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Hi,
I'm curious, when you are dealing with an
auction with a reserve bid, when's the best time
to increase yours?
I'm assuming the other bidder has reached it
because although the new max still shows the same amount say ie:$5.00, and it's repeated about 10 times, and yet auction still shows their same "visible" price. I'm assuming 1) they reached the "reserve price" or 2) their at both reserve and my max, price?
Looking at the competing bid, their increase is
about 10% increase.I had a big margin, but it's
closing in quickly.( if my assumptions are right)
My feeling is that if I increase my bid by 20%
6 seconds before, do you think I might win.
It sounds confusing,I'm confusing myself!
Thanks for listening, and if you can understand
it ,and have some thoughts, I would be very pleased to hear them.
Thanks
Newbie here
PS If the reserve has been met shouldn't it show
in the auction? Or is that reserved for only
"visible" bids?
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As you nibble away up to the reserve, eBay will show just your highest bid that satisfies the increments so you're right:
eg: £50 reserve,then a £5 bid at £5 starting price would show the £5 bid. A subsequent bid at £10 by the same buyer would show as £5 (although the bidder would be able to see their max). And so on until the reserve is reached when the bid would show as £50...

So, no idea what you're trying to do with your 20% increases etc. Looks like your nibbling to me! Instead, read up on Proxy Bidding (on eBay) and use AS to bid the most you want to pay. If it's over the reserve you could win, if it's under then you might get a 2nd chance offer...

Good site?

R2

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