Peter P. Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I'm watching a pair of kg4's on an auction site for an estate sale. Bidding started at $1 and incremented in $1 steps. (Now that it's reached $45, bidding increments in $5 steps.) Bid history is visible. Every time a bid is made, another bid follows IN SECONDS, increasing by $1. Are there sniping tools available for these auction sites? I thought they were only available for eBay. I ask because I had entertained bidding for them (even though I don't need them!) at the last minute. I don't think my strategy is going to work because the auction has "Extended Bidding" where, if a bid is entered within the last 2 minutes, the auction is extended another 2 minutes. They've got the last sneaky loophole figured out, dammit... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 37 minutes ago, Peter P. said: I'm watching a pair of kg4's on an auction site for an estate sale. Bidding started at $1 and incremented in $1 steps. (Now that it's reached $45, bidding increments in $5 steps.) Bid history is visible. Every time a bid is made, another bid follows IN SECONDS, increasing by $1. Are there sniping tools available for these auction sites? I thought they were only available for eBay. I ask because I had entertained bidding for them (even though I don't need them!) at the last minute. I don't think my strategy is going to work because the auction has "Extended Bidding" where, if a bid is entered within the last 2 minutes, the auction is extended another 2 minutes. They've got the last sneaky loophole figured out, dammit... Sounds like you are bidding against yourself. Try a 100.00 and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Maybe a shill bot? Usually if you raise your max bid your current bid would not change until another bid is placed by someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 12 hours ago, Panelhead said: Sounds like you are bidding against yourself. Try a 100.00 and see what happens. I haven't bid at all on these speakers. Right now I'm just observing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Alexander said: Maybe a shill bot? Usually if you raise your max bid your current bid would not change until another bid is placed by someone else. This estate auction site doesn't allow max bidding in the same style as eBay i.e., you can't post an invisible max bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oicu812 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 This is due to a “left bid”, where the system automatically increments the left bid up to the maximum. Once your bid exceeds the the left bid, you will be the high bidder. @Peter P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 I stand corrected. Just for kicks, I registered for the auction and bid on the speakers ( I really have no interest in owning them unless they were a steal!). The current high bid was $52 and the minimum increment was $5 ($57). I put in a bid of $76 and the screen annonunced the current high bid (me) was $57. So it does appear it functions like eBay. Here's hoping I get outbid otherwise I'll be owning a pair of speakers I don't need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P. Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Update: The kg 4's sold for $222. Someone got a very good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Great , let;s hope it is a Forum member - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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