Why do people wait till the last minute to put their bid in?

it doesnt make any difference? lol

either way, i won that auction

 

personally i always wait , set myself a price , and go with it as my max bid in the last min ,

its served me well in the past ,

stops bargains beign bumped up by friends of the seller ect ,

beef

 

ahh well setting yourself a price is one thing..

just had some dude try and out bid me by adding an extra Ł2 every minute or so

 

I got a K850i phone last night at the last minute for Ł30 delivered, if I post it direct to mazuma mobile I get Ł40

Sometimes its the best way to get a bargain

 

I can't be arsed with it, just bid and wait for the email notification either way.

 

i just get bid scheduler on the case, save me forgetting to do it!

 

Deffo agree

 

What did ya win like?

 

worked very well for me too

 

I do it, I don't understand why more people dont.

If I were to bid early, someone else would bid higher, I'd bid higher again and so on and so on, so the price you would end up paying would be high.

If you wait til the last second then there probbaly be less overall bids, and if you win it, you will win it for less.

 

I decide on my max bid and sit with the listing in one tab, the confrim bid window in another tab and the time in a last one, usually bid with 5-6 secs left.

 

lol i do what he ^^^^^^ does

 

sounds like a plan this ive done it once b4 but 2mins b4

 

as said, people can get into a bidding war and get carried away, that and people have mates bid up items to see what you limit is.

Sure my mate used to bid someone up to see what their max bid was, then pull the bogus bidders bids as 'less than five feedbacks' then would have another mate bid up just under what the initial bidders max was.

Was a few years back, but sure that was what he used to do the dirty little ratter lol!!

 

same here. only lost one that way and thats because laptop was playin up.

 

yeah, I did it once, used to do it with 3 secs to go and then went home, forgot my folks were on dialup

 

Doesnt matter what "tools" you use, you pay ur max, if it goes for more then tough!

 

yes, but if you bid your max 5 days earlier some goober will come along with no max and jyst keep adding Ł2 till he beats you :P

 

thats the thing, sometimes if you leave it till the last minute like everyone else theres a good chance someone will refresh quicker than you or your total wont be enough!

if your willing to pay a set ammount for something then you might win it, leaving it till the last second doesnt make much difference unless you just keep shelling out for the sake of winning said item.

 

always wait untill the last few seconds too as you can get a bargain.

Won a pair of escos calipers the other week for Ł26 which had new pads which tbh is cheap for them!!!
Only reason i think no1 else bidded on them was cos he said collection early but i had messaged them and asked if they would post if i arranged the courier and he said yea but posted the comment on the action page too so expected more ppl to bid after that.

Only prob i had was the bleed nipples were stuck in but with a bit of gentle persuasion they came out, lick of paint and stick the discs i have kicking about and i bet i could get around the Ł100 mark if i sold them again

 

Definatly better to bid in the last seconds. Thats the only way to get a real bargain, more often than not. I cant understand why people bid early and just hope for the best.

Catch people off guard by bidding in the dying seconds. Dont even give them chance to consider bidding more than they had in mind.

 

of course it does!

 

I dont see how it does Lee?

You enter your max bid and if someone goes higher fair enough and if its less you've got a bargain?

 

Last second bidding is whats required for not get mugged off soo much on ebay

Bid on something early and theres a high chance of you paying your max price, as the seller can get bids entered to find out what your max is, then retract the bid, or even outbid you, then offer you the favorite line, " second chance offer mate, as the wining bids pulled out"

 

It doesnt give people chance to increase their max bid. By the time they have decided to go higher, the item has ended. How times have you lost out on something in the last seconds and THEN thought, 'shit, i wish id have bid a bit more for it now'?

 

bidding at the last minute will not get you that 'bargain' if somebody has previously entered a higher bid. you may as well bid your maximum at the beginning as in an auction situation, no matter how long is left, if there is only one bidder you will get a bargain but not if there's 2 or more

 

Well there is that, but then thats where you should notice if someone has got a max bid in or not.

 

we were selling a camper trailer on ebay last week 36 people watching at $3500 for 10 days and in the last 2 mins the price went up from $3550 to $4550, two bidder frenzy.

 

because 9 times out of 10, if i bid with 12 seconds to go, i win it

 

only if nobody else has put a higher bid on in the first place

 

But more often than not, you can recognise if someone has a high bid in so can then adjust your technique accordingly.

 

I love a bit of sniping at the last minute.... Adds to the fun of it all i reckon. It has gone wrong for me in the past tho where i add silly bids at the end just to find someone else has already whacked a silly high bid in and then ofcourse, ive had to pay over the odds. Teach me for being greedy tho eh

Always sweet when selling something on there too... the last few minutes are always good to watch!