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Bidding in odd amounts

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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,123 Ambassador
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    Me too, I don't recall the last time i bid an even amount.
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  • TizzyDizzy
    TizzyDizzy Posts: 43 Forumite
    Looks like we are all an odd bunch then. I always bid oddly too :)
  • kprigg
    kprigg Posts: 718 Forumite
    edited 10 June 2009 at 8:40PM
    Ive just won something by 6p because Im odd too! (and proud of it!)
  • Mozette
    Mozette Posts: 2,247 Forumite
    May I join the odd club? I have never bid a round sum amount, ever.
  • blue_haddock
    blue_haddock Posts: 12,110 Forumite
    Nope we're not odd - we're sensible MSE'rs!

    I always bid a few pence over the maximum amount i'm willing to bid to as you can bet that most people will bid to exactly £10 or £500 or whatever so if i go in at £10.12 or £501.38 i'm much more likely to win.
  • POSSETTE
    POSSETTE Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    Im odd too..always have been
    TO FINISH LAST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH....
  • I-Owe-You
    I-Owe-You Posts: 497 Forumite
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    I'm not usually... but will be now!! :)
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    Always bid odd amounts too, normally 12 or 52 is enough to beat someone.


    I don't know why I think this but I reckon these are two of the most favourite odd amounts. There are certainly some that many folk appear to use. As a matter of interest I'm a 26p and a 56p person unless I think someone has rumbled me...;)
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,123 Ambassador
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    I'm more of an 11 or 71p type of girl...
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • kprigg
    kprigg Posts: 718 Forumite
    edited 11 June 2009 at 7:49AM
    [QUOTE Hintza - As a matter of interest I'm a 26p and a 56p person unless I think someone has rumbled me...;)[/QUOTE]

    & there was me thinking I was unique! :rolleyes:
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