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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
Yeah, but you can be screwed out if someone's max bid is a lot higher than the current max. For example, I was bidding on Machado, and with like 10 seconds to go, it was at 5k. But my top bid on him was like 6.5k, and I ended up buying him for 6.25k. So basically someone came in with what they thought was a snipe bid, but it still wasn't enough.
Now, did I want to spend that much on him? I dunno - I was hoping he would stay in the 5k range. But I put in a bid that I was still comfortable with and am glad at that.
Of course, I likely wouldn't have put in the same bid if the auction was still 12 hours away. Of course, day 1 everyone is going a little crazy with things, so I'm sure over time things will settle into some sort of steady-state.
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Yeah, that's the way it works now. But the complaint was for people who want to put in a max bid of the buy it now price, but pay less than that if no one else wants to buy it. They want to be able to guarantee a win without using buy it now. It's kind of a lame request IMO. Either use buy it now, or don't and take the risk of not winning. That's the way it's supposed to work.
And yeah, the AH is completely crazy right now.
edit- it's also possible that I'm mixing up conversations. This one goes way back.