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Please bear in mind before reading this that there are no stupid questions, only STUPID PEOPLE. So, sorry in advance for being dense.

Can anybody provide me with a very quick beginner's guide to eBay bidding tactics? I simply have no idea how the bidding tends to work -- whether lots of bids tend to happen at the last minute, whether it's better to bid on the cheaper thing with more time to run or the thing that's already at a higher price but has less time to go, or ... or what. Or whether the bidding patterns vary enormously depending on the thing for sale, or stuff like that.

Er, basically, in summary, "hello, am clueless, but want to buy thing off eBay without spending masses more money than I need to". :-)

Date: 2003-07-22 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ottah.livejournal.com
I tend to watch items, set a highest price in mind and then bid as late as I can. Early bidding seems to raise the price to artifical levels. If I can't be at the computer for the end of auction, I put in my max bid and let ebay bid via proxy for me (or ask Si if he's about).

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