23 Watchers 1 bid. Why is that?????

lordexavier_the_2nd · 26 September 2006 at 11:30AM

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote:

Lordexavier the 2nd, I'm curious now - has your auction finished yet, and did it go OK?
As has been mentioned, most bidding activity occurs towards the end of auctions. I know a lot of people watch auctions on which they don't plan to bid, and I try not to count my chickens prematurely, but if I had 23 watchers I'd tend to be reasonably confident of more than one bid. On the few occasions I've had 20+ watchers on an item, it's gone for a satisfactory price in the end, although some bidders have waited till the last minute. I've had several items with about 6 or 7 watchers finishing with only 1 bid though.

Yep the auction went well thanks. It finnished last night. I got a little bit less than i was hopping for but still a good price.
Thanks everyone.

kriss_boy · 26 September 2006 at 12:42PM

Last minute bidding is pointless if you really want the item. fair enough if theres lots and you can bid on other auctions but otherwise why risk it? A good strong early bid deters others bidding and instead they go off insearch of an auction with zero bids.

Its the way i work and i do my research. As far as i can see it works too.