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In Reply to: How we Ebay posted by Bambi B on October 1, 2004 at 10:21:27:
I think people bid at the very end to give the impression that not many people are interested in the item since there aren't any bids yet, or if they bid early then someone might bid on top right away rather than waiting and the price might 'inflate' too early. In theory, just bidding your absolute highest amount should work and if someone 'snipes' at the end with +50 cents, that just means he/she was willing to pay 50 cents more than you were. The one advantage of at least throwing a decent bid in early is sometimes a seller will end an auction early at the current bid just to move the item, for whatever reason. I missed out on a nice pair of NHT speakers once because the seller ended early to the current high bidder and they got it for about 2/3 the price that I was actually willing to pay. The disadvantage in bidding your highest amount right away is having a nicer item show up at the same time for a great 'buy it now' price, but you're still locked into that first item that you may not win anyhow. I just purchased a Vandy sub that doesn't work from ebay when beautiful newer version showed up on A-gon a day or two later for the same price. If I'm lucky I'll get my money back, minus about 150 bucks for the shipping each way, but I haven't heard back from the seller yet. :(
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