Jump to content

eBay and automatic bidding delays

jbn10161

By jbn10161
in Market Watch

 Share

Recommended Posts

jbn10161 Vintage

jbn10161

Posted
Posted

I've noticed that automatic bidding on the Bay seems to have a mysterious delay factor. I've also noticed that winning last minute bids are generally not automatic bids. Are maximum bids too unreliable--in terms of the time delay--to beat out a manually placed bid in the final moments of an auction?

JN

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 5
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • jbn10161

    3

  • Jinnayah

    2

  • jmkeuning

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

jmkeuning Antique

jmkeuning

Posted
Posted

I have esnipe scheduled to put my bid in with 4 seconds remaining. It has never missed.

 

OK, maybe once, in four or five years.

Fool: One who subverts convention or orthodoxy or varies from social conformity in order to reveal spiritual or moral truth.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jinnayah Rare

Jinnayah

Posted
Posted (edited)
I've noticed that automatic bidding on the Bay seems to have a mysterious delay factor. I've also noticed that winning last minute bids are generally not automatic bids. Are maximum bids too unreliable--in terms of the time delay--to beat out a manually placed bid in the final moments of an auction?

 

No, eBay sorts out all its own automatic bidding before designating the winner. The advantage of last-minute bids is more against the psychology of your opponents, by eliminating the ability for them to say "well, maybe I could go a few dollars higher".

Edited by Jinnayah
Link to comment
Share on other sites
jbn10161 Vintage

jbn10161

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I have esnipe scheduled to put my bid in with 4 seconds remaining.

Thanks; I'll check that out.

 

eBay sorts out all its own automatic bidding before designating the winner.

Not sure I understand that. Do you mean that eBay includes all its own autobidding, or that eBay excludes all its own autobidding before designating the winner?

 

JN

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jinnayah Rare

Jinnayah

Posted
Posted
Do you mean that eBay includes all its own autobidding, or that eBay excludes all its own autobidding before designating the winner?

 

Includes. So, for instance, if your max bid was $20, bidding is sitting at $18, and someone sneaks in a $19 bid at the absolute positive last nanosecond, eBay will autobid up to your $20 and give you the toy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jbn10161 Vintage

jbn10161

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Includes. So, for instance, if your max bid was $20, bidding is sitting at $18, and someone sneaks in a $19 bid at the absolute positive last nanosecond, eBay will autobid up to your $20 and give you the toy.
Excellent information! Thank you.

 

JN

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33583
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26771
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...