Originally Posted by
scottography
Buggerbuggerbugger. Missed out! I really don't get eBay. How can I be outbid by 1 quid in the last few hours when my maximum bid is supposed to be confidential. There were only a few bids all up and then a mystery guy comes in at the last minute and just outbids me like he knew my maximum. Very odd. And this has happened to me on more than one occasion!
Am I missing something? I'm a bit of an eBay novice I must admit... Any tips for me?
Scotty
If you were outbid at the last minute, then the bidder was almost certainly using a snipe service. EBay will display all bids as they are received, so if someone outbid you earlier you would see it, and often get a message from eBay. Snipes are bids placed in the lest minute or so of an auction and the only way to overcome them is to use a snipe service yourself, although you can still get outbid if you set too low a bid.
Brian
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