Silly bids

[rosie3066]

I have noticed on some items I have been watching, that people are going in very early and making bids,sometimes leading to ridiculous high pirces, rather than waiting till later to bid. I have been put off bidding as I have no intention of paying huge prices on items I have previously bought for a good,though reasonable price. I thought by now buyers would know that you don't bid till the item is nearer it's listing end.

[foxette-in-sox]

I thought by now buyers would know that you don't bid till the item is nearer it's listing end

Why do you think that ? Just curious.

[kopenhagen5]

Many buyers also realize no point in nibble bids, they simply bid the amount they are prepared to pay and then they don't need to be on the computer. If they don't win, onto the next and so forth.

[maranock]

I like to bid early for two reasons,

Sometimes others won't bid if they see that someone is already interested in an item, or I just want to place my offer and don't want to bother coming back to watch and bid again later. I have my top price and if I get it for less it is just a bonus. Bidding early doesn't mean that you will have to pay your top amount.

There is no right way to bid and it generally doesn't matter if you bid early or late. All bidders do what suits them.

[monstersinthedungeon]

I will often bid early on items from newish sellers as I often find that if they don't reach a reasonable price before reaching the 24 hour mark the auction is removed, as the seller gets nervous that they won't get the price they were hoping for (in the case of low start price auctions). They don't trust/understand that they will probably get bid up hugely in the last few minutes.

[***super_nova***]

I only place early minimum bid if there is a BIN price, by bidding I prevent somebody snatching it  🙂

[*sparklz*]

rosie as a seller I love early bidders as then they do have a bidding war and I get a higher price for my items 🙂

I can not see anything wrong with that.:^O

[curraone]

Me too, as a seller,  I love early bidders!    It's so depressing having an auction and it runs for days without any bids.

As a buyer, I bid early when I see the item, I might forget later.

I thought by now buyers would know that you don't bid till the item is nearer it's listing end.

There is no reason why buyers shouldn't bid early if they want to, they might enjoy the chase!

Each to his own.

[sprinklespowerpuff]

Hi Rosie, I have to agree with you. I've been a buyer on  Ebay for many years and have found that bidding days before an auction item ends is usually a sure way to be paying top dollar for what you want irrespective of whether or not the item is worth the amount it ends up at. Also bidding too early only encourages shill bidding by the seller's friends and/or family to artificially up the price. That's just my opinion. Everyone is different. You find what works best for you in the end. All the best.

[phorum_junkie*]

It is the highest bid that wins, if two people bid the same amount at the same time near the end the one with the earliest bid wins so that would be the one who bid early.