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That's why sniping is such an effective tool.
You decide what you're willing to pay maximum and bid ONLY that amount about 3-4 seconds from the end of the auction.
If you win you're happy, if you win and paid less then your maximum bid you're very happy, if you're outbid at the end you don't give yourself time to get 'excited' and overbid so you should still be happy.
The trick is deciding what your maximum bid is very objectively BEFORE it's even 5 minutes before the auction ends, that way you don't sucker yourself into over bidding.
You should also not bid until that 3-4 seconds from the end as the ONLY bid that means anything is the one at the end and all bids before that just give other bidders information for them to act against you.
I've won some crazy stuff on E-Bay using this technique, often when sellers do not adequately describe the item they're selling (either leaving out the brand name from the description or putting it into the wrong category). I think my two best were a £1200 watch that I paid £72 for (seller misspelled the makers name) and a overnight bivvy/bedroll where the seller had put the product name, but not the makers brand name so I picked up a £450 specialist bedroll for under £100.
of course YMMV. |
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