Re: [photo-3d] Re: eBay statistics

[Ron Beck <rbeck@xxxxxxxx>]

This logic behind this type of bidding puzzles me.  If you have a
maximum price you're willing to pay for an item, you should bid that
price when you see the item.  If someone bids a higher amount, they'll
get it because you weren't willing to pay more than your maximum bid. 
If you go back and increase your bid, then the original maximum you
placed wasn't really your maximum.

As for setting an end point for an auction, the endpoint is set at the
time you create your auction.  Thus, if you're working on entering your
items after the kids have gone to bed and all is quiet around the house,
your auctions probably start and end around midnight.  At least mine
would :-)

Regards,
Ron

RJ Thorpe wrote:
> 
> When I find something I'm interested in, I know it doesn't make any sense
> to bid on it till the last minute. I make an entry for the closing time
> and date on my Outlook calendar and link it to the auction URL. Then, at
> the appropriate time, I go to the site and see if the price has gone too
> high. If not, I bid. Sometimes I get the thing, sometimes I don't.
> 
> For a seller, I assume the highest selling price comes when lots of people
> bid. That's why it kills me when they set their object's auction to end
> in the middle of the night or on a weekend, when no one is around.
> For me as a buyer, I don't even bother to bid on these.
> 
> Robert Thorpe