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Originally Posted by murraypaul
How does that differ from putting the same bid in when the auction opens?
If the final price is below your max price, you'll have the winning bid, at whatever the minimum value was to beat the second highest bid. If the final price is above your max price, you won't have the winning bid.
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Well I'm convinced that people on ebay get themselves into a bidding war and lose their heads when it comes to the final price they are willing to pay. I don't want to add fuel to that by bidding early. But even if my theory is totally without merit, what does it matter besides the inconvenience of being sure to be at my computer at the end of the auction to put my bid in? If I find the auction is over what I'm willing to pay at that point I don't bother to bid at all.