E-bay last second bid jump

Hay hay hay

Well-known Member
Missed a couple items the last second. Some were small bumps, some were big bumps.

How do they do that? What is the strategy? Where do they hold the last bid?

Do sellers have a last second reserve bid option?
 
Some people have a program called a snipe it puts a bid in in the last few seconds and no one (like you) has time to react. The idea is to help the bidder get it for a better price as if he bid against you early on that item you could have put another hundred on it. BASICALLY EBAY AUCTIONARE DETERMINED IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS.
 
(quoted from post at 16:27:51 12/26/12) Some people have a program called a snipe it puts a bid in in the last few seconds and no one (like you) has time to react. The idea is to help the bidder get it for a better price as if he bid against you early on that item you could have put another hundred on it. BASICALLY EBAY AUCTIONARE DETERMINED IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS.
I don't understand why that gives an advantage over summiting your high bid at the onset. You do understand your bid will only increase by predetemined amounts until your max is reached?
 
I agree with Jocko, people either use some program or manually throw a bid out there in the last seconds.

Sometimes it does seem if you bid "early-on", then the bidding war gets out of control. We don't bid in the last seconds... but we do tend to wait until nearer the end of the auction to see if the item has remained in a range where we are still interested in bidding on it.
 
I've won a lot of items by getting my bid in in the last couple of seconds. I use no other programs to do my bidding, I just bid whenever I feel it is time to bid. Basically, I bid one time for the highest amount that I will pay. If my bid is way over the current competitor's bid, it will be only one bid over his price, not my highest bid. Of course, I always look at the other bids before hand. Usually, you can tell if there are some shill bids by the person owning the item you want.
 
Often when I win an auction it is in the last 10 seconds of bidding. If the item is competitive and has had a lot of bids I usually do not bid till the end. Most ebay bidders only up the ante by a few dollars at a time, so by bidding my high bid at the end I am more likely to get it than if I put up my bid earlier and give people time to make 15 bids at $2 increments. What really ticks me off as a seller is when something of mine has had one bid for several days at $50, for example, and then someone else jumps in at the end and wins it for $51 AND THEN DOES NOT PAY FOR IT....... That makes me very grumpy when it happens, but it does not happen too often. It is a funny place for sure but I have been able to sell tractor parts on there that had been on my shelf for years, so it is worth the hassle to me.
Zach
 
There are still people who think Ebay is like a regular auction where one person bids and another raises the bid back and forth. That's why people wait til the last minute to bid. If you bid like a regular auction and you think you have it for a low price but willing to bid more, when it gets down to the last second you lose because you don't get another chance. There are websites that extend the time to bid if there is a bid made in the last few minutes.
 
I had that happen a couple of times.

What I did is learn that talking to a person always helps. Instead of bidding on the item I called them and asked them specifically, "can I pay you "X" amount for the item, they said yes, it will be an addtional $10 for shipping I then say ok here is the address. You have to sound serious and not wishy washy on the phone. I was dealing with a business, not an individual selling an item.
 
I am a last minute'r. Basically it does two things

1) Keeps me from doing something stupid like coming back and bidding more.
2) Out bids the stupid.

Yes I know how it works, but there are many who don't. I have seen folks make 50 separate bids trying to find someone else’s max. I only bid once at the end and eliminate the idiot who keeps bidding a dollar more, a dollar more, a dollar more…...
 
So the whole thing has to do with all bidders waiting until the last minute to bid but I still don't understand how youall determine wherther a previous bidder placed a "max bid" or wherther they are using a "program" or some other unfair method to bid.
 
With automatic bidding where you have entered your absolute highest bid and you get outbid by a few bucks etc (from your previous then highest bid even it wasnt your absolute highest) E Bay instantly and automatically enters your new higher bid,,,,That way you could still win it even if another bidder outbid your prior bid PIECE OF CAKE

While you cant know or predict how to overcome that in cases where its real bidders who arent on the automatic system I MAKE MY LAST ONLY AND FINAL BID IN THE LAST FEW SECOND OR SECONDS that way if theres another real non automatric dude he dont have time to react wooooooo hooooo Ive boght and sold a bunch on Flea bay and had all good expereinces so far at least lol

John T
 
There is a free website called Bid Sniper. You put in the information and it throws in your bid in the last second of the auction. I used to use it every time when I bought lots of stuff on fleabay. If you want to bid on several things at once then you pay for an upgrade membership.
 
Partly true but I wait until the last few seconds to put in my maximum bid so as to not 'show my hand' ahead of time.Sometimes other bidders can be lulled into thinking an item will bring far less than it will by a couple low ball bids a day or two out.Say I'm willing to go $500 Max on an item I might hit it a couple times at a $10 over the last bid just ot look like I'm getting close to my maximum even if its only a $100 but my last bid in the final seconds will be a little over $500 of course if someone else does the same thing and will go $600 I'm and thats fine.Just make sure your final bid is the absolute maximum you want to pay not just how much you think it might bring jusging by the bids already made.
 
da.bees,

If it can be determined, I don't know how to tell if someone is using bidding software or has just entered a max bid.

But one can click the "bids" link to see the bidding history and see the increments that bids "raise" until you have topped it. But I for sure, cannot tell if it is due to bidding software - or it is just that they have entered their "max" bid so ebay is increasing it in increments.
 
If you want it real bad the set your bid way above what it's worth. The other guy will bid up to what he thinks it worth and not anymore. Nice thing is your high bid will only be one bid above his and not at your maximum. It pretty much garranteed your win but you could pay a little over what it's worth. Use this on items that really want at any cost. You set this max bid on your first bid and just sit ack and watch. EBay will do all the work for you. And if the other wants it bad enough he's going to pay, pay
Walt
 
(quoted from post at 23:21:35 12/26/12) da.bees,

If it can be determined, I don't know how to tell if someone is using bidding software or has just entered a max bid.

But one can click the "bids" link to see the bidding history and see the increments that bids "raise" until you have topped it. But I for sure, cannot tell if it is due to bidding software - or it is just that they have entered their "max" bid so ebay is increasing it in increments.

The bid snipes do not come into play until the very last few seconds. The best approach to winning what you want is to simply enter your MAXIMUM bid right at the start and then forget about it. If no one else bids, you will win that item for the amount of the opening bid, NOT your maximum bid. If one or two others bid, then your bid will be increased automatically, but only by the amount needed to outbid the others, unless of course the other bidders actually bid MORE than your max bid, in which case they probably bid more than it is worth, and they can have it. Also, and Ebay will never admit this, but there ARE shill bidders, acting on behalf of the seller. If those shill bidders outbid your max bid, then guess what? You didn't win it, but niether did the seller sell it, and that item WILL be listed again. So it all comes back to bidding what you are willing to pay right at the start, and then forget about it.
 
"I don"t understand why that gives an advantage over summiting your high bid at the onset"

A shill bidder will work up slowly to your max bid. They can tell when they get close because it doesn"t increase by the usual amount, just up to your max. If they go over you know they only bid just over your bid because they were inching up so you"re tempted to bid again. But either way they ran you up.

Wait to the last second if you want the item at a fair price (eBay shows you how much time is left). Or bid your max early and don"t bid again.
 
I haven't used ebay for years. Back when I was different times I tried bidding at the end and thought I had enough time and when I sumitted my bid there should have been enough time but the system took too long to react and I lost out because of the reacting time. Found out that if it was in the last 5 minutes you bid likely would not go thru fast enough to get in the sale. If you want something do not wait for the end as the computor will react in a way you do not get your bid in.
 

They can set up "Instant Bidding"...you never know if you bought something until you read the results..!!!

Ron..
 
Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. I figured out long ago that to win and keep the price down, you have to snipe. I figured out once before they went to a live countdown that it took about 15 seconds from the time I clicked refresh to the time it actually registered. Once I started doing that, I won alot more auctions.
 
I get real tired of all the sniping stuff. I put what I'm interested in on my watch list. If it gets bid up too high, I delete it. If not, I place one bid (my max) on the last evening of the auction. If I get overbid, then the other guy paid more than I thought it was worth, and I wait for the next one.
 
There are a lot of fellows that like to play games and "snipe" a bid in the last few second of an auction. They feel that they get the item for a cheaper amount than if they bid straight up.

I personally do not have the time to play those kind of games. I bid what I feel is my maximum and forget it until it is over. I never up my bid and I never will pay my maximum after the sale is over. I have been contacted by the seller several times after the auction is over. They try to convince me that the "winning" bidder did not pay for the item and they want me to pay my last bid for it. Tough luck.

All the game playing has made Ebay PIA to buy on. So I rarely buy there anymore unless it is a buy-it-now deal.

The rest can play their games to win a few dollars less on a item. I don't have the time for it. There are other places to buy the same things without the headaches.
 
Most of the time when possible I will watch an item end if its something I'm interested in. There are also times I'll just bid my maximum and check after it is over. I do not mind getting outbid by people who plan to pay for what they are bidding on but I do not like people bidding an item up just for the heck of it.
 
It doesn't really matter if you're being outbid by a real person or a sniping program. The item went for more than you were willing to pay for the item.

Just don't bid more than you are willing to pay for the item. If you get it you get it. If not, oh well. Right?
 
I hate last second bidding - but as the saying goes, if you can't beat em join em.

If you really want something - you've got to wait to put your "final" bid in right as the clock ticks down to a few seconds.

I really hate doing it -but because some do, all have to.

I haven't bid on anything in a while on ebay - other auction sites do a cool thing where they add another hour or so every time somebody makes a higher bid.

That does away with the last second sniping, and can only help the seller get a better price.

Wish ebay would do that - or maybe it's an option for the seller - I have no idea.
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top