Ebay Bitching! Need to vent? Vent away! - Collecting Tiki

DZ Doctor Z Tiki Socialite Jasper's Reef, Torrance, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2002 Posts: 1620	DZ Doctor Z Posted posted on Sat, Jan 29, 2005 5:42 PM Another way to help prevent sellers from ending auctions early - without tipping your hand that you're interested in it to other bidders - is to "watch" the item. Recently (within the last few months) eBay has added a feature for sellers that keeps count of the number of potential bidders "watching" an item. Sellers know that no matter how long the auction runs, there's a good chance there will be a flurry of bids within the last few minutes/seconds. A seller is less likely to end an auction early if he sees that there are a number of "watchers" - folks who may be waiting to bid at the end. No one sees this info but the seller, so you're not giving away anything to other bidders, and if you enter your snipe bid early, you don't have to keep returning to view the item over and over - something that does tip off your hand to other bidders because it increases the visible counter total! Just a couple of tips from the Good Doctor, an eBay buyer & seller since 1999... :wink:

Another way to help prevent sellers from ending auctions early - without tipping your hand that you're interested in it to other bidders - is to "watch" the item. Recently (within the last few months) eBay has added a feature for sellers that keeps count of the number of potential bidders "watching" an item. Sellers know that no matter how long the auction runs, there's a good chance there will be a flurry of bids within the last few minutes/seconds. A seller is less likely to end an auction early if he sees that there are a number of "watchers" - folks who may be waiting to bid at the end. No one sees this info but the seller, so you're not giving away anything to other bidders, and if you enter your snipe bid early, you don't have to keep returning to view the item over and over - something that does tip off your hand to other bidders because it increases the visible counter total!

Just a couple of tips from the Good Doctor, an eBay buyer & seller since 1999... :wink:

Post #138216 by Doctor Z on Sat, Jan 29, 2005 5:42 PM