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Posted By: mr. moses

and give them something to shoot at - the absolute last second is when you want your bid to go in WHATEVER it is with regard to the amount. That's in eBay format auctions. Occasionally in non-eBay format auctions where one can make a flat up front bid (shutting out some people that might be placing early "look and see" and making sure I bid before deadline bids) it can be a valuable tool. I believe I have in fact used a "jump to" bid in your auction Barry. I tried to go immediately to a number; making it an amount that would force the next bidder to overpay even more than I - with the hope that they might give up. It was an N43 baseball player. I lost the card btw In any event, the earlier i make a bid like that the better. On eBay just the opposite.