How Many Sniped

[Tulsa]

I can't say I've ever paid that much attention to all of the aucitons that SlotsUSA runs since they end at the same time. However, not really being in the market for a new machine myself I decided to watch all of them to see what happened at the end.

10 Pachinkos were being auctioned this evening.
5 of them were sniped or at least bids placed at the last minute.
"Original bid" is as of an hour before the close of the auction.
For ease of understanding, I'm going to list the eBay name.

Bruce Lee
Original bid - 6
Ending bid - 6
Won for $248 by sierramadrecollectibles who was in a bidding war early on with electricblond on a number of auctions

Mozart
Original bid - 12
Ending bid - 12
Won for $152

Rose of Versaillies (Sniped)
Original bid - 9
Ending bid - 11
Won for $178

Rescue Dogs (1 bid snipe)
Opening bid - 10
Ending bid - 11
Won for $243 (Can someone please let me know why this pachinko is going for so much??)

Monkey Magic
Opening bid - 7
Ending bid - 7
Won for $167

Lord of the Rings (1 bid snipe)
Opening bid - 17
Ending bid - 18
Won for $321 (price driven up by sierra and electricblond)

Fever King (1 bid snipe)
Opening bid - 16
Ending bid - 17
Won for $141

Popeye
Opening bid - 8
Ending bid - 8
Won for $305 (Sierra won this one too, only electricblond bid and none since 5/1)

ET
Opening bid - 11
Ending bid - 11
Won for $138

RoboCop (1 bid snipe)
Opening bid - 24
Ending bid - 25
Won for $255

So of the 10 auctions only half of them were sniped and only one of those 5 had more than one bid placed at the end.

[Utopia1dc]

Very interesting observations there. I too was watching them. I haven't purchased a Pachinko yet and was very close to sniping, but chickened out at the last second. My reasoning is that Pachislo Fever is bad enough, in December I got my first one, now it has taken over my life (PachiTalk, Ebay auctions, selling them at flea market, etc). Could you imagine how hectic my life would be if I bought a Pachinko and liked it? Oh boy!!! I have no time as it is, so I did the wise thing and passed!

[slotter]

I was watching a couple of those auctions myself, but the bidding got higher than I was willing to pay because of electriblond and sierra, so if they had been lower, I'd have sniped in at the end. Bottom line, if the prices are up too high snipers (more experienced bidders, perhaps?) end up not bidding at all and waiting for the next one.

Yes, this was good information and interesting. I'm hoping you can do this each night for us. Hahahaha! Oops, sorry.

[RKnarr01]

that ET only went for 132, darn i wasnt going to buy a machine from milt this week because i thought it would of gone for over 150 but ill be happy with the arraking until next weeks paycheck gets here

[arbycoffee]

Rescue Dogs (1 bid snipe)
Opening bid - 10
Ending bid - 11
Won for $243 (Can someone please let me know why this pachinko is going for so much??)

Dog Lovers ?