Thread: Why you might wait until the last seconds to place your max bid.

This auction ends at an unusual time of day on a Tuesday. Since I won't be able to place my bid in the last seconds I went ahead and did it the evening before. The price ticked up the usual dollar as the bidder prior to me had not used a max bid and stayed that way for a couple of hours. In the morning I checked it out and found that a new bidder had "probed" my commitment over a period of 1:15, ticking the price up $48. Great for the seller but not for me. If I had bid in the last seconds he wouldn't have had time to play that game. He, or anyone else, could come back at the end with a max bid but my guess is that he is looking to place a minimum wining bid that won't be challenged. It's not going to get you a razor you really want but if done often enough you will get some deals.
Not that $73.49 is in "deal" territory.