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Were you successful with it? I did not bid on it, the dial looked very nice, but the case appeared a tad too much polished to me. I think it went a little expensive in the end, but whoever wanted it will hopefully like the watch.
I didn’t get it, unfortunately. My Ebay problem persisted and could never bid higher than someone else! Next time. 😎
 
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I lost again!! I was the high bidder up to the last one second. Ebay was sending me emails all day saying that I’m the highest bidder. The watch I wanted went for $10 more than I bid. Still can’t figure this thing out!

Anyway, I really wanted this one…
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I lost again!! I was the high bidder up to the last one second. Ebay was sending me emails all day saying that I’m the highest bidder. The watch I wanted went for $10 more than I bid. Still can’t figure this thing out!
Don't bid before the end. At the last second, enter the highest amount you are willing to pay. Being the high bid hours before the end means absolutely nothing.
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Don't bid before the end. At the last second, enter the highest amount you are willing to pay. Being the high bid hours before the end means absolutely nothing.
Thanks for the help. What a deflating feeling.
 
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Thanks for the help. What a deflating feeling.
If you don't win, it just means someone else wanted the watch more than you did. It happens.
 
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Still can’t figure this thing out!
It's because the winner is probably using sniping software and their max amount, probably set days ago, was higher than your max amount.

If you want to bid, bid once while the price is low, then use sniping software, set your max limit and let it ride.
 
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It was just weird because the other person beat me out by $10. Almost like they knew my max bid? Anyway, there’s always tomorrow! Thanks for the help, fellas. 😎
 
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It was just weird because the other person beat me out by $10. Almost like they knew my max bid?
Not really. On day one of the auction you set your max bid at say $5000. Other bidders nibbled away but gave up at $3000 (for example).
So you were the highest bidder.

Nobody knows your max bid at this time.

However, one of the other bidders also set an early high bid, say in this case, $3000, but didn't bid again.
They then went to their sniping app and set a snipe bid of say $5125.

Your 5K bid got sniped and the other guy only paid $5010, which was the bid increment of $10 above your max, he didn't have to pay the full $5125.

Never set your max bid at even numbers. Decide on your absolute max, say about 5K again, but make it $5128, that way you may beat others who set bids at even amounts, $5010, $5120, $5125 etc.

Dang! What the hell am I doing teaching competitors how to bid, oh well too late now.
 
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It was just weird because the other person beat me out by $10. Almost like they knew my max bid? Anyway, there’s always tomorrow! Thanks for the help, fellas. 😎
The winner may have bid 1000$ more than You, but 10$ is the increment and enough to outbid you and win.
 
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There’s lots of potential benefits around certain tactics such as bidding in the last 20 seconds etc it ultimately someone just bid more than you did.

And, just like any auction if you’re the under bidder, the winning bud will always be one increment higher. It doesn’t mean anyone knows your bid. If your max bud was 500 and the winners max bud was 700, the winning bud will be 510 - one increment higher than your max bid.

So in your case, it’s unlikely bidding an extra $10 would have won you the auction. The winner may have been willing to pay several addition increments.
 
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Thanks for all the help. Very detailed description and I did learn a lot. Next one I’m gonna get!! 😎
 
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It was just weird because the other person beat me out by $10. Almost like they knew my max bid? Anyway, there’s always tomorrow! Thanks for the help, fellas. 😎
Assuming $10 was the bidding increment, it just means their max bid was higher than your max bid.
 
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