[Amps] OT Ebay Bidding - Auto Bid

[TexasRF at aol.com]

So, the answer is bid the maximum you are willing to pay and let the system 
 protect you. Let the fools/snipers pay $100 more than it is worth.
 
I have on a couple of occasions been outbid only to have the winning bidder 
 claim he mistakenly placed his bid and I ended up with the item at a very  
reasonable price.
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:36:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Gudguyham at aol.com writes:



In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:56:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,  
flymooney at gmail.com writes:

I don't  understand  why everyone gets so mad at the "snipers". I always 
just bid  the  maximum amount I want to pay and leave it at that. If 
someone  outbids  me at the last minute, then who cares? It is more than I  
wanted to pay  anyway.


Absolutely correct!!!  Often  times however you will lose the item for  the 
next highest bid  increment which usually is not that much that you would  
have minded  paying.  The problem is in many cases someone else may have 
bid   
MUCH MORE than the next bid increment and won it anyway.  In reality  you  
would have had to bid much more than the next bid  increment.  Did you ever 
 
wonder why "sometimes" an item on EBAY  would sell for much more than the 
going  
price?  Mainly because  2 or more people want to make sure they get the 
item 
so they figure they  will bid like $100.00 more than what it would normally 
sell  for and  they feel confident they will win it for a fraction of the   
$100.00.  Then some comes along and bids $125.00 more.  Now  that  bidder 
pays 
$100.00+ more than he may have anticipated.   He wins it, but  pays dearly 
and the seller makes out like a  bandit.   Lou


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