Thread: been surfin ebay all day and all I got was this stupid mouse clicking blister..

Originally Posted by adbuett

If you know your maximum bid, say I was willing to pay $50 for something, and not a cent more, you just put in $50 as your initial bid. Lets say the set increments of bidding on this item are $1, the current price of the item is $10, and you're max amount willing to pay is $50. You put in your bid of $50, the current price of the item goes up to $11. If somebody bids $20, Ebay automatically will increase your bid to $21. This will continue until the bidding stops, or your $50 limit is reached. I think I remember reading somewhere, somebody correct me if I am wrong, that even if a person puts in a bid a second before the auction ends, ebay will still slip in the higher limit-bid of an opponent.

I do what you do, but bid a strange number like $50.13 or $51.93 if my limit is $50. That might give me an edge in a close auction.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

I do what you do, but bid a strange number like $50.13 or $51.93 if my limit is $50. That might give me an edge in a close auction.

I just did that and the extra 13 cents actually won me the auction.. cool..

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

I do what you do, but bid a strange number like $50.13 or $51.93 if my limit is $50. That might give me an edge in a close auction.

I can see where that would give one an edge to battle people trying to snipe. If I bid $50 against you at a few seconds left, I'm SOL. I guess if I were to bid $50 an hour to the end, I would be outbid at $50.13, so I just bid $51.13. I usually do what you said in your previous post; do like Ron Popeil: Set it...and forget it!

Originally Posted by adbuett

I can see where that would give one an edge to battle people trying to snipe. If I bid $50 against you at a few seconds left, I'm SOL. I guess if I were to bid $50 an hour to the end, I would be outbid at $50.13, so I just bid $51.13. I usually do what you said in your previous post; do like Ron Popeil: Set it...and forget it!

You can still get sniped by one of those nasty old snipers if one of them puts in their snipe at , let's say $52.01 .

It's definitely a game of chance.. sometimes worth it and sometimes not.. I have seen what i would consider not worth it go for hundreds easily.. but twice now I have done the odd number and won.. However there were a few that did it to me..