Bidding Strategies

[aquarius31]

For as much issues as eBay has it's still a very efficient and consistent source to get what you want. 99% of my cards and other memorabilia is through eBay and I don't have to worry about things such as extended bidding.

I typically snipe bid for many of the reasons previously noted. If there's under 1 minute before auction end and the price is too high I simply don't bid on it with only a very few exceptions. The majority of the time when I do win an auction with a snipe bid I'm pleased with how much I paid for it. The downfall is that other snipe bids can and do alter your max bid. Also, one of the worst feelings is when your Internet crashes or you have that 'random' distraction from your wife causing you to not bid at all.

[Jewish-collector]

A good bidding strategy that the big boys do (since many of them are all friends) is they work out agreements on WHICH lots they are going after. Bidder A says he will go after lot A in Legendary Auction so bidder B will not bid. The favor is returned with a different lot that bidder A passes on in the same auction, maybe the next night.

[bobbyw8469]

[QUOTEA good bidding strategy that the big boys do (since many of them are all friends) is they work out agreements on WHICH lots they are going after. Bidder A says he will go after lot A in Legendary Auction so bidder B will not bid. The favor is returned with a different lot that bidder A passes on in the same auction, maybe the next night.][/QUOTE]

The only bad thing about that strategy, is that if the item is TOO cheap, then a wildcard like me will bid it up!!!