Re: auction bidding

[Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com>]

eBay will bid you up to your limit gradually anyway. If really concerned,
you could place a bid with a limit 15 minutes before the auction closes.

Mark

on 2/25/03 9:46 AM, Greg House at ghunicycle@yahoo.com wrote:

> --- Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com> wrote:
>> Or you could just figure out how much you are willing to pay and set 
>your
>> limit based on that.
> 
> What? That would make the entire auction thing unprofitable!
> 
>> Can someone tell me what the expected benefits of last minute bidding 
>are?
> 
> Presumably the benefit of last minute bidding is that you get the item 
>for the
> least possible price, since you don't bid it up ahead of time and there 
>are
> probably less bidders actually in the fray at the last minute.