I registered for eBay 10 years ago and in that time I have bought and sold a good amount of I-T’s. I don’t visit eBay too often nowadays but it still has some great auctions for vintage stuff from clothing to sneakers to toys to everything. For a time I think eBay was going to evolutionize the way we ultimately consumed goods. At the end of the day, eBay doesn’t totally supplant the brick and mortar installations, but it does supplement them.
I was cruising the eBay system over the weekend to get myself hype for the upcoming ‘Lo-End Theory event and I wanted to see what vintage ‘Lo pieces were being offered. As always there are some good quality collector pieces on the system. I’m impressed with the way that many collectors have preserved I-T’s that are more than twenty years old. This speaks to the quality of the garments and the consideration of the connoisseur.
I came across one of the vintage sweaters from my all time favorite series of PRL design. These particular items are from 1986 and this was when I first took heed to the Polo brand. I was 15 years old and you could say that this was my first kiss. Strangely, it just may have been. This series featured primary colors that were bold and colorblocked all over the items. The clothing reminded me of my favorite candies, LifeSavers. I had to have this at any cost.
What I couldn’t afford I had to steal and what I couldn’t steal I had to just covet. The obsession still continues to this day altho’ now there is a lot less stealing. I still get excited when I walk into Lord & Taylor and Bloomies. I still check the exits and imagine myself running thru the store full tilt with shirts stuffed in my jacket. To replace the anxious energy of stealing clothing I place bids on eBay. I don’t just place regular bids on eBay tho’. I use a service called AuctionSniper.com. I got put on to AuctionSniper from the homey GabeRockka over at FlawlessHustle.
Gabe was actually a dude that bought shit from me on eBay way back in the day and he connected the dots once the DP website was up and running. AuctionSniper.com is my shit now and I don’t fux with eBay without it. I used to have to be all crazy and scramble to find a computer when my auctions were winding down. Now I just plug in the highest amount that I am willing to pay for an item and AuctionSniper.com submits my bid for me 5 seconds before the close of the auction. Niiiiiiice.
For example, lets say the sweater above is currently being bid on for $10, but I know that there are other bidders in the cut spying on the I-T as well. I’ll tell AuctionSniper to place a bid for me of $50. If no other bidders step into the arena on time I will end up winning that sweater for $11. Just because I placed a bid of $50 doesn’t mean that the price automatically goes to that amount. The way eBay works is that bids are incremental and if you are the highest bidder on a $10 I-T your winning bid is just the amount to put you in the lead.
I’m not going to act like I win every auction when I use AuctionSniper.com, but the truth is that I win one way or another. If the item bids at a higher amount than I set AuctionSniper to bid for me I don’t lose anything. That just keeps me free to scope out another I-T. If I do win then AuctionSniper only charges me $.01% of the final auction price. If the item costs $20 then AuctionSniper charges me $.20cent. If you fux with eBay and you don’t have AuctionSniper you should snipe yourself right now.
Click the link on my sidebar to get registered with AuctionSniper.com and never lose another eBay auction again.
