one more time for us slow folk about the proxy

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I've been thru the forums and have a much better grasp on stuff.
Question: Regardless of how close to the end of the auction I snipe, a proxy bid will always beat me.

OK that was a statement.

I just want to make sure I get it.

So I have a snipe set for 1 second that goes thru, but another bidder with proxy bidding had a bid amount higher than me. And since technically their bid was placed a long time before mine, it doesn't matter how close I was to the end, they are the higher bidder.

Is that it? (I hope

)

Ask me about the monkey.
http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/christy

4/20/037:06 PM

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Steve (Guest)

Yup, you got it, Christy. And the proxy bid wouldn't even have to be one full bid increment higher to win...even a tie bid would win over yours. All because it was placed earlier than your snipe bid.

How'd that other snipe go, the one you were so relaxed about this afternoon?

4/20/037:11 PM

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Rick (Guest)

Christy,

I hope your “1 second” snipe was just an example. Steve’s advice is to use 8 seconds! Its very good advice, which I follow.

4/20/037:35 PM

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christyjh (Guest)

I posted this in the other thread, is there a way to add a link to the thread other than cutting and pasting from the address window?

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Steve - I learned about padding from you already by reading one of your other posts! I did some research on the current bidders and figured they'd be last minute. And the item wasn't crucial to me. So I was happily outbid. And someone here pointed out usually items will turn up again, so I am still relaxed!

4/20/039:06 PM

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