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A fabulous technique to win that final bid~TAKE A L@@K

by: silver-strike-40( 3267Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) Top 1000 Reviewer
14 out of 14 people found this guide helpful.
Guide viewed: 496 times Tags: Silver | Gold | Bullion | Bidding Wars | Bidding Tips



    
This technique will require you to bid in the last 10 - 20 seconds, the least amount of time the better chance you will have at winning the final bid and getting the lowest price possible.....

Here's what you need to do
- have 2 or 3 additional browsers open (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, ect) with incremental higher bids on each one on your "task bar" from the lowest bid first, up to the highest bid last.  That way if it's down to 10 or 15 seconds left and you see that the bid you just put in wasn't high enough, you can start hitting the confirm buttons on each of your extra browsers until you finally get the highest bid in and win.  Don't take a chance starting over or hitting the back button on just one browser (especially if your down to around 10 seconds or less).  It takes to long to start over and if you don't win with that first bid, your chances of winning won't be very good.  If the item isn't that much you may only want to put in $1.00 increments on the other browsers.  If it's a fairly high priced item like $200 for example, you may want to have each extra browser set to $5.00 or $10 increments.  PLEASE REMEMBER THIS THOUGH >>> It takes 2 steps to confirm your bid on every auction so make sure on the "back up" browsers you have already completed that first step and only have the 1 confirm button left to hit.  You want to be fast as possible depending on the time left, so practice this strategy with lower priced items first until you feel you're ready to do something bigger. 

NOTE:  If you use Internet Explorer as your main browser you may want to consider trying the browser called "Mozilla Firefox" (Mozilla.com) .  It doesn't carry as much "baggage" as Internet Explorer and opens much faster and has less apps running in the background, this is a very important objective since speed is what your shooting for.  Try and keep the add-on toolbars to a minimum as well since this can slow down a browsers speed dramatically, that goes for Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.


It can get very nerve racking when the pressure is on so keep your head clear and try and stay in a quiet environment, especially away from children.  Distractions are your worst enemy when it comes to doing this technique.  GOOD LUCK!

  As with all my guides, this information is merely my thoughts and opinions, and just something to consider for your own buying/bidding practices.  You should do what is the best thing for you.  Thank you for taking your time to read this tidbit of information.


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Guide ID: 10000000009910947Guide created: 12/26/08 (updated 11/19/09)

 
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