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Bidding on ebay
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if an item has a starting price of £15 and someone else has already bidded - and I say wanted to bid a MAXIMUM of £30 - what would the price increase by if someone tried to bid again, is it steps of £1 ?
I basically want to wait until about 2 minutes before bidding ends to place my bid BUT the items is a good price and something I really need and could cost be up to £30 to £40 for a lesser product - however if someone else starts bidding against me with 2 minutes to go I want them to be scratching their heads as to what the highest bid is.
I basically want to wait until about 2 minutes before bidding ends to place my bid BUT the items is a good price and something I really need and could cost be up to £30 to £40 for a lesser product - however if someone else starts bidding against me with 2 minutes to go I want them to be scratching their heads as to what the highest bid is.
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Best bet is to keep the bids as low as possible, ie don't bid on it at all until 1 minute or so before the end, then bid in small increments. There's a higher chance someone else watching will place a massive bid with seconds to spare, meaning you lose, but the chances are the overall price if you do win will be a lot lower.
They will be. It doesn't tell the other person what your maximum is, and it doesn't just jump straight to your maximum unless the other person bid higher.