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Sneaky last second bidders
phingers
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On two occasions in the last two days I have been outbid in the last 6 seconds. fair enough. But tonight my bid showing was £10.50. My high bid was £16.99. Kept refreshing the screen from 3 minutes down and down to 9 seconds and the winning bid was still £10.50. Then they came straight in with £17.51 and took it from under my nose.
Same thing last night. £12.99 winning bid showing. My max was £18.50. Down to 8 seconds and in comes a bid of £19.51!
How did they know my max bid and bid just enought to beat it without going up in stages to get there?
Feeling slightly miffed at the mo'. Answers welcome.
Same thing last night. £12.99 winning bid showing. My max was £18.50. Down to 8 seconds and in comes a bid of £19.51!
How did they know my max bid and bid just enought to beat it without going up in stages to get there?
Feeling slightly miffed at the mo'. Answers welcome.
"It is far better I say nothing and let people think I am an idiot than to open my mouth and confirm it beyond any doubt."
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They don't need to know how much you bid. If they bid a higher amount than you, then the final amount will be the next step above yours, not the maximum amount they bid.
They may also have used one of the many auction sniper to websites, that automatically placed the bid fo them.
To make sure this doesn't happen in the future, you can either use the same tactics as them, or always place the highest you are willing to bid. That way if you lose, you didn't want the item at that price anyway.0 -
Sniper sites are great, especially if you wont be around near the auction end but dont want to place your highest bid too early. Theyll automatically bid for as close as 3 seconds before the end of auction!0
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You need to understand that eBay uses "Proxy Bidding". This is very different to how a traditional "Going, Going, Gone" auction works. You really do need to understand the difference if you are going to bid on eBay auctions.phingers wrote:Then they came straight in with £17.51 and took it from under my nose.
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My max was £18.50. Down to 8 seconds and in comes a bid of £19.51!
How did they know my max bid and bid just enought to beat it without going up in stages to get there?
Basically you should only ever place a single bid on any eBay auction, and that bid should be for the maximum amount which you are willing to pay. There are also tactical advantages in placing that bid as late as possible.
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The winning bidders probably entered bids of £20+
I always leave my bidding to the last few seconds.
Remember if your doing this that the time left showing is the time you 'refreshed' the page so allow a couple of seconds more.
It can be a bit risky though when the page decides to 'freeze'!0 -
Unfortunately thats the joys of ebay0
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Goto https://www.bidnip.com and sign up the first 5 go's are FREE just key in the number of the item you want to bid on and then the time you want it to bid on that item. (you have to give them your ebay login and password - its very secure been using them over a year) so say you want to bid on item 123456 just type that number in select how many seconds to place your bid if you go for about 6 seconds it stops others getting in. then insert your maximum that you are prepared to pay.
In the last 6 seconds it dumps your total amount on the bid so if its only at £11 and it dumps £20 (your maximum) you win it for £11.01
it has saved me about a £3000 over a year and i have always got the item i wanted.
you can buy other snipes with paypal!Wins so Far: 21" lcd monitor, 6 day all expenses paid holiday to China, 8800GTX gfx card, 2x Panasonic cameras, 12 cups and Loads of Twix's, Coffee Lovers Hamper - Wild bean cafe. TomTom (upto value of £200) Aviva Car Insurance0 -
"Unfortunately thats the joys of ebay"
Fortunately thats the fun of ebay.
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GabbaGabbaHey wrote:You need to understand that eBay uses "Proxy Bidding". This is very different to how a traditional "Going, Going, Gone" auction works. You really do need to understand the difference if you are going to bid on eBay auctions.
Basically you should only ever place a single bid on any eBay auction, and that bid should be for the maximum amount which you are willing to pay. There are also tactical advantages in placing that bid as late as possible.
absolutely.
basically if you are serious about bidding you have to enter the absolute max you want to pay....0 -
The snipers are good if you REALLY want an item.
It takes a lot of the enjoyment out of winning an item through 'manual' bidding though.0
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