I want to snipe in a dutch auction. I am bidding on a quanity of three. How do I do this?rsmiller40
I want to snipe in a dutch auction. I am bidding on a quanity of three. How do I do this?rsmiller40
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I want to snipe in a dutch auction. I am bidding on a quanity of three. How do I do this?rsmiller40
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Well, you could set up a bid group folder, but that wouldn't work because all the items in a Dutch auction close at the same time. Why don't you search the forum archives (under "search" at the top of this page) for "Dutch auctions"? 
Yes, I did that, but got no answer as to how you would set up a snip for multiply items... placed per item times the amount of items.
rsmiller40
rsmiller40
I used "search." This was posted by RhinoBoy on June 12, 2003:
"I don't usually snipe dutch auctions because the timing of the bid is so important. Dutch auctions are more like those who get in line first win. The people who bid early get to place lower bids because of the bid increment requirements.
"Here is what I mean:
* There are 10 items for sale.
* Current bid is 1.00
* I figure the value of the product to me is 10.00
* I want 6
* There currently are 8 bids for 1.00 each.
* I bid 10.01 for 6
"Now why would I do that? Everyone keeps bidding at the lower level with the bid increment increasing at minimum increment. Now two things can happen:
* Bidding stops way lower than my 10.01. This is great for me because I get all 6 for the winning lowest bid. If the lowest bid is $2.00, I get 6 for 2.00 each. I have the highest bid so I get my 6 even if the 2.00 bidder wanted all 10.
* Bidding gets to the 10.00 range. I have an advantage because my bid was at that range 1st. If someone else bids 10.01 and wants all 10, I still get my 6 because I bid first. The other advantage is the bid increment thing. One time I didn’t bid early and the bid increment stopped me from bidding. Say in this case, the next available bid would be 11.00 and it wasn’t worth it to me. Everyone got theirs for 10.00 and I would have been one of them if I had bid earlier.
"Sorry if this gets confusing, I’m trying to be brief here for the sake of those who aren’t really interested. This strategy has been so successful for me that I deliberately search for dutch auctions. I find I get a much better deal because it requires having so many people willing to pay top dollar. That usually doesn’t happen."
Rsmiller40, please note that it's possible to set up a single snipe for multiple items in a Dutch auction by using the "Qty." window on the main page. However, RhinoBoy's advice is to avoid sniping on Dutch auctions.
"I don't usually snipe dutch auctions because the timing of the bid is so important. Dutch auctions are more like those who get in line first win. The people who bid early get to place lower bids because of the bid increment requirements.
"Here is what I mean:
* There are 10 items for sale.
* Current bid is 1.00
* I figure the value of the product to me is 10.00
* I want 6
* There currently are 8 bids for 1.00 each.
* I bid 10.01 for 6
"Now why would I do that? Everyone keeps bidding at the lower level with the bid increment increasing at minimum increment. Now two things can happen:
* Bidding stops way lower than my 10.01. This is great for me because I get all 6 for the winning lowest bid. If the lowest bid is $2.00, I get 6 for 2.00 each. I have the highest bid so I get my 6 even if the 2.00 bidder wanted all 10.
* Bidding gets to the 10.00 range. I have an advantage because my bid was at that range 1st. If someone else bids 10.01 and wants all 10, I still get my 6 because I bid first. The other advantage is the bid increment thing. One time I didn’t bid early and the bid increment stopped me from bidding. Say in this case, the next available bid would be 11.00 and it wasn’t worth it to me. Everyone got theirs for 10.00 and I would have been one of them if I had bid earlier.
"Sorry if this gets confusing, I’m trying to be brief here for the sake of those who aren’t really interested. This strategy has been so successful for me that I deliberately search for dutch auctions. I find I get a much better deal because it requires having so many people willing to pay top dollar. That usually doesn’t happen."
Rsmiller40, please note that it's possible to set up a single snipe for multiple items in a Dutch auction by using the "Qty." window on the main page. However, RhinoBoy's advice is to avoid sniping on Dutch auctions.
Thanks steve, I had read that, but was confused as how to snipe a single bid on multiple items. I see the quanity thing you mentioned. Think I have my head screwed back on tight now! 
rsmiller40
rsmiller40
In my opinion, you've learned a great deal in only 13 days! 
HMMM.. Well, Steve, in that case, as ols as I am..I must be a darned genius! LOL! Anyway, thanks for all the help.rsmiller40
Well, not exactly, I guess...that should read old, not ols!
rsmiller40
rsmiller40