Online Bidding: How Low Can You Go?
Topics: online auctions, eBay, bidding, free stuff, reverse auctions
It’s time to change your online bidding strategy. Forget about placing automatic bids with the highest price you are willing to pay for an item. Instead decide how little you are willing to pay. Confused yet? Don’t be. This is the wave of the future in online bidding. Rather than trying to outbid one another while auction sellers pray for bidders to meet their reserve, reverse auction bidders try to place the lowest unique bid. The lowest unique bid wins which means that if you are the only person to bid L.01(British Pounds)you would win the item.
So how low can you go? The lowest unique bid wins and bids must fall between the bid ranges that have been set for that item. Not to worry, though. A bid range is nothing like a reserve. It serves as a way to even the playing field more than anything else and is designed to keep bids from getting too high. Most of the time the bid range starts at L.01 so that should prove the point. Of course you might strategize that everyone would think of bidding L.01, so maybe you would come in at L.09 and see if that wins you a new laptop computer or other similarly discounted products.
This new kind of online bidding is addictive and fun. You will not only have loads of fun trying to outsmart other bidders to win your item for a mere few pence, you will have bragging rights for life as you recall the story of the amazing vacation you took for just L5. Your friends will be green with envy and will likely soon be bidding against you on the next item.
You might wonder how to bid in a reverse auction. The first objective is to decide what item you would like to bid on. Next you can place your bid by texting the code for the item and the amount you want to bid. Soon you will know if you placed the lowest unique bid and won the item. In some cases you can snail mail your bid in (but that is awfully slow and not nearly as much fun). And in some cases you can register to play online by paying a small fee.
Online bidding is great fun and can be quite rewarding when you walk away with discounted products that you might not otherwise be able to afford. Think of it as an online limbo: How low can you go?
Ron Subs is a public relations specialist working with Bidwars. You can find more information about BidWars at www.bidwars.co.uk
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