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10-16-2015, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by mechanicalman

My question is this: what is the thought or strategy behind placing bids many hours after the "closing"?

The rationale is hoping the competition won't be around at 5am when their bid is topped. Many of us are willing to go higher than our original "max bid" when we see we are outbid, in the spirit of "winning" in the heat of the moment.

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