Robertson kilt spied on ebay

**Moosedog** · 22nd October 08, 07:10 PM

Just noticed this very handsome Robertson kilt for the um, slim crowd, on ebay. (I'm not connected with the seller.) Note pleating to white line.

item # 160293210577

Moosedog

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 22nd October 08, 07:54 PM

Looks like the Robertson Hunting. Would be interested, but haven't been that waist size since my early 20's

**puffer** · 25th October 08, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by scottography

Alright, who is it?! Who's the slim bugger with the 32" waist who's now starting to bid in the final hours??? Not only am I battling a terrible exchange rate but now someone is throwing his bid in possibly to serve no other purpose than to have me pay more!! Graaaagh!

Haha. Just kidding. Fair play to ye and best of luck ;)

Scotty

NOT ME. I was tempted BUT it is VERY CLOSE to my Mackenzie ( Seaforth) pleated to the stripe.
( is it actually a Robertson Hunting 1816/Robertson of Kindeace. #299 ??????

Puffer

**Derek Conley** · 26th October 08, 11:22 PM

If they outbid you by 1, he/she probably put in a price well above what they assumed you placed your max at, which is risky, but if it works the ending bid will generally be 1 (dollar, pound, etc) above your max.

(ie: Your max bid, $50.00; I come along again after bidding back and forth with you and so fire off a max bid of, say $100.... this well-exceeds your max and so I'd snag the item for $51.00.)

Ebay can be frustrating in this regard, especially if someone's using a "sniping" program, which will monitor and automatically bid an item when the person isn't even at the computer.

Just continue being patient and really chant the mantra of "...win some, lose some..." and you should be fine. It's always tough getting beaten in the final moments.

My advice to you is if you can be at the computer during those final seconds, refresh your screen often (every few seconds) as the time counts down to see and then subsequently try and beat another bidder's 11th hour bid.

**Dukeof Kircaldy** · 28th October 08, 12:49 PM

Either be at the computer or sign up for a sniping service.

The thing is that even if you snipe, you are not assured that you will win. That goes to the highest bidder.

Sniping is just a late proxy bid, but if the earlier bidder put in a sniper proof bid.

So, put in the most money you want to spend, even if you are sniping.

**auld argonian** · 28th October 08, 12:55 PM

A buddy of mine simply says, "just get in there and bid as much as you want to spend on it the first time and let it ride...don't keep checking it and don't keep upping your bid...if you win it, you win it...if you lose it, you lose it but you're never going to be tempted into spending more than you thought it was worth."

I've been in several ebay auctions where you could see people trying to inch up on the high bid a dollar at a time. Not worth the trouble...

Best

AA

**BEEDEE** · 31st October 08, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by scottography

Buggerbuggerbugger. Missed out! I really don't get eBay. How can I be outbid by 1 quid in the last few hours when my maximum bid is supposed to be confidential. There were only a few bids all up and then a mystery guy comes in at the last minute and just outbids me like he knew my maximum. Very odd. And this has happened to me on more than one occasion!

Am I missing something? I'm a bit of an eBay novice I must admit... Any tips for me?

Scotty

If you were outbid at the last minute, then the bidder was almost certainly using a snipe service. EBay will display all bids as they are received, so if someone outbid you earlier you would see it, and often get a message from eBay. Snipes are bids placed in the lest minute or so of an auction and the only way to overcome them is to use a snipe service yourself, although you can still get outbid if you set too low a bid.

Brian

**Southern Breeze** · 1st November 08, 03:38 AM

That's my size, but I didn't bid on it. You can now remove me from the list of suspects.

**BroosterB1** · 10th November 08, 08:33 AM

Normally if I really want something, I never bid until the last 15 seconds, and then with a bid that is very well over what ever the highest bid is. Using this technique I have been able to beat several auto re-bids as there is just not enough time to cycle the system. This could be a tad problematic with the time difference between here and Oz, but I'm sure that the technology exists to solve the problem; say bidding from a smart phone, or setting an alarm clock