For those of you that are lazy and don’t want to read lots because you have to rush of to get some early Ebay bids in.

Do

  • Wait until the final 5 minutes to bid.
  • Bid the most you want to pay.

Don’ts

  • Bid hours or days in advance. All you do is give other people the chance to bid over you. This will cause the price to inflate, costing you more. Sellers love this sort of thing, I know I do.
  • Breach your spending limit. If you don’t stick to your maximum, you’ll end up spending more than you wanted.
  • Bid less than your maximum. This is just silly, as you’ll probably have to bid later with your maximum.

Hopefully this will help out some of the idiots who seem to think they’ll win an auction with a bid 3 days in advance of auction end. Sites like Bidnapper exist for a reason. Rant over.