On 12/01/2013 09:38, Mike Barnes wrote:
Jim K :
On 11 Jan, 22:53, Mike Barnes wrote:
Jim K :

ebay 390524781882

click on bids

click on "show automatic bids"

click on each of the two low feedback score bidders "fighting it out"
whilst pushing the early bidder up.

see the changing of successive bid increments by +/- 50p trying to
feel for the early bidders max bid?

flEabay indeed

I haven't bothered to look at these bids but I will observe that in
general, things would be lot simpler if people just bid their maximum
and then sat back rather than fannying around upping their bids.

mmm you don;t really get this do you?

I think I do.

Better to use a sniping service last thing.... as is shurely obvious,
bidding early is dumb.

True. I'd have mentioned bidding late if I thought it was relevant.
There is a vague connection (but no more than that) in that if you bid
*very* late there's no time to up your bid.

Yes but you won't want to top up your bid at that point - because that's
when you *do* bid the maximum amount you're prepared to pay (assuming
it's not already above that point); then win or lose you're guaranteed
to be happy.

If you bid early, how can you *possibly* end up paying less than if you
bid late?

Assuming I'm able to bid in the dying seconds, I would never bid more
than once on an auction.

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David