bid higher
bid the maximum amount youre willing to pay...if you lose, then take the L. I dont understand how/why you'd be mad when you didnt put up the maximum amount you were willing to spend.
bingo
I don't think some people understand how eBay works.
95% of the time you're not really losing by a $1 or $5 or w/e...it's because the person placed a higher MAXIMUM bid than you did. For example,let's say I was bidding on something it said the highest bid was $50. I go "OK...let me place a bid down of $60" and all of a sudden it jumps upto $65, with the other person now having the highest bid. It's not because they outbid you the second you placed the $60 down...it's because theirhighest MAXIMUM bid (which is over $65) was higher than your $60.
During the final minute what you should do is wait until there's like 15-20 seconds left and place the amount of $ that WITHOUT A DOUBT is the highestyou're comfortable going (or like $5-10 above that). Even with youplacing that much $$$ down it's not guaranteed to sell at that price so go for it. That's why I don'tbother bidding on an item until the last moments...because me doing it before is only going to drive my own price up at the end.... I've had a losing an auction on eBay unappreciation post here before tooand some wise dudes gave me some tips and so far i haven't lost an auction...yet (it's only been like 4 though).
Originally Posted by mikeJordache23
But seriously it sucks.
