hi every body, first newbie question

AS will only place one bid, and that's your max.

Not a stupid question. It's actually a common question.

To add to Rick's answer...Ebay will only go up to your max bid if necessary it there are other bidders with max bids similar to yours. Ebay increases incrementally increases the bid price until it exceeds the 2nd to the highest MAX bid. The bidder with the highest MAX bid is the one who ends up winning the auction, regardless if they placed their bid in the first minute of the auction or in the LAST 3 seconds of the auction!

Adding 2 cents....errr...well maybe 5 cents!

Jabbergah

Sheesh!!!

My last post is nigh to incoherent! Time to quit, now!

I'll just sit over here in the corner and make blubbering noises...

Jabbergah

Rick is right. But, he did not finish the bit.
The ebay computer then uses only as much of that amount that it takes to win. However, keep in mind, if someone has a higher bid than you (either another sniper or a proxy bid one ebay) You will lose the auction. EG: If your max bid on AS is 25.00, but it takes only 23.53 to win, the ebay computer will use only the 23.53. However, if someone else has bid 26.50 either as a ebay proxy or as a snipe your 25.00 bid will show up on the ebay bid history, but you will lose the auction because someone has bid higher than you did (like any other auction). The main reasons for AS is to stop running the bidding price up. The ability to cancel up to 2 minutes before the auction. The opportunity to set up a bid group to take your chances on more than one auction of the same gizmo without having to try to bid and cancel the next auction etc. Best of luck. Just figure out how much you are willing to pay, bid it on AS and then sit back knowing that if someone out bids you, you at least are not overpaying for it, and another gizmo will show up again (unless it is a handmade one of a kind item). Again welcome and good luck.
keep up all informed.


"Shop"

Thanks for the answers.

I actually know how much the item is worth to me so I won't be too depressed if somebody wants to pay more for it.


I'm new to this game so I guess it'll take a while to adjust my pricing

Ciao

If you know how much you are willing to pay, you do not have to do any price adjustment with AS.
Just put your max bid price down on the AS snipe, then sit back and let the computers do their thing. You will then pay only as much as is needed to win, and no more. If someone wants to overbid, let them.


"Shop"

If you know how much you are willing to pay, you do not have to do any price adjustment with AS.
Just put your max bid price down on the AS snipe, then sit back and let the computers do their thing. You will then pay only as much as is needed to win, and no more. If someone wants to overbid, let them.


"Shop"

If you know how much you are willing to pay, you do not have to do any price adjustment with AS.
Just put your max bid price down on the AS snipe, then sit back and let the computers do their thing. You will then pay only as much as is needed to win, and no more. If someone wants to overbid, let them.


"Shop"

P.S. The only "stupid question" is the one not asked. When you have some time, check out the Help tab items, and then all the current forum items.
It will keep you doing something other than price adjustmets. JUST SET YOUR MAX AND RELAX...


"Shop"

And the best part of this whole thing as I found out is that you can snipe 3 or 4 of the same item and once you win just cancel the remaining snipes. I was running into the same issue of not wanting to pay more than 60% of the retail since with shipping it would have been just as good to buy it new. What fun is that.

also if you get a little caught up in the bidding wars if you snipe them all you can retreat and figure out what you really want and for how much. Even do research and modify your bid.