Ways To Help You Bid Better

Often the opportunity to bid on an auction comes up and you think, “Boy, I could really use that!”. After buying your bids and settling down to see who is in the auction, you decide to start bidding without using your bid buddy. Here’s a few ways to help you bid better.

After 10 bids you are not seeing the result of the win and hardly noticed who else was on the auction.  Here is where “waiting your turn” and holding up your bids comes into play for a way to bid better.  Isolate the auction to see how many bidders are playing in the auction.  Once you have determined the amount of bidders, you then choose to continue bidding one at a time, or setting the bid buddy for your pre-determined amount of bids.

If you want to bid better, I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to set yourself a limit.  This will save you a lot of self-talk at the end of the auction, “what have I done, all my bids are gone, and I didn’t win.”   Slappers, bid stompers, and new bidders who have not learned patience would have much more success and bid better if they would wait their turn and use the bid buddy.  When I say “wait your turn”, there are several ways to do that.

One, you put a bid on the auction and do not bid again for what may seem like a long time.  While other bidders are putting their bids into the auction you can watch to see who is a serious bidder.  The slappers or quick bidders are not serious in my opinion.  They are in a hurry, want to intimidate other bidders and get a quick win. Learn to bid better by recognizing the serious bidders.

Two, you can set your bid buddy before the auction even starts with a pre-determined amount of bids.  This technique helps you bid better and stay within your budget.  Your bids will go into the auction one at a time when another bidders time is up. You might get lucky and win the auction within just a few bids, or you can be up against a lot of other bidders who set their bid buddies too.  In this case patience is your best friend.

Remember DealDash offers many of the same items day in and day out.  There is no reason to over bid for that one item since another identical item could come up soon.  DealDash offers the most fair and honest penny auction site there is.  With fast free shipping and the buy it now option to get all of your bids back, you are always in a win-win mode.  Good luck, happy bidding and hopefully some of these tips will make you a better bidder.

By Joan Vith