June 26, 2006

How to Win on eBay

Slashdot has a post today explaining that the best way to win an auction on eBay is to wait until the end and slide in your bid at the very last second.

The study quoted at Slashdot says that your chances of winning actually go down with multiple bids. Yeah - I've won some of my eBay struggles by going the sneaky last-bid route, but it seems so unsporting and you have to time it just right. What if the auction expires at 3 a.m.?

My best stategy for winning on eBay is to put in the most obscene bid I'm willing to pay and sit back to watch the pretenders try and outbid me. It is perverse fun, but by gawd nobody's getting that lipstick but me!!!

Posted by Chai-Rista at June 26, 2006 02:57 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Good to see you around, Chai-Rista. But good grief, I have to admit that I assumed this was written by one of the guys and that lipstick comment really threw me!

Posted by: bobgirrl at June 26, 2006 05:13 PM

Thanks for the info...I usually go in and drive up the bids...then usually have a chance..it is really funny to watch people...
I even had friends who owned an auction house and they would call me to help drive up the bids...Antique dealers really don't want to pay what things are worth...then charge you an arm and leg (sometimes both arms and legs) for that pretty little pine hope chest like granny had. :0)

Posted by: gaelgurl at June 26, 2006 05:57 PM