Or, like happened to me today. An Item I was bidding on back before
Christmas was won by someone who bid twice what it was worth. Today, I was
contacted by the seller telling be the bidder had defaulted on payment and
offering it to me. My problem/blessing is that I purchased another one off
the ARRL classifieds and I am hoping it shows up and is as nice as the one I
missed.
73,
Ed-KV5I
"Antonio I0JX" wrote in message
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My classic eBay bidding technique is to look long and hard at an item,
think it over, and then bid my maximum price - once, by proxy. If I
win, fine, if not, then it wasn't meant to be.

Just one comment. Bidding once is a good technique, provided that you only
place your bid 20 seconds from auction end.

As a matter of fact bidding hours or, worse, days before auction end will
give others time to place successive bids in small increments, until they
surpass you by just 1$.

73

Tony, I0JX