Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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All the action happens in the last few mins of the auction. Unless some jerk bids high early on which fucks it up for the rest of the potential bidders
Depends on the item and also who is bidding, but generally they will start slowly and then you'll get a flurry of late bids if it's popular. If it's extremely popular then you can get get bids throughout the auction. If I really want something I'll wait until there are about 20 seconds left and put in my top bid. Like anything you have to have a ceiling because it's really tempting to beat people with 'just a bit more'.

Like Dru says, sometimes some noob will put in an early high bid, which might seem low (like 99p) but their maximum bid could be really high so it'll shoot up. You'll get the hang of it very quickly.
Ta.

Problem is that I've no interest in getting the hang of it over a few auctions.

I just want this one thing.
 

Red

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Wasted might be a better word.
Not a fan of 'wasted'.

There are so many better terms for drunkeness.

I'm a big fan of being 'David Murrayed'*.



*David Murray was a Rangers chairman who lost his legs in a car crash, so it's just an offensive way of saying you're legless. :D
 

Kate

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Feb 7, 2011
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I thought the psychotic babbling was just part of being a woman.

:D
That too.

Red said:
Not a fan of 'wasted'.

There are so many better terms for drunkeness.

I'm a big fan of being 'David Murrayed'*.



*David Murray was a Rangers chairman who lost his legs in a car crash, so it's just an offensive way of saying you're legless. :D
That is pretty bad, definitely not one I had heard before. "In my cups" is one I like.
 

Red

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OK, well you can either do gradual bidding or wait late, put a tester bid in then smash in a maximum bid with a few seconds left :D
I'm keeping my powder dry just now because don't want to shove the price up early.

I'll just make a point of being online on Sunday evening and see how it goes.
 

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