Reply to "bid groups"

54dreamer

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I thought that by using the bid groups, I would win the cheaper of the two.

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You're dreaming. I wish it worked that way, but doesn't (and can't). Bid groups are for winning the number you want. If you had won the first, AS would not have bid on the second, no matter what the price was.

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if the items closed very close to the same time to put a 30 second lead time difference between them.

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The auctions need to END at least 30 seconds apart (could be less, but not a guarantee). After bidding on the first item, AS had to determine whether you had won before bidding on the second item. Sometimes that can take as long as 30 seconds. You can use your normal lead times. Example: If your normal lead time is 8 seconds. Two auctions end 1 minute apart. That gives you 52 seconds between end of auction 1 till your bid on auction 2. That's more than 30 seconds so you should be OK.

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