Daniel,
I believe that some auction sites (Freeserve one at least) have a
system whereby if a bid is recieved wthin 2 minutes of the closing
time, then 10 minutes is automatically added to the deadline. This
makes it quite difficult to put in last gasp bids like this.
I havn't used it, but my son has.
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 18 August 2001 19:27
Subject: E-bay bidding experience
> Hi list,
>
> after being outbid for about a #1 for several items I wanted on
E-bay I
> decided to have another shot. I set a high reserve bid but was
prepared to
> set a still higher reserve bid if necessary.
>
> I was the high bidder for days but sat down in front of my PC for
the final 5
> minute countdown with my 4 year old daughter (the 'toy' is for us to
share,
> having lost or whatever the one I had when I was a kid). With
constant
> screen refreshes someone bid over my reserve with less than 2
minutes to go.
> Needless to say I was able to put in a new bid with a higher still
reserve
> bid with about less then a minute to run - I was the high bidder.
>
> I am relating all this stuff because this is the first time I have
found it
> necessary to adopt this approach to win and it only cost me #1 more
than my
> original reserve to have the high bid.
>
> Daniel1312
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