Will,
Floyd is right about deciding what it is worth and not get caught up in
a bidding war... BUT... Best advice is to not place your bid until the
last few seconds of the auction. By waiting until the last seconds, you
avoid showing your hand to other potential bidders, giving them time to
think about out bidding you. Unless they had planned ahead of time to
spend more than you, you'll win the auction. No use running the price up
for no good reason!
73, Tony W4ZT
Floyd Sense wrote:
> The seller can NOT see the maximum bid that you entered, but CAN see the
> amounts of the actual bids. For example, if the current bid is at $18.00
> (and the minimum increment is $1.00)and no one's maximum bid exceeds that,
> and you come along and bid $50.00 then the seller will see your bid as
> $19.00.
>
> If someone was bidding for the seller (or the seller himself under a
> different ID), it would not be difficult to predict your probable response
> to a bid increase based on your previous reaction to being outbid. As you
> probably know, the eBay process ressembles a real live auction only in that
> there is bidding. Real auctioneers do not permit "sniping" and shill
> bidding can result in bodily harm! The only way to protect yourself is to
> decide up front what the item is worth, bid that amount, and check back when
> the auction is over.
>
> K8AC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Matney" <craxd1@ezwv.com>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:43 AM
> Subject: [Amps] eBay
>
>
>
>>This is way off topic but I need a quick answer on something. Does the
>>seller have access to the amount one has bid? Something was fishy on a
>>book I bought like the one who bid against me twice stopped both times
>>right under my maximum bid. He ran the bids up 11 times stopping just
>>under twice. I'm wondering if it was a schill who knew the amount I bid?
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4546163575&rd=1
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Will
>>
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