topic Re: bidding in Buying

bidding

djb56qld — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:18:38 GMT

What is this last few seconds bidding thing - whaat's the technology? How the **bleep** is one supposed t

Re: bidding

wargul — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:36:10 GMT

Why are you asking the same question twice? It's called sniping - generally it is bidding once, late in the auction, at the maximum you are prepared to pay. It has a few advantages: it is a good defence against shill bidding and prevents one getting engaged in a bidding war. You can do it live or use a third party programme to place bids on your behalf.

Re: bidding

lyndal1838 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:36:13 GMT

You are referring to snipe bidding. Most experienced ebayers bid in the last few minutes of an auction.

There are programs that will place the bids for you but a lot of us do it manually.

Re: bidding

putney32 — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:38:37 GMT

not technology, just $$

bidder with the highest bid wins, irrespective of WHEN they bid

Re: bidding

thecatspjs — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:21:48 GMT

Have to say that the best thing about the phone app is my ability to bid with 2 seconds to go, to avoid a bidding war if needs be.

Just can't risk it leaving it to the last on my computer, the internet & ebay = glitchy.