Ebay Bidding

[Q5?]

Why on earth do people bid with five days to go? :asshat: It only raises the price. I'd understand if it's the first bid. That way it stays up. Are they just board?

Rant over.

 

[DRBAFC]

The first bidders are either noobs (RWI rejects) or friends of the seller, silly!

 

[shelby1501]

Why on earth do people bid with five days to go? :asshat:

That's what I ask myself every time I see this kind of auction. -.-

 

[wat44]

I do it when I don't care if I win or not. Say I see something worth $50...
I might bid $15 and don't care wat happens. Occasionally I win.

 

[maxko]

If you want so much the thing you are watching/bidding on just rise the price so other potential buyers give up fastly. From my almost 10 years ebay experience the items that goes high quickly (in the first 10-12 hours or first day) end at lower prices than these that are cheap till the last 10 seconds and in these 10 seconds the price goes to the sky. Ebay is very interesting game with many possible tactics. Years ago it was like you bid for somethiing a very high price so almost everyone looking for the same thing just give up, then 2-3 minutes before the auction ends you just retract your bid and put a lower one. But since then ebay changed his policies like 5 times lol.. now this trick doesn't work anymore.

 

[If you see Kay]

I do it on useless, "I know it's 5 days away" bids just to test if I'm signed in.

One time I was trying to snipe with 3 seconds left and a pop up window asked for my password, letting me know I wasn't signed in. I can still see my auctions, but not bid. I lost that auction nonetheless.

This way I put in a "throwaway bid", like when it's a few dollars for a genuine Rolex. If the bid goes through, then I know I'm logged in. I can then snipe on my actual bid with 2 seconds left. I know I'm not going to get that "throw away bid" anyways, so no worries about winning that Rolex. (although it would be nice to win on a $20 bid for one)

 

[Fiveostang]

I will throw a bid on something with 5 days if I'm interested and I know my bid is going to be unrealistic anyways if it's something I know will sell for $400 and I throw $50 on it just to have it show in my buying list that way I can keep tabs.

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