Anybody have a chance to use the new bid enhancement feature? I'm not quite sure I understand how it works. Any thoughts or opinions about it?
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quote:AUCTIONNIBBLER
Nibble at the last second ... automatically!
Hear Hear!quote:Originally posted by FearlessCrusader:
I still don't get it. If I understand correctly, Bid Enhancement means that your maximum bid isn't really your maximum bid; your real maximum bid is your "maximum bid" plue certain increments. What's the point? Why not just bid your maximum bid plus the increments to begin with?
Why do nibblers like to nibble? Why are there bidding wars? Why do so many bidders place multiple bids?quote:Why not just bid your maximum bid plus the increments to begin with?
quote:Whether they "should have" bid in a way that others would have found more suitable is not really important. What is important to us is to make it easy for people to win the items they want.
quote:Whether they "should have" bid in a way that others would have found more suitable is not really important. What is important to us is to make it easy for people to win the items they want.
Thanks!
Cara
Chatter, you need to read Cara’s post more carefully.quote:Originally posted by Chatter:
I was SHOCKED to see that a $30 "max" would be upped to the $83 to win! Like him, I had understood three increments to mean three bid increments above my max. But apparently three increments REALLY means three increments above the current high bidder's max, going into the last few seconds? Wow! With that in mind, then there would seem to be no limit to what one might be obligated to spend, in case of a win. This is especially true when there is a nuclear bidder involved in the auction.
I summarized it for you Chatter incase you’re too busy.quote:Originally posted by Auction Sniper Cara:
Bid Enhancement places a second bid if your first bid was too low. The number of bid increments is based on your maximum bid, not on the current high bid.
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Instead we base the Bid Enhancement on your max bid.
quote:Chatter, you need to read Cara’s post more carefully.
I must be smarter than the average poster.quote:Yes, I had to reread Cara's post several times.
quote:I must be smarter than the average poster.
I was wondering if that was going to go unchallenged.quote:Smarter?...questionable.
quote:I'm still confused on how this works, just noticed the availability of the feature today, although I am a longtime user of auction sniper.
If I understand correctly this should protect against those instances where one is outbid by small amounts often of a dollar or two because of ebay's bid increments..
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The increments go by bid increments, not max bids and should therefore be in the $1 to $2.50 dollar range, correct?
"Any"? I think Cara has been very helpful explaining this feature. AND, she's taken a good deal of time and patience doing it.quote:Tough to get any performance specifics or examples around here
Long two hours.quote:auction ends in less than two hours.
quote:Originally posted by mommom:
I think this should have been a win and wasn't my max bid was $17.89 with 2 increment enhancement (wanted to try out the feature). The winning bid was $18.50.
quote:Originally posted by PaulMN:
Apparently BE does not respond to bids placed by others after the AS snipes.
quote:Originally posted by Auction Sniper Cara:quote:Originally posted by PaulMN:
Apparently BE does not respond to bids placed by others after the AS snipes.
That is correct - BE is not designed to protect against other snipers, only to protect your original snipe amount by bidding more in the event that your max bid was not enough to get you in the winning position.
We have talked about a service that would detect if you are sniped or outbid by proxy. Not sure about it at this point. Thoughts? Sounds like this is the kind of service you expected from BE and might prefer.
Thanks!
Cara
Definitely!quote:It sounds like maybe you are better off upping the original bid and not messing with BE.
quote:I think this should have been a win and wasn't my max bid was $17.89 with 2 increment enhancement (wanted to try out the feature). The winning bid was $18.50. And it says Bid increment too low,
quote:We have talked about a service that would detect if you are sniped
quote:4) If AS executes your max bid, you momentarily are winning the auction, then ANOTHER sniper exceeds your bid before the auction close, does AS monitor the auction between placing your bid and the end of the auction to try a second BE bid if necessary? WHO KNOWS? LOL!
quote:We have talked about a service that would detect if you are sniped or outbid by proxy.
quote:Originally posted by Jabbergah:quote:I think this should have been a win and wasn't my max bid was $17.89 with 2 increment enhancement (wanted to try out the feature). The winning bid was $18.50. And it says Bid increment too low,
Hi mommom!
Your snipe bid was $17.89 and your 2 increment BE bid would be $18.89. It appears that neither bids were able to be placed. With the winning bid at $18.50, the next bid that would be accepted by ebay would be $19 -- higher than any of your bids. Also, the winning bid was a proxy placed 3 hours before the auction end. Who knows what the actual bid was? -- Could've been $25, and you still would've lost even if your $18.89 bid had been accepted.
You were outbid. Don't sweat the loss. Look for the next one listed!
quote:But it did seem to me if you go 2 increments above $17.89 my max bid would have been $19.89 and this would have been a win.
quote:Until then I'll up my max bid and not fuss with it.
quote:Originally posted by Auction Sniper Cara:
We have talked about a service that would detect if you are sniped or outbid by proxy. Not sure about it at this point. Thoughts? Sounds like this is the kind of service you expected from BE and might prefer.
Thanks!
Cara
quote:Originally posted by Rick:Long two hours.quote:auction ends in less than two hours.
quote:It sounds like maybe you are better off upping the original bid and not messing with BE.
Sniping wisdom at its best.quote:A higher initial bid choice is the best protection in all cases.