[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Zippy

what about waiting until the last minute and bidding? Thats what I did today but somebody got in seconds later. I was damn annoyed.

anyways Ive just seen some perfect for me brand new trainers on ebay that are buy now. So I may not have to bid for trainers now.

but if I knew about bidding I could do some damage on that site.

If someone went in higher, that just means they sniped you because they were willing to pay more as a maximum than you.

You sound silly zipster. The other tactic is to have 2 accounts. Say, for example there is a pair of nice trainers that you realise will sell £40-£60 in 10 days on auction close - but they've opened @ 99p which attract lots of novices to watch (or to bid £5.55). That puts them on their "My eBay" and desiring to win.

Use one account to bid £25 early , then switch to the other to bid £28. That puts the price to £26 and few of the low scorers will pay any regard to that auction as they're excited of another auction which is sitting at £2.70 (nowhere near the end price). You've reduced the bidding pool!