Ebay

[ELVIS68]

I`ve just been outbid with 5 seconds to go...I was the winning bidder for 3 days yet some sneaky g!t pipped me again!
This has happened quite a few times now, anyone else get this or is it just me?

[katangel26]

Waaii - you can retract a bid but only in certain circumstances, like if you accidently put in 250.00 instead of 2.50

[joko]

you cannot withdraw a bid in last 8 hours of auction.

any bid you place, no matter how high, will only bump up the price by the next amount 20p or 50p or something - no other bidders can see your maximum amount, so that won't work ratter.

you also would need 2 bank accounts to join twice.

[Ethel]

I use justsnipe - 5 free snipes per week.

http://www.justsnipe.com/

I set it up and then ignore it. If I am outbid, at least I haven't been tempted to pay more than I intended.

You can't withdraw a bid within the last 12 hours of the auction if the bid is more than an hour old - it's impossible.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/questions/ret ract-bid.html

And auction wrecking is just plain nasty.

[Wolfeymole]

Have a look here Elvis.

http://www.auctionsniper.com/

[smeghead81]

yeah i think the term is called 'snipe bidding' , only sly f--kers do it, thats why i left e-bay, plus all those sellers who rip innocent people off with their postage charges