Upping one's own bidding.

[Terry Perdue]

I recently got outbid in the last 15 seconds for something I wanted badly.
What a disappointment. Now I hear there's a free service called snipe.com
that will do that.

In my case, I was fortunate in that the seller, who was in London, contacted
me to tell me that his coworker had the same item - also nearly new - that
he was willing to sell me for $300 less, without bothering with eBay. It
came today, and is just like new.

I'd still like to hear your strategy though, Murray.

Terry

----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Gardner <egardner at TWCNY.RR.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: Upping one's own bidding.


> Multi-Volti Devices wrote:
> >I have a strategy that usually works for bidding.
>
> If you want it and its still at a reasonable price, wait till,
> literally, the last minute and bid as little over the current price as
> you can. Works for  me every time.
>
> 73
> --
> Edward Gardner
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