Reply to "Track number of bids in the Snipe Window?"

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For me, its a good indicator of how much interest an item is attracting - like the number of hits on an item, it can be an indicator of how heavy the bidding might be.
Knowing the amount of attention something is attracting can allow me to place my bid amount accordingly.
For instance, I may place a more reasonable bid on something that only has 12 hits and 2 bids in a 7-day auction, but I may place a higher-than-usual bid on an item that has attracted over 200 hits and 18 bids.
I realize that ultimately, the highest bid wins, but how does one effectively gauge what that high bid should be without consistently bidding outrageously high?
(I've been burned by that tactic)

8/12/036:04 PM

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