ok who was it

[paulmitchell1984]

that beat my ebay bid by £1 for a tech 1 alpine white front bumper....i no have a rear with no front lol.

[m4xos]

you expected to win it for a quid?

[paulmitchell1984]

haha no my highest bid was 30 it went for 31 lol...id forgotten all about it so i won the rear but not the front

[A1BMW325iSport]

ahh bugger have you tried gixen.com

stick your max bid in, then doesn't matter if you forget, gixen will snipe right at end of auction

[dave318]

ahh bugger have you tried gixen.com

stick your max bid in, then doesn't matter if you forget, gixen will snipe right at end of auction

i have one of these programs ebay bid sniper its excelant i first used it on mycar and won it 4 seconds before the end.

[A1BMW325iSport]

cool gixen works the same but its basically a server with an option of a backup server, i haven't had any failed snipes yet since a mate recommended it to me last year.

[Tedswagon]

I've never used any of those - and have been beaten quite a few times - but I always place my highest bit in the last min - if I'm beaten - then I wouldn't have paid that much for it anyway.

One bit of advice - buying houses in Scotland everyone is used to the closed bidding system - the secret is to add on an extra few numbers to your bid. Your item went for £31. You bid £30. You should always work out what you think it is worth then add something like £1.50. I bet the person who beat you (and it wasn't me by the way) bid £31.50. If you add a few pence on it means you beat anyone else with the same bid!!
Instead of £30 bid £31.50 - instead of £35 bid £36.50 etc. It does work, I've been doing it for years!!

[Cotty]

haha no my highest bid was 30 it went for 31 lol...id forgotten all about it so i won the rear but not the front

His highest bid might have been £40 but it only needed to beat your £30 bid so it added £1 to make £31. If you had then bid £35 it would have bid £36 until it reached his highest bid.

[Tedswagon]

Yeah thats right - but if his top bid was £40 then he should bid just over that as anyone else with the same idea for a top bid of £40 will be beaten as well!! Know what I mean??

[m4xos]

i always just add on 26p, for some reason. dont know why 26, i just do lol

[Jon_Bmw]

I now always add on 27p....

This could go on a bit.

[12345kevin]

I'll be on 28p then

[E30Gheko]

29 here!

[A1BMW325iSport]

i won something the other day by 2p 6secs from the end

i normally go £11.11, £33.33 etc

[topcat56]

I was bidding for a nice set of wheels when that happened, was dancing around thinking i was gonna get a great set of wheels when i was outbid with 4 secounds to go. wiped the smile off my face very quickly lesson learned though........