Empirex 10 Posted May 19, 2012 So I'm fairly new to BoB and online auctions in general, and was just wondering about late (30-1 seconds remaining) bidding? Is it frowned upon on BoB and online auctioning? Common practise? Not something I would personally do as it seems a little underhanded, and no one has attempted it thus far on my 4 winning auctions :smile:, but what's the general feeling? How often does it happen, if at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Empirex 10 Posted May 19, 2012 Ok so it seems last minute bidding is a go according to this thread Extended Bidding :nuts: Well at least I learned a few techniques to wage war with... :bigsmile: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svw 10 Posted May 19, 2012 Placing a bid within the last minute or so is fine and is more likely to happen on the crazy Wednesday & Snap Friday R1 auctions. You must just remember to refresh your page constantly in the last few minutes if you really want to win the auction - it's all part of the fun. Alternatively you can set an automatic bid limit to the maximum amount that you would be prepared to pay. For auctions that are listed over a longer period of time things seem to be more relaxed and bidding is not as frantic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Empirex 10 Posted May 19, 2012 Placing a bid within the last minute or so is fine and is more likely to happen on the crazy Wednesday & Snap Friday R1 auctions. You must just remember to refresh your page constantly in the last few minutes if you really want to win the auction - it's all part of the fun. Alternatively you can set an automatic bid limit to the maximum amount that you would be prepared to pay. For auctions that are listed over a longer period of time things seem to be more relaxed and bidding is not as frantic. Thanks, good to know. Yeah, if you've been bidding over a period of 3 weeks or so only to be pipped at the finishing line by 5 seconds or so, might be a little annoying, so best to fight it out in the lead up period. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites