Originally Posted by Thrush
Originally Posted by Dan@Rapid-Ford
I wait till the last 45secs put a bid in £25 below my max then bid again my max bid and it normally works as they try to outbid me and i've bid again.
See, now that seems stupid to me.
1) Why not just enter the max bid? If someone isn't willing to pay as much as you, then it doesn't matter if they try and bid - you'll win anyway. If they are willing to pay more than you, it doesn't matter when and how many times you bid - you'll lose.
2) You are just bidding yourself up, costing you more! You enter say, £50 when you are willing to pay £75. The price might only be £33 after you bid £50 and are winning. You then bid again 20secs later, putting in £75, and immediately the price will jump to £50 - you could have had it for £33!!!!
1) The Auctions have a end time so if your bidding against somebody and the time runs out you win it for less than you were expecting rather than the other person getting desperate and pushing the price up and over your max.
2) You can't outbid yourself, if the amount is £33 and you put in £50 it will go to the previous person max bid say £35 then if you bid again £75 it will stay at £35 but if another person bids or uses a sniper program say it will bid £55 because I've put in £75 it will go to £60 and I'll get it for £15 less than my max bid.
I see it on my auctions from time to time where a person will bid then bid again because they might be away from the comp and the price doesn't go up its quite fustrating TBH because they will pay more but nobody bids to make the price go up.