1st big win

Welcome to the AS community. I am not normally on the "welcoming" Committee, but they are either on holiday, asleep, or had such a drunken weekend that they are still incapable!

Probably, as you say, 30 seconds is a wee bit too long as it does give manual snipers a chance to engage in compeititive bidding.

There are only two rules:
1. Bid your max when you first look at the item. I also ignore AS's "Bid to Low" notices.
If it was your max in the first place, other peoples stupid bidding patterns shouldn't influence you later.

2. Don't take the time down too low (AS will ignore it anway in busy times - see heaps of other correspondence) 8-10 secs is good enough 99% of the time.

Good luck in future.

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Originally posted by Camera Collector:
2. Don't take the time down too low (AS will ignore it anway in busy times - see heaps of other correspondence) 8-10 secs is good enough 99% of the time.

“AS will ignore” - not completely accurate, or maybe I’m reading it wrong. During ebay’s busy times, AS will pad (guesstimate) the lead-time, but AS does so to try to hit the specified lead-time. That’s why, during these busy times, too low of a lead-time can result in a “not in time”, and why AS no longer allows 1 and 2 second lead-times.

Wonderer, welcome to our forum! Congrats on the win. Yes, 30 seconds is too much IMO. I have always successfully used 8 seconds except in busy times when I might add 10 seconds.

Recommended lead-times

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If it was your max in the first place, other peoples stupid bidding patterns shouldn't influence you later.

An excellent observation!