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Old 03-08-2022, 08:09 AM
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I also manually place last second bids with an odd amount of cents because I know others do the same thing. I think it's just one of those things that happens and nothing nefarious.
Ha...I do to...I always end with .79...I guess now I have to end with .89 as I am sure I have competed with a few of you guys!
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Old 03-08-2022, 09:36 AM
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Would agree while frustrating, I don't smell anything definitely fishy. I don't wait out a lot of auctions anymore, but when I used to that kind of things happened to me all the time. I will end most as others have indicated with weird high bid amounts in the cents..($0.01, $0.99...) but sometimes I will still get barely beat out. Just depends on how popular whatever it is remains going down to the wire...
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Old 03-08-2022, 09:41 AM
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Ha...I do to...I always end with .79...I guess now I have to end with .89 as I am sure I have competed with a few of you guys!
Haha so does Darren. He says "Who would bid an oddball amount like $46.89?" at the same time he's bidding $47.88.

Like I understand someone bidding 47.88 but 46.89? That's crazy!



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Old 03-08-2022, 09:45 AM
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Ha...I do to...I always end with .79...I guess now I have to end with .89 as I am sure I have competed with a few of you guys!
I bid odd amounts too. I usually end in .57.

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Old 03-08-2022, 10:54 AM
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looks like I'll have to randomize my snipe amounts... I'm the .13 cents guy.

Yeah agree here, it was a snipe, not a shill. BTW, what's a good sniping service to use??
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Old 03-08-2022, 11:23 AM
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On a hidden proxy the highest amount wins in a snipe like this. Your hidden cap was less than the dollar needed so it placed your max bid in it's place.

This the exact reason people add those extra cents. Win I win by a penny, I am pleased in the most evil of ways, lol.
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Old 03-08-2022, 11:35 AM
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.25 or .26 for me.

My reasoning is, if I'm willing to go to 50 bucks on an item, I certainly should be willing to go to $50.26 cents on an item if I really want it, and want to top out the guy who bid an even 50 clams for it.

More often then not, somebody else was willing to go much higher then me.......rendering the whole thing moot.
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Old 03-08-2022, 12:39 PM
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The worst part of this thread is now everyone is going to start bidding in oddly bizarre amounts, so no potentially winning bid will ever be safe again!!!
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.25 or .26 for me.

My reasoning is, if I'm willing to go to 50 bucks on an item, I certainly should be willing to go to $50.26 cents on an item if I really want it,
...and if you're willing to go 50.26 you really should be willing to go 50.52, and if you're willing to go 50.52 you really should be willing to go 50.74... oh dear...
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Old 03-09-2022, 01:43 PM
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...and if you're willing to go 50.26 you really should be willing to go 50.52, and if you're willing to go 50.52 you really should be willing to go 50.74... oh dear...

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