How to win a bid on eBay?

[Fairdo4all]

There are NO magic formula's ! Think about it, the winning bid is the highest figure anyone has bid. You have no way of knowing what other people have put in as their maximum bid. Placing a bid in the last couple of seconds will not help you if someone else has already got a higher maximum lodged with ebay. The nearest thing to a certain winner is to bid well over what the item is actually worth. So say the item is worth a tenner, you put in a maximum bid of 20 quid. ebay only use enough of your maximum to beat the next higher bidders highest figure. So if the next highest bidder had put in a maximum bid of say 10.50 ebay would beat him on your behalf and you would win it for about 11.00

One thing though, always remember that ebay even in just the UK is an absolutely huge market place.
Don't overbid as there will always be another of the same coming up before long.