How the Winners List Helps You Win
Do you periodically check the winners list before you invest a large number of bids in an auction? I started doing that. Why? The winners list provides valuable information that could help you win auctions using fewer bids.
For example, on Nov. 19, I looked at the winners list to see who recently won big bid packages. I saw that jeanice083071 won 2,000 bids, Melgrant44 won 800 bids, Car7570 and ilmnanaag each won 600 bids, FelixtheCat won two bid packages of 300 bids each and lynn1998 won 300 bids. I wrote down those screen names, knowing that if I were to get into the same auction with any of those bidders, chances are they could easily out-bid me.
I looked at the auctions I wanted to win and I found two of those bidders in the same auctions. Therefore, I immediately cancelled my bids and decided to save them for later.
It is especially important to pay attention to the winners of the 2,000 and 5,000 bid packages. They will have a lot of bids to waste. If you get into the same auction with a big bid winner, chances are slim that you will be able to win the auction, unless you won or purchased an equal number of bids. However, even if you do have an equal number of bids, would you really want to spend your bids by going up against someone who might still have such a good chance to outbid you?
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In summary, you could save a lot of bids by periodically checking the winners list to see who the biggest bid winners are. Once you know that, look for auctions where those bidders are not going to compete with you or wait until those bidders have had enough time to burn up some of those bids.
Written by Barbara Sellers, resident of Tacoma, Wash., who has been shopping on DealDash.com since Feb. 8, 2012. Barbara is on Level 49 and has won 560 auctions.
