ebay bidding?

[jeremy_88]

I tried putting a bid on an item on ebay today and as soon as I clicked confirm bid, the next page was telling me I have been outbid? Ive done it twice now and its done the same thing. Never had this happen before so I am a bit confused.

Any ideas on whats going on and what do I do if i want to win this auction!

Thanks, Jeremy

 

[chondrogreen]

Because when you make a bid you are entering the highest amount you are willing to go to.
EG: Say an item starts at $1 and bidder 1 bids $2.50 the current bid will be $1 to bidder 1 but $2.50 is his highest so anyone else will have to bid higher than his maximum in order to get it.
Now bidder 2 comes along and bids $1.50, the current bid jumps to $1.75 as bidder 2 is automatically outbid by bidder 1's maximum (like you had been). So in order to win it you will need to keep bidding lol.

Make sense?

 

[miss2]

lol use auction sniper, someone on here out me on to it, ilove it!!!

 

[jeremy_88]

So your saying the current bid is not actually the highest bid someone has put down on the item?

 

[chondrogreen]

Exactly.
The persons bids will be automatically made untill the amount exceeds his maximum.

 

[=bECS=]

Yes, on ebay you can put your absolute max bid and it will bid in increments for you until you are outbid.
Use a sniper though, they bid in the last few seconds for you

 

[cosmicwolf4]

Just put the highest amount you are willing to go and it will bid up to that point.. Ie: if it's at $1 now and you put in a bid of $25, then it will stop at $25, but you can get it for less than that.
I've got things for $3 when my top bid was $50, it all depends on who else wants it and how high they want to go for an item

 

[jeremy_88]

Ok well I am now the highest bidder but the reserve for the item hasn't been met. If I up my maximum bid will it tell me that the reserves been met, or not until the current bid goes over the line?

Thanks everyone that was quick!

Jeremy

 

[=bECS=]

STOP BIDDING.... you will just drive the price up, wait till the last 30 sec or so

 

[chondrogreen]

It wont tell you the reserve untill yourself or someone else bids that amount.
If the reserve is $40 and you bid $40 it will jump to that bid to make reserve (once you bid the reserve that sets the price)

 

[ravan]

since we're talking ebay snipers, anyone know a good, free sniper to use?

 

[ilovejordan]

Its just because someone has a larger maximum bid then yours,so if you put in a bid there bid will beat it until its maxed Eg.if im bidding on a car its upto $1200 i put a bid on it for $1250 and someone has put a maximum bit of $2000 it will automatically bid on it to beat your bid and will keep doing it until it reaches 2g

 

[Vixen]

Bah who needs sniper programs, I find that rather a cheaters way. I do it all manually within the last 10 seconds and won 95% of things ive bidded on.

 

[junglepython2]

since we're talking ebay snipers, anyone know a good, free sniper to use?

www.auctionstealer.com

 

[Khagan]

Also another tip, when you bid at the last minute add some odd dollars/cents onto the end of your bid. Most people will bid right on the exact dollar, for example say $100 you'd bid something odd like $100.63 and your 63 cents would win it for you .

I was once bidding on something for my car and there was only 1 other guy bidding, i came in at the last few seconds and bidded $703.69 as my max bid and his bidding stopped at $700 exactly. I bet he was pee'd off too lol!

 

[Fuscus]

since we're talking ebay snipers, anyone know a good, free sniper to use?

JBidwatcher: Free eBay auction sniping, bidding & monitoring software