[Mccoypottery-talk] bidding strategy

[Chris Jubic]

That is the beauty of automatic sniping! It waits until the very last
seconds of the auction to register your bid.
Shall I sned you a link to free trialware?
Chris in NY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Lugo" <lugork@msn.com>
To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] bidding strategy


> My strategy is to bid as late as possible.
>
> It seems if I put a bid on an item and am the only bidder some siren seems
> to go off to alert the rest of the McCoy collectors to look at that
auction
> and nibble my proxy up by .50 at a time.......even if they have to bid 16
> times to out bid me.
>
> I use www.bidslammer.com also, it saves me time and money to "snipe".
:)
>
>
> >From: acp <acpearce@io.com>
> >Reply-To: mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com
> >To: McCoy Pottery Talk LIst <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>,
> >OhioPotteryLovers@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Mccoypottery-talk] bidding strategy
> >Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:36:30 -0500
> >
> >
> >I have some questions about ebay bidding strategy.
> >
> >For purposes of this lesson (you're teaching me), let's assume
> >fair market value for the item is $25-30 and it is a moderately
> >popular item.  It is not one of a kind.  As a matter of fact,
> >you see at least one or two auctions going for this item, at any
> >given time.
> >
> >Are you more likely to get the item you want, at a cheaper price,
> >if you --
> >
> >1) Bid very early and put in a maximum bid of say $20  or
> >
> >2) Bid early, bid about $5 and then increase your maximum
> >bid multiple times, when/if you see someone outbidding you.
> >
> >In other words -- is an early, higher bid more likely to discourage
> >other potential bidders, permanently, early on???      Or, will they
> >just keep following the bidding and then jump in at the last minute,
> >anyway?
> >
> >Do you understand what I'm saying??
> >
> >It would be easier for me to put in a maximum bid of $20 and then
> >check back at the end of the auction to see if I'm about to get the
> >item or not (and then bid higher at the last minute, if I want).
> >But if my chances of getting the item for less, depend on my
> >babysitting the auction and incrementing my max. bid by a few
> >dollars each time, I would rather do that.  ;-)
> >
> >Or, is all this trying to work out a strategy, just pointless??  ;-)
> >Looking back to all my psych and marketing classes, I KNOW
> >there must be some commonalities, some conclusions which
> >can be drawn about bidding strategy.  It's a puzzle.
> >
> >So, anyone willing to tackle it?  ;-)     Has anyone noticed how
> >it works??
> >
> >:-)   acp
> >***********
> >
> >
> >
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