Let’s suppose that I put in a maximum bid of $100, and I am the current high bidder with a bid amount of $75. Let’s suppose I want to go to bed and not worry about “sniping.” If I put a bid of $150 in, will that affect the amount of the high bid?
In other words, how do I increase my maximum bid?
No, you can’t outbid yourself.
Proxy bidding lets you set a max amount to bid, and goes up only if someone outbids you. So if set the limit at $150, go to bed, someone bids $151, you’ll have to enter a higher amount. Should nobody else bid, the $75 stands no matter the limit you set.
Just an additional bit of help about spoiling most snipers… if you do increase your maximum bid, don’t put in an even amount. A lot of inexperienced eBay-ers do that themselves when they’re bidding at the last minute and you could easily be outdone by someone at $151.00, for example. And you’d be pretty unhappy to have lost by a buck. So I’d suggest coming up with some off the wall number, like $153.86, and then that seems to squelch those kinds of problems when the amounts are in the same ballpark.
That way if you’re outbid by an additional $25.00, you’re not put out and there’s nothing you’d have done different anyway. Otherwise, you got 'em whooped.
Just my method. Hope that helps you auction easier.
try going to auctionstealer.com and you can zzzzzzzz all night without any worries!!
Hopefools right… but be sure that you at least one full bid increment above your snipe level.
IE: Don’t enter $100.01, that’s not enough to win from someone who bid $100 earlier.
Enter $102.00
(The theory being that most, but not all people bid evenly.)
Unless there is a reserve price on the item, and your second bid takes you above the reserve for the first time.