Last Minute Bids

Stuart_P

yeah i also use the 2 browser thing - works a treat. aim high if it is something you really want just in case....

....though i wouldn't go shouting about your new found method to your friends. less people that know about this the better

brains

manhattan wrote:

yes i do know what im doing.
entering higher bids will not push the price i pay up every time i enter a higher bid it is when someone else bids that it will increase,i feel that this system works for me in that it stops shill bidders to a certain extent,and other bidders who try a last minute bid but dont have time to quickly put in another bid in the heat of the moment when they find out that their last minute bid was still not enough.

but at the end of the day if someone places a higher bid i still wont win with this method,but as i said it works better for me this way.

It's simple really. Just bid ONCE with 10 seconds left, with the maximum you're willing to pay. If you get outbid then you weren't willing to pay anymore anyway.

manhattan

brains wrote:

It's simple really. Just bid ONCE with 10 seconds left, with the maximum you're willing to pay. If you get outbid then you weren't willing to pay anymore anyway.

true but i like to add a bit of fun into the bidding!

zappahey

LULUBELLE wrote:

There's nothing in Ebay's rules to say that you can't, lots of people do - you might place a bid, get outbid, then decide to go a bit higher.

It's nothing to do with the rules, it's about not showing your interest until the last moment and then just bidding your best price at the end.

Party_Animal

brains wrote:

It's simple really. Just bid ONCE with 10 seconds left, with the maximum you're willing to pay. If you get outbid then you weren't willing to pay anymore anyway.

Surely its not that simple if someone else is doing the same!

LULUBELLE_2

zappahey wrote:

It's nothing to do with the rules, it's about not showing your interest until the last moment and then just bidding your best price at the end.

Lol! If everyone used the same techniques, just think how prescriptive and boring the whole thing would become. For example, if everyone used snipers, the whole sniper thing would fall down, because everyone would set their sniper for 5/6 seconds. I do what works for me, everyone else is, obviously, free to do the same - there's no such thing as a deadcert way to bid on Ebay.

Hintza

But the way to lose out on bids is not bidding enough...and we all do it. Lets assume the item is worth £100 to you but with one minute to go is standing at £50. The biggest mistake is to decide to only bid £60 (to get it cheap) and item sells to highest bidder (not you) for £62...that is the most infuriating thing!! When if you had bid £100 you most probably would have won it at a fair discount to your maximum price.

ehosin

whats all this about opening new browser windows? Opening multiple tabs in Firefox is the way to go!

old_system

You could also eat a packet of Walkers crisps whle you're waiting.

manhattan

i spoke too soon! lol

just missed an auction in the last few seconds,i placed a bid at 22 seconds just one highest bid ,i had a second window open and it went through straight away but it said the auction had ended! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................

there must have been some sort of time delay or advance as i definatly refreshed at 22 seconds then immediatly bid!