Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by john-d
you never know how much you have been beaten by because you only see the final bid price... Not the max bid
Incorrect in the above case.
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taylorboosh
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I'll be honest Ian... I haven't a clue what you just said
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alan-g-w
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Who's the spastic now illiterate boy
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taylorboosh
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I didn't call you a spastic?
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Dan
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Thats the only time u can see how much you are beaten buy, when its not a full increment, however, its impossible to tell any other time
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taylorboosh
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so im not wrong?
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Ian
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You're not wrong but you're also not in a position to call anyone a name for suggesting otherwise, because it is true in a lot of cases.
Particularly as we were talking about being beaten by pennies, in every case of those you would see.
I've done you a worked example so you can see.
The other guy can see the final price, £60.02, his bid was £60 but there was no one bidding against him so it sat at £50 until my snipe.
He lost by pennies.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230775724694
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taylorboosh
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But was was your max bid on the snipe?
Also I didn't call anyone?
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Dan
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His bid was 60.02..
It cant go 60, then 60.02 unless thats the maximum bid, it would have to go 61 (or whatever the bid increment size is)
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taylorboosh
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I see so he had me on a technicality...
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Ian
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Not really, you said you never know, when in fact sometimes you do.
In situations where you wouldn't know because the proxy is above the final price plus a further bid increment, you wouldn't be beaten by pennies, as was Alan's original post.
That prop shaft had a proxy of 60 from the other bidder but it was sat at 50 because that was the minimum bid and no one else was involved. I sniped at 60.02 which beat his bid but not by a full increment.
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