eBay - why can't I win on that stupid site

[chitowndad]

I've been trying to win a Leinies Red (canoe) Tap Handle on eBay and I lose every time. BTW, it's for my Kegerator. I wait until 5 seconds are left and place my last bid only to lose again! I get sniped every time. What's the trick to wining on eBay?

Anyone got a Leinies Red Canoe Tap Handle?

-Steve

[schnellman]

Yeah, it pisses me off, too. But usually what happens is you place a last-minute bid and you lose because someone else actually bid higher some time ago. The only thing you can do is drop in your highest bid at the last minute. If you lose it's because someone was willing to go over your high bid. If you win, it will only be by a minimal amount over the next-highest bid. The system does not make you pay anymore than the minimum bid amount over the next lowest bid.

[coreseller]

http://www.vrane.com/

A free service. You register, put in the item #, your ebay password and max bid. It automatically inserts your bid and password in the final few seconds of the auction.

[chitowndad]

yeah thanks guys I guess I was really venting about SnipeBay. Someone else is always willing to pay more and I lose out...

[jcb986]

It's easy. You really want it, how much are you willing to go. In that last few seconds place your bid, say $5, $10, or $20 higher than you were going to bid. The system will only bid up the small increments not the entire amount you placed because that is your maximum. The guy you are going against probably has a high bid already in place. Me, I would do it in the last 8 seconds to give system to counter bid. It's a crap shoot...all in the timing.

[demick]

It's not difficult. Be the highest bidder, and you win. If someone else is willing to pay more - it really doesn't matter if they bid early, or at the last minute - they still win.

The reason people like to bid last minute is because people DON'T enter the maximum they are willing to pay for an item. If you are willing to pay $100, they why are you entering an initial bid of $25, and waiting to get outbid before upping it to $35, etc.?

Also keep in mind, that if an auction has more than one bidder, the winning bid will ALWAYS be for a minimal amount over the 2nd place bid. An example: your 2nd place bid was for $30, and someone else wins the auction for $30.50, so naturally you are frustrated, because you would have happily paid 50 cents more for the item. But what you don't know is what the maximum bid the other person entered is. Perhaps it was $40 or $45? So they would have won anyway even if you had bid slightly more than your max of $30.

Once again, it's simple. Figure out the maximum you are willing to pay, and bid that amount. If you win, great! If not, someone else was willing to pay more.

[vipola]

peoples complain here about snipping.. they didn't change nothing..
You just fix your amount your ready to bid and bid it, if it's not enought to win well you just have to bid more!...

The only bad thing on ebay is bidding too early, like putting your max bid a few days before the end.., witch give peoples more time to think if they want to spend an extra 5$ to outbid you and change their anser from no to yes ..

I always manually bid in the last few minutes, and if I loose it's because someone else wanted it more than me.. or that I'mm too cheap

Have a great week-end and happy bidding