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Just sleep all day tomorrow :D:D

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I need to wash the car, it is so dirty i can't see it anymore! ;)

And i've only seen daylight twice this month. lol

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Oh your poor baby how could you let it get so dirty? :D

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Quite right, I mean he has seen daylight twice this month :D

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lol

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Pleased with myself for being brave. I have bought many items from ebay over the years but have never bid for anything as I find loosing difficult in any area of my life. I have bid for 4, I repeat 4 items this morning and my knees are already knocking at the thought of someone winning the items instead of me.

If anyone has the time can they keep their fingers crossed for me for the next 3 days. Pretty please. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/05/7.gif

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If I am looking to bid on something that is not Buy it now, I always put it and similar items on my Watch list and try and wait until the last few minutes and have a second page open with my bid pre entered and as the Auction enters the last 10 seconds I then bid, if I win I win if not I live to bid again.;)

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I am a real woose, I worried for hours last night, read all the guide lines, put the items on a watch list, bookmarked the seller, and then rechecked everything I had done a second and third time.

This morning the checking cycle started again and I decided enough was enough and put bids on all four items. I only really want one item but if I win all four I wont mind at all though John may just ban me from ebay auctions in future when he is swamped with my treasures and has fears for my sanity.

Let battle commence https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2014/11/3.gif

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Do you put a maximum bid as that atleast helps to try and win the auction. Otherwise the next person just bids and is ahead of you.
Good luck in the auction and even if you don't get it, there will always be a next time.

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No one had placed a bid on any of the items since they were listed 4 days ago so I just put a bid in for the amount suggested. Have I messed up already?

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No. It just means that if someone comes along and puts the next bid in then they will be the current higest bidder replacing you.

let's say there is an item at £2. I would put a bid of £5 so when the next person goes to bid £2.50, £3, or £4, you will still be the highest bidder upto the maximum bid you placed. So you might get the item at your original £2 but in case someone bids you have a chance with your maximum bid.
Ofcourse if the bidder goes over your £5 maximum then they are the leading highest bidder.

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I shall keep everything crossed for you and good luck in getting all four. ;):D

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I tend to hold back on the maximum I am willing to pay and make a bid 15/20% under and try to be home when the auction ends and add the final bit with 30 seconds spare. If I am beat then I dont mind ( obviously on low cost items I dont try this)

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That is why I only put them on my Watch list and bid at the end just in case I win them all.;):D

I was recently looking for a 19 inch monitor local to myself and looked for weeks as did not want to pay postage on such an item, then oddly someone put one on for Buy it now for £25 so I swooped and got a monitor worth over £70 for my patience and it is like new.:)

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Ah, so that's how it works. I was worried that I would end up paying more than I needed to. I see now that it works the same way as a normal auction where I can leave a bid with the Auctioneer but he will only use my reserve to take my bids over a competitors.

I shall be delighted if I win all four even if John is muttering about my driving him to bankruptcy. I have even been back on ebay having another search this morning and have found a fifth item in the series which I have bought sohe is now regretting encouraging me.

Now that way seems even more guaranteed to give me heart failure. Thank goodness what I am bidding for doesn't involve hundreds of pounds. I can see I have a lot to learn about this ebay auction lark. Give me a proper auction any day, at least the agony of waiting is a bit reduced and I have the satisfaction of being able to glare at any misguided people who dare to take my items.