My personal strategy is one that combines the first two:
I decide how much I am willing to pay for an item, and put it on my watched items list. Then when it comes as close as I dare, I place my maximum amount that I'm wiling to pay and let it go.
IL Bill
Note: This method usually is 'successful' when I bid in the last 1 min of bidding, in that I usually win.
Note2: This method is always successful because I don't get caught up in a 'bidding frenzy' and wind up paying more than I wanted to just because "I can't let them have it".
On Nov 22, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Peter Smekal wrote:
Hi all, slightly OT maybe, but what do you think is a good eBay-strategy:
1. Decide for a maximum bid, place it early, and then stay cool and just
wait and see if you win, or
2. Observe the bidding "from outside", and get involved in bidding just at
the end, with the risk of getting infected by "bidding frenzy" (rising your
maximum bid several times, like the gambler who just wants to play just one
more time to hit the jackpot)?
Peter, Sweden
