# Ebay maximum bids **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449 "2011-10-22T14:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/41 "2011-10-24T20:27:09Z")
:nervous: … This Ez-sniper had better work!!!.. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/42 "2011-10-24T20:33:46Z")
[Thanks, everybody!!!](http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOCTOR-New-Earth-companion-Rose-original-Billie-Piper-prop-Costume-w-COA-/360402833623?pt=UK_Collectables_SciFi_fantasyCollectables_EH&hash=item53e9aed0d7&autorefresh=true) Especially, you, **Mr. Slant**! 😃 You are my wife’s new bestest friendest! So, for those of you reading, it was a shirt worn by Billie Piper on the TV show _Doctor Who_, an shirt/outfit that’s been reproduced in numerous illustrations, dolls, etc… it’s kind of iconic. Kind of. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/43 "2011-10-24T20:37:51Z")
Good luck! Let us know if you won, and for how much! ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/44 "2011-10-24T20:40:46Z")
Oops late 🙂 grats! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/45 "2011-10-24T20:45:32Z")
Now it’s paid for… whew! Lots of things I’ve never done before… Ebay (well, not in a while), EZ-sniper, paypal (yes, I am officially lame. And proud of it!) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/46 "2011-10-24T22:16:15Z")
Considering what it went for, my max bid was WAY above and beyond the actual sales price. Damn good thing I didn’t nickel 'n dime it. Damn good thing I didn’t get it for my max bid, either. 😛 (Let’s just say my max bid was a multiple, larger than 3, less than 6, of the final going-for price.) ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/47 "2011-10-25T04:42:01Z")
I really think you should keep a watch on it. I’m always worried that someone is bidding against me because it’s a dishonest seller or whatever - especially when it’s set to private. Also, it’s sweet you’re doing this for your wife. 😃 Good luck. eta: Head/smack! D’oh! Well, congrats. eta 2: 1,028.65 ! ! Holy shit. I’m currently selling all my possessions worth anything so I can come up with that to fix a tooth. I need to get married! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/49 "2013-08-29T12:29:31Z")
Yup. The easy way to do what rickyfowler suggests is a sniping service. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/50 "2013-08-29T16:54:50Z")
> [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > No - upbidding by the minimum in the last few seconds is called snibbling. As you mentioned, it’s only effective against another nibbler who was banking on a chance to come back and do the same thing if he’s outbid. It won’t work against an early proxy bidder who’s got his maximum in place. > > Sniping is bidding your _maximum_, all at once, in the last few seconds of the auction. Basically, it’s exactly the same as proxy bidding, it’s just timed. And the sniper’s timing makes absolutely no difference to an early proxy bidder who’s also bid his or her max. If you bid $150 and I bid $100, you’ll win for $110 (given the theoretical increment), regardless of when in the auction each of us bids. I agree with this. I try to wait until the last 10 seconds to place my full bid. On occasions when I bid early, that interest seems to draw others, who I suppose might be shills. So I indicate no interest until the last few seconds. I find I get much better prices that way. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449/51 "2013-09-01T01:53:11Z")
Studies have shown that the right interval is 3 seconds. Seriously, automate this, Second Stone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-maximum-bids/600449.md?page=2)