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In response to
"Did you get a message saying you were the high bidder, and then got outbid, or did it just say you had been outbid when you submit yours?"
by
Ender
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here's a tactic I've heard works in many situations where the bid hasn't gone over your intended max but still below item value......
Posted by
zeitgeist
Apr 12 '13, 19:32
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open a dozen windows and set bids in increments
seconds before the auction closes, start firing them off.
this can work because of two reasons...
a. you can't bid against yourself, that is, if you 100, then 110 and 120 etc. but the highest bid so far is only 90 then your bid to win will be one increment higher than any other bidder. so you'd win with $91 even if you continued to send in bids higher and higher.
b. someone sending in a bid at the last minute of a 101 might get the notice that you are the highest bidder but then your bid of 110 comes in making you ahead so they might have time to react but before they can type in a bid you already have an even higher bid come in.
I think this is better than using their one click bid method because you still get a bid in and they will apply the one increment higher rule, BUT you won't get a shock of your life if someone puts in a really high bid, say 200, and you keep hitting one click and making a bid...without confirmation...that is one increment higher tha...what the fuck, $205????yiii yiii yiii
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