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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 6593784, member: 13650&quot;]Welp, the real world strategy of bidding on there is wait until the last 5 seconds for just about 95% of auctions you&#039;re going to look at.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe more.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I prefer buy it nows with make an offer as well, but unfortunately, buy it nows tend to have extremely high prices.&nbsp; Usually with profits, shipping and fees factored in at the least.&nbsp; So if you don&#039;t want any hassle and you gotta have something and are willing to pay.... the buy it now route is often there.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; On other stuff people list an auction with a reserve.&nbsp; Now the seller can start it at 0.01 cent and if it only gets bid up to ten cents it doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; Seller&#039;s not obligated to sell because it didn&#039;t meet the reserve price they set.&nbsp;&nbsp; The bid stays red until reserve is met, then the dollar amount turns green once surpassed.&nbsp; The reserve price is unknown until someone bids above it.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Now we get to the open auction with no reserve that most people prefer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much riskier for sellers but can attract more buyers.&nbsp;&nbsp; From the buyer&#039;s point of view, there&#039;s zero point in putting your max bid in with 5 days to go.&nbsp; Or even an hour to go.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seller&#039;s want you to (of course), but all it takes is one other person who &quot;has to have said item&quot; for whatever reason vs. you and the bidding war takes off.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some people say they have a max number in their head and that&#039;s their stopping point.&nbsp;&nbsp; While others, if allowed days, hours or even minutes to think about where the price is at, will end up justifying in their heads to <b>bid more</b>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t want anyone to see my max bid until there&#039;s about 4 seconds remaining because I don&#039;t want people to be able to sit there and think about going even higher, then making me pay even more because someone inevitably will.&nbsp; This is how it works and how most people play it.&nbsp; &nbsp; You&#039;ll often see several bids come in in the last 5 seconds.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I just use the app on my phone.&nbsp; If you have something on your watch list, your phone alerts you with 15 min. remaining and 5 min. remaining if you choose to bid.&nbsp; &nbsp; Whether you&#039;re&nbsp; in the car at dinner or standing in a corn field.&nbsp; &nbsp; The app works well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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