Holding your nerve

Hard to say.  Usually bidding gets fairly intense the last few minutes of an auction.  For a car though, no idea what the pattern might be.  IMHO, the last thing you want to do is overpay, and by definition that is very possibly what the person selling the car is hoping for.

 I once used a "sniping" program that does the bidding for you if you are away. You can tell it how high to bid. It will automatically bid if another bid comes in over yours. I think you can also time some of those programs.

 You have a good reserve no?

 I'm not trying to tell you what to do man but if you think you might get into trouble you can get a friend bidder involved. It will cost you the listing fee though. I'm not sure if there is another way out of it if the offers are too low. 

  Things do tend to heat up over the last few minutes of an auction if the item is something a lot of people want especially. You can do a search on similar items and what they sold for by going into sales history. This can give you at least an idea where it might go if you keep it on auction.

 Hope it goes your way!

I could end the auction early, but I have a gut feeling it'll work out OK. Similar cars are going for about what I'd like to get, and 36 people watching the auction is encouraging.

I'm only getting slightly nervous because January kicked my **** and I could use the money.

jamesg1213


I could end the auction early, but I have a gut feeling it'll work out OK. Similar cars are going for about what I'd like to get, and 36 people watching the auction is encouraging.

I'm only getting slightly nervous because January kicked my **** and I could use the money.

FWIW I'm sharing your gut feeling here from how the original post sounded.
 
Have you got a link to the auction?
 
Is there anyway someone can manage the auction for you in your absence and pull it nearer the end if need be?
 
 
(oo'er missus, he said pull it nearer the end!)

Jonbouy


Sounds like it's not important enough a loss to make sure you're in at the time the auction ends.
 
On that basis I'd say, hold your nerve...
 
It's only money, more importantly from my POV it's only your money...

There's the JB we all know and love

James when I couldn't be around I'd enter my maximum and let it play.

I had fun waiting for the last few seconds to enter bids though.

Been quite a while since I bid on anything.

SteveStrummerUK


Coincidentally...

Earlier this afternoon, I contacted some bloke called James on Ebay who happens to be selling a car.

"What's it got on the clock" I enquired.

"3.48pm" was not the answer I was expecting.

Could've been worse they could've said 75,000, -------- 74,500, --------- 74,000 with an electric drill noise in the background........

James, are you raising money to buy a new kitchen?

jbow


James, are you raising money to buy a new kitchen?

2nd best post by Julien, EVER!!!

I once made the mistake of selling something that was still new with a $2,400 price tag on it without a reserve.  I put a starting bid of $340 hoping to get a lot of action and ended up having ONE guy put in the minimum bid at the last minute...  I had paid $1,600 for the item.  *Sigh...*

(And, for any who are curious, a upheld my end of the deal and dutifully shipped it off for the agreed upon price.)

Morning Karl, 4 hours to go on the auction, and it's up to about 80% of what I'd like, so it's looking good.

jamesg1213


Morning Karl, 4 hours to go on the auction, and it's up to about 80% of what I'd like, so it's looking good.

So that gives you enough time to answer my email so I can begin "Tracking Tomorrow"?

YEAH!!!!