay. I just think it's stupid when you look for a game and there are bids on it a few days before the auction ends and it's $30-40. Not sure if it's the sellers alternate account or people starting a bidding war with three days left.

To the op. That was a pretty dick move and I agree with Kitsune. You're an asshole. Little Samson might end at an outrageous amount, but there's always the possibility that your bid may end it at a price higher than what it would have ended at if it starts a bidding war.

[Oobgarm]

I think it's funny how people are here are revealing themselves to be complete douchenozzles and making it easy to avoid dealing with them. Re: chainsaw_charlie, Parodius Duh!

[Parodius Duh!]

I think it's funny how people are here are revealing themselves to be complete douchenozzles and making it easy to avoid dealing with them. Re: chainsaw_charlie, Parodius Duh!

I dont sell on ebay, and I offer GREAT deals on this site, just look at my feedback thread, you fuckin douchenozzle har har har. I fuck with people that go on another site after winning shit and say things like "Well at least (insert name) didnt win it!" you know what, fuck those people, you gonna be a dick on ebay and then go on a forum and talk shit about beating other people and saying fuck them, well Fuck you!!!! you get what you deserve.

[skaar]

I dont sell on ebay, and I offer GREAT deals on this site, just look at my feedback thread, you fuckin douchenozzle har har har. I fuck with people that go on another site after winning shit and say things like "Well at least (insert name) didnt win it!" you know what, fuck those people, you gonna be a dick on ebay and then go on a forum and talk shit about beating other people and saying fuck them, well Fuck you!!!! you get what you deserve.

Quoted for douchery.

[portnoyd]

I dont sell on ebay, and I offer GREAT deals on this site, just look at my feedback thread, you fuckin douchenozzle har har har. I fuck with people that go on another site after winning shit and say things like "Well at least (insert name) didnt win it!" you know what, fuck those people, you gonna be a dick on ebay and then go on a forum and talk shit about beating other people and saying fuck them, well Fuck you!!!! you get what you deserve.

Can't wait to deal with you in the future.

[InsaneDavid]

I think it's funny how people are here are revealing themselves to be complete douchenozzles and making it easy to avoid dealing with them. Re: chainsaw_charlie, Parodius Duh!

I agree but it's also nice that they've essentially red flagged themselves.

I dont sell on ebay, and I offer GREAT deals on this site, just look at my feedback thread, you fuckin douchenozzle har har har. I fuck with people that go on another site after winning shit and say things like "Well at least (insert name) didnt win it!" you know what, fuck those people, you gonna be a dick on ebay and then go on a forum and talk shit about beating other people and saying fuck them, well Fuck you!!!! you get what you deserve.

Weren't you supposed to be in desperate need of money to have your jaw wired shut or something? I'll chip in for that as long as it means your hands become inactive too.