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Old 03-08-2022, 11:35 AM
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.25 or .26 for me.

My reasoning is, if I'm willing to go to 50 bucks on an item, I certainly should be willing to go to $50.26 cents on an item if I really want it, and want to top out the guy who bid an even 50 clams for it.

More often then not, somebody else was willing to go much higher then me.......rendering the whole thing moot.
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Old 03-08-2022, 12:39 PM
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Old 03-08-2022, 04:15 PM
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The worst part of this thread is now everyone is going to start bidding in oddly bizarre amounts, so no potentially winning bid will ever be safe again!!!
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Old 03-08-2022, 04:55 PM
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The worst part of this thread is now everyone is going to start bidding in oddly bizarre amounts, so no potentially winning bid will ever be safe again!!!
Looks like most people already were.
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Old 03-08-2022, 05:35 PM
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I guess this one is pertinent...

57. Fail Mary
Throwing up a huge, last minute snipe bid and still not winning the auction.
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Looks like most people already were.
I used to do that, but then I realized I could just bid up to the next dollar and save some time putting the numbers in.

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Old 03-09-2022, 01:14 PM
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How about the guys who bid based on the player's jersey number?

How many times have I been outbid by a .23 on a Jordan item LOL
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The worst part of this thread is now everyone is going to start bidding in oddly bizarre amounts, so no potentially winning bid will ever be safe again!!!
Been doing this since I joined the bay so many years ago.
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I think people have known since eBay started to bid with random cents to improve odds of edging out close ones. Been doing this for 20 years.
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.25 or .26 for me.

My reasoning is, if I'm willing to go to 50 bucks on an item, I certainly should be willing to go to $50.26 cents on an item if I really want it,
...and if you're willing to go 50.26 you really should be willing to go 50.52, and if you're willing to go 50.52 you really should be willing to go 50.74... oh dear...
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...and if you're willing to go 50.26 you really should be willing to go 50.52, and if you're willing to go 50.52 you really should be willing to go 50.74... oh dear...

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Now that is truly funny!!!
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This is me every time I'm bidding near the end of the auction. FOMO is so strong. Before I know it, I'm typing in a bid of 525.67 for an item where I had said my max was $285....
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I never bid in even dollar amounts. Sometimes I'll bid according to the year of the card. ie 61 topps will be 61 cents etc. other times I just put a random number in. It just depends on the day.
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