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Questions about a bid history - please help me as soon as possible!

S sbroccaMember
Hi!
I'm an italian AS newbie, and I'm going to place my first snipe.
I find out AS just today, as I wish to bid for an item I was looking from a while (it ends in 1 hours, thus a QUICK response will be very kind and much appreciated!)

I'd like someone to explain me the bid history belove:
1. Why some higher bid appears to be placed BEFORE (date or hours) some lower ones?
e.g.: How s***a - EUR 127,00 placed on 10-Feb-09 can be higher than 5***a - EUR 121,00 placed on 12-Feb-09?
How a***i - EUR 60,00 placed on 10-Feb-09 10:11:48 CET can be higher than s***a EUR 50,00 placed on 10-Feb-09 15:29:42 CET?
2. Why 5***a appears placing a bunch of consecutive bid in a very short time (on 12-Feb-09 16:21:04, 16:21:21, 16:21:33, 16:21:42, 16:21:53, 16:22:00), while nobody (apparently) biding against him?
3. Any trick for this bid (except the usual ones I read over the forum)?

I apologise in advance for my probably dumb questions (and for my poor english as well): as I told before, I'm definitely a newbie.
Thx a lot
-R-

8***l( 28 ) EUR 128,00
12-Feb-09 18:30:49 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 127,00
10-Feb-09 16:35:24 CET

h***i( 0 ) EUR 127,00
12-Feb-09 17:40:20 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 121,00
12-Feb-09 16:22:00 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 119,00
12-Feb-09 16:21:53 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 117,00
12-Feb-09 16:21:42 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 115,00
12-Feb-09 16:21:33 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 113,00
12-Feb-09 16:21:21 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 111,00
12-Feb-09 16:21:04 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 110,00
10-Feb-09 16:34:19 CET

h***i( 0 ) EUR 110,00
12-Feb-09 11:29:45 CET

a***b( 9 ) EUR 104,00
11-Feb-09 12:49:18 CET

a***b( 9 ) EUR 102,00
11-Feb-09 12:48:10 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 100,00
10-Feb-09 16:31:18 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 100,00
10-Feb-09 16:33:39 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 85,00
10-Feb-09 16:28:34 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 80,00
10-Feb-09 15:35:42 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 75,00
10-Feb-09 16:28:22 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 70,00
10-Feb-09 15:34:45 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 70,00
10-Feb-09 16:26:44 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 64,00
10-Feb-09 16:26:28 CET

5***a( 24 ) EUR 62,00
10-Feb-09 16:19:25 CET

a***i( 15) EUR 60,00
10-Feb-09 10:11:48 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 50,00
10-Feb-09 15:29:42 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 30,00
10-Feb-09 15:29:08 CET

s***a( 1 ) EUR 11,00
10-Feb-09 15:28:20 CET

r***n( 56 ) EUR 10,00
09-Feb-09 21:47:03 CET
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rickrickMember
quote:
1. Why some higher bid appears to be placed BEFORE (date or hours) some lower ones?
That's how ebay's proxy bidding system works.



quote:
2. Why 5***a appears placing a bunch of consecutive bid in a very short time (on 12-Feb-09 16:21:04, 16:21:21, 16:21:33, 16:21:42, 16:21:53, 16:22:00), while nobody (apparently) biding against him?
Called a "nibbler". He can't decide how much he's willing to bid, so he keeps bidding more in hopes that he'll be top bidder. If it's a reserve auction, then he might be bidding against the reserve.



quote:
3. Any trick for this bid (except the usual ones I read over the forum)?
No tricks. Bid the most, get the goodies. Some recommend bidding odd amounts. I guess that's good advice.
S sbroccaMember
WOW, what a speed!

quote:
Originally posted by Rick:
quote:
1. Why some higher bid appears to be placed BEFORE (date or hours) some lower ones?
That's how ebay's proxy bidding system works.
I guessed I understood that system... or not? :-)


quote:
2. Why 5***a appears placing a bunch of consecutive bid in a very short time (on 12-Feb-09 16:21:04, 16:21:21, 16:21:33, 16:21:42, 16:21:53, 16:22:00), while nobody was (apparently) biding against him?
quote:
Called a "nibbler". He can't decide how much he's willing to bid, so he keeps bidding more in hopes that he'll be top bidder. If it's a reserve auction, then he might be bidding against the reserve.
I supposed so, thanks to make me sure.



quote:
3. Any trick for this bid (except the usual ones I read over the forum)?
quote:
No tricks. Bid the most, get the goodies. Some recommend bidding odd amounts. I guess that's good advice.

Thank you again. Cross the fingers for me!
S sbroccaMember
quote:
Originally posted by Rick:
Congratulations!

Thank you!
If someone can be interested in it, here is the last minutes bid history:

n***o EUR 186,00 <-- YES, THAT'S ME!
12-Feb-09 21:20:13 CET

t***7 EUR 185,00
12-Feb-09 21:20:20 CET

a***i EUR 170,00
12-Feb-09 21:20:07 CET

9***9 EUR 160,51
12-Feb-09 21:20:11 CET

e***d EUR 157,00
12-Feb-09 21:19:37 CET

a***i EUR 157,00
12-Feb-09 21:19:50 CET

a***i EUR 152,00
12-Feb-09 21:19:38 CET

a***i EUR 150,00
12-Feb-09 21:16:02 CET

a***i EUR 143,00
12-Feb-09 21:13:25 CET

h***i EUR 141,00
12-Feb-09 20:23:57 CET

quote:
My "Italian" comment was a failed attempt at humor.
Don't worry, you didn't fail: I didn't get it because of my poor english... Frown

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