I, well, my wife, has bid for a couple of things recently. This is my first experience with eBay, so I’m not sure that it’s working the way I expected.
The first bid was for a Robbie Williams doll (did I mention that it was for my wife?)…we were outbid by 50p on the last day.
The second bid was also for a Robbie Williams doll …we were outbid by 50p on the last day.
Amazing, 50p each time, different sellers. How did that happen?
Either eBay is outbidding by 50p for their benefit or the seller has another account for increasing the bid.
Heck, I don’t care, it’s a con either way in my opinion. Unless somebody from eBay e-mails me to confirm that this is not the case, that’s my bidding on eBay over…after two failed attempts.
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People who spend a lot of time on ebay have learned strategies for winning their auctions. One is to wait until the last minute and then bid some odd amount (I usually bid $1.03) over the winning bid. It’s not fraud on ebay’s part, and it’s against ebay policy for sellers to price hike like that. You just lost to another bidder who had a little different strategy. Keep at it… play ebay long enough, and you’re sure to win eventually.
Ebay instituted an automatic continuation of auctions if someone bids at the last minute. To guarantee you get it you really need to be online at auction closing time or make a whooping bid that will guarantee a win.
I’ve won the majority (90%+) of the auctions I’ve every bid on. My strategy is to make a half decent bid. Get the wallet out the next time Mr & Mrs M. Come on dig deep and you’ll succeed.