STEVECHAPS

I keep on getting outbid by a few pence. What I mean by that is I get my bid in for say 5 pounds and later on someone beats me with a bid of £5.01 despite the next minimum bid increment being £5.50. How does this occur?

Tiggs

long before you bid they set their maximum at £5.01 to deal with ppl like you who bid in round numbers and never win anything ...its a candy/baby thing.

NotoriousREV

Always bid x amount plus random small change, it helps you win stuff. £5.27 ought to get it next time

type-r-stan

Or they are using an auction sniper to bid in the last seconds and outbid you by pennies... you could use one of these but they charge a 'small percentage' of final price so check t&c's if you go down that route...

STEVECHAPS

OK, maybe my example above was a poor one - apologies.
A more accurate one is to say that that I bid £5.01 (I always add the 1p extra on small bids & add more on larger values) about 2 hours before it finished and was outbid by £5.03 but with more than an hour to go on the auction. I use auction stealer on a 'yo tightness' freebie basis (3 free bids a week each bidding 10 seconds before the end), but wasn't aware that there were tools where you can bid with hours to go & get on in between the current price & bid increment. In this case I bid £5.53 & won but is it possible to win at £5.04?