how do i put in a last minute bid on e-bay?

snow

GabbaGabbaHey wrote:

JBidWatcher runs locally on your PC, so you never need to give your eBay password to anybody.

It's free, and available at http://www.jbidwatcher.com

Just have tried the programme. Easy and effective, thank you!

pww2004

Also www.ezsniper.com Three free winnining bids when you register, then 10cents a winning bid. can pay by paypal. Have used them for a couple of years and had no problems - just finished using 10$ which is what i paid when i first joined

Snooze_Control

I can usually beat the snipers by bidding manually if I'm at home. Most of the snipers bid at 5 seconds to go which can be easily beaten with a decent speed PC and interweb connection.

Of course most folks use them when they're out or not able to bid manually, for which they're a great idea then but I haven't found one which I'm entirely happy with yet.

SC

benjimoron_2

Snooze_Control wrote:

I can usually beat the snipers by bidding manually if I'm at home. Most of the snipers bid at 5 seconds to go which can be easily beaten with a decent speed PC and interweb connection.

Of course most folks use them when they're out or not able to bid manually, for which they're a great idea then but I haven't found one which I'm entirely happy with yet.

SC

What is the point in trying to beat people? All that happens is whoever has put the biggest ammount in by the end of the auctin wins! Makes no difference if it's 5 seconds or 60 seconds. Fair enough that the more bids early on in an auction only serve to put the price up however if it remains low with only 60 seconds to go then there are gonna be more people looking at it to place a bid as they think they're gonna get a bargain. So if it's still at 99p with 60 seconds to go then the chances are there are gonna be losts of people placing bids. So if that item was worth £500 then the fact that it's still at 99p doesn't change the fact that people would be prepared to bid £500. Like someone said earlier, you don't bid more just cos the current bid price has gone up.

So if someone's gonna bid £500, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference whether you bid at 7 days, 7 minutes or 7 seconds to go.

Snooze_Control

benjimoron wrote:

What is the point in trying to beat people? All that happens is whoever has put the biggest ammount in by the end of the auctin wins! Makes no difference if it's 5 seconds or 60 seconds. Fair enough that the more bids early on in an auction only serve to put the price up however if it remains low with only 60 seconds to go then there are gonna be more people looking at it to place a bid as they think they're gonna get a bargain. So if it's still at 99p with 60 seconds to go then the chances are there are gonna be losts of people placing bids. So if that item was worth £500 then the fact that it's still at 99p doesn't change the fact that people would be prepared to bid £500. Like someone said earlier, you don't bid more just cos the current bid price has gone up.

So if someone's gonna bid £500, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference whether you bid at 7 days, 7 minutes or 7 seconds to go.

You've completely missed the point. :rolleyes:

If you put in a maximum bid then people can see that they're no longer the high bidder and put a maxmimum bid in themselves which of course automatically adds x amount to the auction - exactly what you DON'T want to do as you want to get it for the lowest price possible. If no-one bid on the item until the last 5 seconds where they then put in their maximum bids then the item would sell to the highest max bidder, not the person quickest on the keyboard, and therefore go for a lot less money.

Unfortunately, with people like your good self around, all you're doing by placing maximum bids well before the auction ends, is unnecessarily inflating the price in advance. :rolleyes:

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Snooze_Control

benjimoron wrote:

So if someone's gonna bid £500, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference whether you bid at 7 days, 7 minutes or 7 seconds to go.

Of course it does. :rolleyes: If the item's worth £500 and you put in a max bid of £500 then the item will go for more than that because people are gonna keep on bidding until they've found and exceeded your maximum. If you don't put in an early bid then the bidding war from the 99p start won't start until the last 60 seconds and if you time it right you'll get your item for £500 or more likely, a hell of a lot less.

It seems you've got a very poor understanding of how you should work Ebay to get the best out of it. Not all of us have got money to throw away like you clearly have. :rolleyes:

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Avoriaz

As Snooze Control points out in his usually robust fashion:rolleyes: , sniping does make a difference.

Not every buyer is disciplined and many will get carried away with the auction and bid silly high prices. The often don’t understand how the ebay auction works so they bid a price. Then they see someone else has bid a higher price so they bid even higher. This goes on until the item sells for more than it costs new or is even worth.

The less time you give them to do this the lower the item will sell for.

Bid once, bid your maximum, bid late.

I bid about 8 seconds before the auction ends.

SeriouslyStressed

ah.. sniping. cheapest method. I USE MY FINGER..... and sense of timing.

benjimoron_2

You obviously haven't even bothered to read my post.

I quote "Fair enough that the more bids early on in an auction only serve to put the price up however if it remains low with only 60 seconds to go then there are gonna be more people looking at it to place a bid as they think they're gonna get a bargain."

If it's at 99p and worth £500 then what price are you gonna put in, £100 maybe? My point was that if someone's gonna put in £500 then it doesn't make any difference when you bid. I also snipe myself but I was referring to the point made about sniping at 5 seconds rather than 8 seconds. That certainly makes absolutely no difference.

Snooze control, you make a point about the fact that if everyone put their highest maximum bid in at 5 seconds to go then it would go for a lower price. I don't agree, like I said earlier, if someone's maximum is £500 then it isn't gonna go for any lower no matter when you put those bids in. You could also lose out as the first bid is the winning bid in the case of a tie. Although choosing a random amount usually avoids this, ie. £500.29

benjimoron_2

Snooze_Control wrote:

Unfortunately, with people like your good self around, all you're doing by placing maximum bids well before the auction ends, is unnecessarily inflating the price in advance. :rolleyes:

Isn't that the point I made that I've quoted above? The point I'm trying to make is that someone's gonna bid £500 it doesn't make he slightest bit of difference when you place your bid. Also you could be shooting yourslef in the foot as if an item that's worth £500 was still at 99p with not long to go then it would surely attract losts of interest from snipers/people looking for a bargain whereas if the item was at £100 there'd be a lot less interest from snipers/bargain hunters.