Quote Originally Posted by Bob Barker View Post
damn! So I should just stop bidding until the last minute of this auction?

How do I know when I become max bidder again? Just enter $100 until I stay as top bidder?

When I first bid on it I stayed as top bidder for about 5 hours and then got an email that I'd been outbid...
As Sue said, just put in the max you would be willing to pay at the last minute, then cross your fingers, refresh after the time has expired and hope you win.

Sue's explaination was pretty spot on. You enter one bid. Say you enter 100. As long as no one else has entered a bid, you will have it at the next highest amount, lets say the other guy bid at 75. That means you will have it at 76, until someone enter a value higher than 76. At that point, the bid will go up to 1 dollar above their highest bid (unless they bid higher than 100) at that point you would no longer be the highest bidder, and would have to top their highest bid to win.
So advice, wait until the last second to bid. You may not win, but it could save you some bucks. I also try to bid odd numbers, stay away from even 25 increments or 10 dollar increments. I will bid 76, just assuming the other guy bid 75, and I beat him buy a buck
Also notice the S&H charges, some items will go very cheap, only find out they are gouging the S&H charges. This is due to ebay charging the seller a fee based on sell price, not including S&H. So you may pay 30 bucks for an item that is worth 50, but the seller charges 30 for S&H to make up the difference.
You can get some amazing deals on ebay, but there are also a ton of rip offs.