Quote from: scottmitchell74 on June 12, 2026, 11:04:57 PMI thought a major theme here was to keep politics out?

Keeping the peace and glass houses and all...

Quite right. I've just removed any political content

I thought a major theme here was to keep politics out?

Keeping the peace and glass houses and all...

If you mean the Women's T20 at Edgbaston, I totally agree They played excellently

Good start by England today beating Sri Lanka in their first game

A very British thread this.

If I put in my maximum bid and it loses I only have myself to blame as it shows someone wanted it more than I did, otherwise I should have made a bigger bid

The OP invites opinions.
The title of the thread is not 'The World Cup is great'

If you don't like football why don't you Fifa Off. I don't really like cricket but don't interfere when the lads on here are discussing it and hope they really enjoy it.

Hi Martin @port perran . I'll give you my thoughts to your OP when I've calmed down a bit   

Yes, what it sold for. Not what the other person bid. So you see £101, and think "ahh balls, should've bid slightly more, I was so close to winning". However unless that person bid exactly £101 (and you've no way of knowing that), had you bid £102 they'd have won it for £103, up to their maximum.

Yes, the sensible thing to do is choose your price, bid and walk away. If you do this with sniping software you're assured the best chance of avoiding someone chipping away at your max over time. Otherwise stick that in a week beforehand and simply don't worry.

Quote from: njee20 on June 12, 2026, 12:13:11 PMEh? I'm not talking about the bids placed before your snipe. You can bid with 1 second to go, but if the pre-existing max bid was £120 then you will lose the auction, It's why eBay even says "determining the winner" at the end, as it has to reconcile all the sniped bids thrown in the dying seconds.

I use sniping too, daft not to, but what you're really beating is a physical person sat there typing in a number in the last couple of seconds who doesn't have time to increase their maximum. It's absolutely the case that when you think you've 'only just' lost it's because there was only one other bidder who went higher, you just have no idea how high.

But if you lost the bid you can see how much the item sold for after the auction. But speaking for myself I will only bid what I am prepared to pay. However my max bid will always be an odd amount e.g £56.99.

On top of this if someone really wants to win something, they will place a ridiculous amount to ensure they win the auction, which I think is what causes the renowned bidding wars, where the other person who also has a massive desire to win the item keeps bidding against the high price that was initially placed!

If that makes any sense!