Would love thoughts when I must have something

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by raulus

You could always ask a friend to help?

If it’s an online thing, maybe give them your credentials and ask them to bid for you?

Obviously you would really need to trust them. And probably a good idea to change your credentials once the auction is over.

But maybe if it was a parent or sibling, it might not seem so scary?

^^^ This for sure.

Maybe not applicable in this instance, but I also wonder about the psychology of auto bids that are generated by max bids. For instance, if a guy bids against you and your auto bid immediately tops his, does it annoy him enough to prompt another bid right away? Hs's sitting right there online, logged into the auction and looking at the item. Might it be better to wait a few minutes and then outbid him? At minimum, it would make his ability to again outbid you more cumbersome.