Lobster :
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

Actually I *never* want to top up my bid at any point, ever.

- because that's when you *do* bid the maximum amount you're prepared
to pay

I *always* bid the maximum I'm prepared to pay. No exceptions.

I don't know why you're banging on about timing, which I agree is
important, but I never mentioned it because it's not relevant to the
point I was making. There are good reasons for bidding late, but
sometimes it's not possible, and I bid early. Regardless of timing, I
only bid once, I recommend that others do the same, and that's the
(only) point I was making.

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Mike Barnes