Paul3446

Why on earth do people bid for items on ebay days before the auction ends, thus pushing up the final price of the item? There is absolutely no point in doing so, surely? And yet you see items with 20 bids after 1 day already up for more than they are really worth.

Personally I wait for the last 10 seconds so no-one else can respond and then stick in my maximum bid, I almost always win the item, and I haven't upped the bid myself beforehand.

Who are these people? The sellers perhaps?

mart360

to stop people like you diving in at the last minute!!!

still if you want to pay over the odds for tat its up to you

mart

scooby_matt

Ebay isn't what it used to be for bargains

GrahamG

it is if you look! i bought a set of STI rear lights for £120

G.

Paul3446

So you pay more than you need to for something, just in case someone else nips in at the last minute and gets it cheap???

I still don't understand!

The Zohan

Agreed, this is infuriating, i assume it is newbies but not always, i usually watch an item until closer to the time then get stuck in with mins or less to go dependant on when the auction finishes

SJ_Skyline

I reckon it's those dodgy eBay traders!

The Zohan

LMAO!

I wonder if this will ever be laid to rest, what do you think Paulr?

Nate

iTrader: (2)

Anyone tried www.bootbay.co.uk ?

unclebuck

It's great if you're selling stuff though!! I just sold an ancient 1.3-megapixel camera that I thought was worthless for £31.02

Also, you can still buy loads of utilitarian items for 'buy it now' prices that are half what you would have to pay in the shops.

SJ_Skyline

[Gus Hedges]
Let's just park that idea in the thought muti-story.
[/Gus Hedges]

Kuohu

If you bid the maximum you are willing to pay for an item, then it doesnt matter if you bid on day one or the last seconds if someone is willing to pay more than you.

I have a few auctions at the moment with lots of 'watchers' but no bids. They can't all win it in the last few seconds.

island991

also some people cant be watching when it ends so they put on a high bid to start with. if more than one person trys to do this then.........up she goes!!

scud8

iTrader: (1)

I agree - with the style of auction it shouldn't make any sense to wait and bid at the last minute, but it definitely does. I think what happens is that if people are outbid when they still have time to think about it they have second thoughts and bid more. I wait til the last minute to save these people from themselves!