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a coleman trispace polycotton, been watching it all week on ebay, it's been returned to world of camping with a couple of minor faults.  Decided on a limit of £53 and managed to keep to it.  I just bid a minute too soon, got to refine my bidding technique!  Someone got a bargain at only £54 though.

Kate

Dont be too hard upon yourself. Ebay automatic bidding allows anyone to bid their maximum and it will automatically outbid others up to the maximum.

Nigel

It was someone with no feedback that hadn't bid on it before that last minute.  Never mind, would have been perfect for me the kids and the dog though, we don't have enough space with the dog in the buzzard 4 and he's put his claws through the flysheet in a couple of places too.  Big tent's too big for just us without charlie for a weekend.

Kate

Lets hope the deal doesn't go through for some reason and you get a second chance.  Sometimes I have missed what I wanted and because I had it on watch, I got a message from ebay saying it had been relisted.

Denise

just remember .. they got it for a quid more than you bid but their maximum may have been a lot higher.

i have to tell myself that a lot!

Quote: Originally posted by Caz and Haz on 13/2/2007

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When bidding on ebay I can recommend using a "Snipe" tool. e.g. http://www.auctionstealer.com/home.cfm
You can put in your maximum bid and it will automatically bid for you in the last few seconds.
Great if you get easilty distracted with other things like do!

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after the massive increase in stolen accounts i would urge you to think long and hard about this

for a snipe tool to work you need to tell a total stranger your ebay name and password so they can acess your account and bid for you

6 or 12 months down the line someone suddenly guesses your password and hijacks your account...................hmmmmmm if people are willing to pass their log in details to a free tool ask yourself how the snipe company makes its money to pay for servers ect they sell on your email addy and in some cases your personal details ect.......you dont get anything for free in this world

 

its your call