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Originally posted by toodamnfli
does anyone have any tips for winning auctions? I have been outbid literally at the last minute for the last couple of auctions I bid on
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I was just going to telll you how to win them before you asked.
The auction is won in the last 2 minutes, show no interest until the near end if you really want this item.
If not put an outrageous max proxy bid on the item.
If you show any interest in the item, the assholes come out and try to beat you for the sport of it, there is something about auction frenzy adrenaline that makes people feel they have to win at any expense.
SO show no interest, bid one time if you want and place a nice high max bet [the most you will pay absolute], that way ya don't have to bird dog it.
If you want it cheap, jump in with minutes to go and slap a nice max bid on it, the opposer has about 1 chance to knock you out, and they will bid too conservative and not see you coming, auction ends, and they wondering where the hell you came from.
Thats what probablly happend to you at the end, you lost by $2 but prolly they had a high proxy bid going...and you onlyforced their bid up $2 by proxy