Outbid At The Last Second

I hate it when people do that, it makes me so mad. Unfortunatley though its part of auctions. I have just got to where I do the same when Im bidding on something. I just keep bidding to make sure I get it if I really want it. Otherwise I just put in the highest amount I am willing to pay for the item, and then say well, if someone wants it more than me and they are willing to pay more than me, they can have it.

This is the nature of bidding. To prevent this in the future, you can enter a proxy bid for the highest amount you are willing to go. You can go into the bid history on completed items and see when the bids for that item were placed. Most people bid on the last day, if not the last minute.

I am one of the so called snipers, but thats just my way of ebaying. If you put a bid in too early, someone else will bid it anyways. Waiting until the last second is sometimes rewarding with low prices. It sucks for some, but it happens. So if you can't beat them... Join them.

I have been outbid last minute. My husband was too, on a car we wanted. But as it turned out, the person who won the bid, decided they didn't want it after all. Can you imagine. Why bid or OUTBID someone if you didn't REALLY want it? I haven't noticed the winning bidders names, but I will start to make a mental note of it. I love ebay and am on there all the time. I buy a lot of movies and pc games for my neice. My husband is the car fanatic, he is on there everyday he can, looking for cars, car parts, anything to do with certain cars.

A lot of people bid at the last moment on auctions. It is a way of avoiding shill bidding. I have frequently been outbid in the last few seconds of an auction, c'est la vie, however the best one was a couple of weeks back when I was outbid by someone called EyeSnipe

It has happened to me only a few occasions one of the usernames was : 2good hahaha.. But there are a few programs out there that will allow or keep track of everything until the final 10 secs or 5 secs and then all of a sudden bid for ya. Sniper Monkey is a program that does that and it's very annoying alot of people don't use them but a few people do.

I heard that there are software that will bid your amount in the last 10 seconds so you win more easily. I think its called bidslammer or something like that. Some people do it manually too. Keep the bid page and the item page open. Keep refreshing the item page so you know the current bid and hit your max bid just a few seconds before the auction closes - a little risky, but works!

I sure have had it happen to me. Have you ever used one of the free auction snipers? They will automatically bid for you at the last several second in the auction (just be sure to put in the correct auction number and amount that you wish to bid). I have though of it but have not done it yet.

Yes, it has happened to me on Ebay. I usually don't shop on Ebay, but I needed a certain electronic device. I bid on several and all got outbidded at the last second. Finally, I just bought it outright and the price was only about $10 higher than the bids. I don't recall who it was.

This used to happen to me all he time and I hated it! I actually do it myself now as it's the only way to get those items I really want. It's a case of 'if you can't beat them, join them' I suppose. I do mine manually though and don't use a program.

I have been outbid several times before and the feels is horrible! You think you just won this awsome deal only to find out, someone else has it now. What is even worse is when you go back on 2 weeks later and find the winning bidder selling what you wanted to win for more money!

ive had that loads of times its really anoying

That has happened to me several times. I've had it happen in the last Second or two. Very frustrating, especially when you think you're getting something for a good price!!!

yeah...i wat last-sec-outbid-victim too,but i cannot charge negatively the winner 4 this.people already start using different techniques incl. snipers but until ebay support this way of bidding this way of getting the products will exist.anyways...sometimes its necessary and really works.since that moment i've been use a few times the snipper and really helps me to be a winner .... espesially if you really wanna the product,it doesn't matter on what price.funnny,but real fact.plus thee's one more thing if you start using a ebay-snipper that means that your financials are excellent and you didn't care of the price you paying.so,make sure that the "wallet" is really fat ;)

That's really great, how did you manage to do it, did you use some sort of software for that or is it just a coincidence or you do this intentionally like many others do in on ebay for fun or out of competition.

I have it. It does happen alot. You should make sure you can be there when it ends OR put your very highest bid price before it ends. Don't recall any id names though of the snipers.

That does happen and if you had put in the maximum bid that you were willing to pay then they may have not outbid you. You have to consider that my dial up and someone elses high speed internet is a factor too. There are snipers out there and just have to know what you are ultimately willing to pay and try to use that for winning the things you want. I often look for the buy it now so that I don't have to deal with that kind of situation! Good luck winning things in the future on Ebay!!

I got outbidded last second and it was by 1 cent that was painful...

I think that some people see ebay as a sport. LOL. I have witnessed my husband sitting there with his hand over the mouse waiting for the exact right time to put his bid in at the end of the auction. (And no his ID isnt grospain, lol) I personally dont wait that long, because I know if I did, I would miss out. I would wait too long, or my computer would lock up at the last second, etc. I do generally wait until there is only a couple of minutes left though if at all possible, because I think you tend to get a better price that way. If you bid say $5 when there are 3 days left, someone might bid it up to 5.25 at the last minute. That person might have only planned to go to 5, but went ahead and put the little extra on there when it showed outbid, and wins for their efforts. And now I am rambling, lol. Thats what happens when I start up the computer before I am awake. Have a wonderful day.

grrr this is my biggest oet oeeve when it comes to ebay, i have been outbid time and time again in the last second or so. i literlly will sit there and watch the last 5 minutes refreshing the page, and then when it says auction ended im all set to go to payapl and pay and then i get an item not won. man that is so irratiating