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Advice for a newby ebay buyer, bid now or wait till the last minute?

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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    One reason to bid early.

    If there are no bids on the item it is worth at least getting a small bid in early to stop the seller pulling the item (easily). Then waiting until the close to stick your real bid in.
  • shelly
    shelly Posts: 6,394 Forumite
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    cyberbob wrote: »
    The new layout with the countdown is actually a bit of a pain as sometimes there is a wee lag. So you have to bid a few seconds earlier. I have missed a couple in the past few weeks due to this


    Did you have 2 screens open? I won my auctions in the last couple of weeks bidding in the last 5-6 seconds and had no lag.....maybe the prayers worked? :D
    :heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:
  • hardpressed
    hardpressed Posts: 2,099 Forumite
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    Thanks for all your help, I won it! Put my maximum bid on 3 minutes before it ended, didn't dare hold on any longer incase the computer had a freak out but got the item at just over half my maximum.
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