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FINMANDAN Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 7:26 AM EST
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Is there anything better than being the first bidder on an item?

Other than actually winning that box of gars for a buck of course. ;-)
mhollowa Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 7:34 AM EST
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...Yes, being the only bidder on a lot and winning it for $1.
Slimboli Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 8:54 AM EST
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Yes ... being the first bidder, and not using 'autobid' set high enough ... and losing to someone who bids one increment higher and wins it!
Slimboli Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 8:54 AM EST
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... but I guess that isn't better ... LOL!
jjohnson28 Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 11:26 AM EST
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That all depends,how much are you bidding on "Firt"s these days?
cayman2b Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Sep 27 2002, 1:47 PM EST
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What's up with the mutants that bid $1.00 with no auto bid on gars that they will NEVER win.. do they just like to see there bids posted or what.. childish IMHO..
Hansen Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Sep 28 2002, 1:35 AM EST
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cayman, I guess they just wants the oportunity (sp?) to be able to look up what the lot went for after it's closed.
cayman2b Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Sep 28 2002, 5:56 AM EST
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Then put it on your watch list..
rayder1 Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Sep 28 2002, 10:12 AM EST
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Watch list doesn't help. You bid a buck on 2 or 3. Set your limit to...say $5 (so you don't go over a buck a gar) then see what happens.
cayman2b Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Sep 29 2002, 6:09 AM EST
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I was responding to Hansen's reply of wanting to see what the lot went for... not a bidding tactic..
SteveS Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Sep 29 2002, 7:00 AM EST
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Use of the watch list itself may not be a tactic, but it sure makes it easier to monitor the activity on various bids ... if you've only bid on one or two things, it's not as handy a tool as if you've bid on several (or, as I've sometimes done, many) ... dunno about the rest of you, but if I've got half a dozen bids or more open, it's sometimes easy to overlook one or two of them ...
jjohnson28 Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Sep 29 2002, 2:12 PM EST
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Yeah I don't believe the watch list lets you look at what the lot closed for at after the auction is over.Where as if you bid $1-$2 bucks and lose you have a record for 60 days and can see what it closed for and bid accordingly on the next time around.
Dishman Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Sep 30 2002, 2:57 AM EST
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I love being the firt bidder.
xibbumbero Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Sep 30 2002, 7:46 AM EST
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Finmandan,You can be the firt bidder,just don't be the the fart bidder,LOL. X
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