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Originally Posted by steve B
My watching list is often full, stuff that's BIN that I just haven't bought, stuff I want to save the pictures but didn't have time just then, stuff I thought I wanted but either found cheaper or it went for more than I could/would pay.
So when it's full and I'm browsing and maybe 20 pages into a category and I can't put something into watching since I just filled it....
Then I sometimes place a minimal bid which makes the bid list sort of an extended watching list.
Embarassingly enough one time my very low bid won and I missed the emails having completely forgotten the item. So I found out I won when the reminder to pay came through. 
Other times I'll put in a bid to hopefully slow down the seller from selling off ebay.
Or a small bid on something I want cheaply but that I'm not really after. I've won a couple of those, maybe 5-6 in more than 10 years. Yes, I'm that cheap sometimes.
Steve B |
I save a lot of items as well but put them in my "Wish List" on Ebay. That way my watch list is cleared up and I can watch items I really want that are bid items. Like previously noted, I just use Gavel Snipe to do the bidding.
Putting a small bid on an item to discourage a seller from ending the listing early....interesting idea. However in my experience, that has never worked.
The reason I asked the initial question is that people just drive up the prices during the auction by bidding so early. If those who really wanted it waited until the end, they could get it cheaper.