Posted by MoParMaN on March 14, 2009, 10:30 pm
> MoParMaN wrote:
>> I've been bidding on my first ever auction on Ebay the last few days.
>> We're down to the last hour and 51 minutes. I'm currently in the
>> lead, but have been out bid 4 times so far. I'm also at my final bid
>> offer if someone out bids me again.
>>
>> Question? Can the owner run up the price somehow without Ebay knowing
>> about it? I guess he could have several accounts and bid accordingly
>> to help his cause.
>>
>> I was just wondering.....
> He could shill his product , but that would be counterproductive - he
> has to pay ebay fees for the sale price , no matter who wins the auction
> . I've found that the best way to win an auction is to wait until the
> last 15 seconds or so , then place a bid for the maximum you'll spend
> for that item . It's called sniping , and sometimes it works , sometimes
> it doesn't . There are also programs that will do this for you , but
> I've never used one .
> Don't forget to add in shipping (and some sellers also have a handling
> charge) when you're deciding what you'll pay for an item . I usually end
> up doing a "buy-it-now" , no surprises that way .
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That's pretty much what I think I'll do next time. Shipping is only 14
bucks so that's not a problem.
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Posted by Jack Hunt on March 15, 2009, 4:36 pm
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> It's called sniping , and sometimes it works , sometimes it doesn't .
>There are also programs that will do this for you , but I've never used one
www.bidnapper.com You have several options. I pay a set amount for a number of
successful snipes. If I don't win, I don't lose a snipe.
It waits until the last 5 seconds or so and bids up to your maximum, but only
enough to win. It's great for when you don't have time to watch an auction to
the end, like one that ends in the middle of the night or while you're at work.
The added bonus is that nobody knows you're bidding until the auction is over.
They're less likely to run the bid up if they think they're the only ones
bidding. By the time they notice that you've bid, and throw in a counter bid,
it's too late.
The only time I've lost (and I'm on my second set of 20 snipes) is when somebody
else is using something similar and they have in a higher max than mine, or
somebody who is bidding openly has a higher max than mine. I have never lost an
auction that went for less than my max snipe.
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Posted by The Older Gentleman on March 15, 2009, 8:06 am
> I've been bidding on my first ever auction on Ebay the last few days.
> We're down to the last hour and 51 minutes. I'm currently in the lead, but
> have been out bid 4 times so far. I'm also at my final bid offer if
> someone out bids me again.
Search Ebay for 'proxy bid'.
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Posted by Thumper on March 20, 2009, 12:04 pm
> I've been bidding on my first ever auction on Ebay the last few days.
> We're down to the last hour and 51 minutes. I'm currently in the lead, but
> have been out bid 4 times so far. I'm also at my final bid offer if
> someone out bids me again.
> Question? Can the owner run up the price somehow without Ebay knowing
> about it? I guess he could have several accounts and bid accordingly to
> help his cause.
> I was just wondering.....
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Stop it! All you are doing is driving up the price. Start bidding within a
minute of the auction closing.
Thumper
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>> I've been bidding on my first ever auction on Ebay the last few days.
>> We're down to the last hour and 51 minutes. I'm currently in the
>> lead, but have been out bid 4 times so far. I'm also at my final bid
>> offer if someone out bids me again.
>>
>> Question? Can the owner run up the price somehow without Ebay knowing
>> about it? I guess he could have several accounts and bid accordingly
>> to help his cause.
>>
>> I was just wondering.....
> He could shill his product , but that would be counterproductive - he
> has to pay ebay fees for the sale price , no matter who wins the auction
> . I've found that the best way to win an auction is to wait until the
> last 15 seconds or so , then place a bid for the maximum you'll spend
> for that item . It's called sniping , and sometimes it works , sometimes
> it doesn't . There are also programs that will do this for you , but
> I've never used one .
> Don't forget to add in shipping (and some sellers also have a handling
> charge) when you're deciding what you'll pay for an item . I usually end
> up doing a "buy-it-now" , no surprises that way .
> --