i guess i was wrong about how the proxy bid worked. i usually wait until the last ten seconds to bid, with the idea in mind that i could sneak a final bid in right before the auction closes and therefore giving a proxy bid no time to respond to my bid. but, after your explanation of the exactly how the ebay bidding system works, something i never bothered to research, my method of "beating the proxy bid to the punch" seems like wishfull thinking. i usually win auctions this way, so for me it seemed like a system that worked.
your system does work, but i'm just saying the last-minute sneaking is unnecessary if you already had in mind the absolute most you would be willing to pay for it. either way you do it, the only way you can 'lose' is if somebody sets a higher max. bid than you.
it seems that the vast majority of ebayers follow your system, i'm just interested in how it became the standard procedure. like maybe when it first started you had to pay exactly what you bid (i.e. no proxy)? i am not sure.
if you wait until the last minute to bid, people don't have a chance to raise their maximum bid. a lot of people don't put the maximum they're willing to actually pay for it, they put the maximum they think it will take to win. a lot of people change their maximum when they realize someone has outbid them.
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it seems that the vast majority of ebayers follow your system, i'm just interested in how it became the standard procedure. like maybe when it first started you had to pay exactly what you bid (i.e. no proxy)? i am not sure.
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