eBay Extended Bidding is Here - 2 min window

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NGS428
NGS428 Posts: 2,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/bidding?id=4003

“We're currently testing extending auction durations by 2 minutes when a bid is placed in the last 2 minutes of an auction. This test will apply to select items in the Trading Cards category. Please make sure you're on the latest version of the app to see this feature.”

Sniping will no longer be of use. Surprised it has taken this long. Good for the seller, not so much the buyer. Thoughts?

Nic

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  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 8, 2025 12:22PM
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    Makes sens for them. And better for us in my opinion no need to put a super high bid you may get stuck paying. Fortunately it never happened to me but could have multiple times I put in a way to high bid (ex: item sold for 120$ and I put 200$ max bid). I do not do that anymore because of the chance of been called out by another intense bidder then paying way to much.

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  • UlyssesExtravaganza
    UlyssesExtravaganza Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I kind of hate the idea. Let the auction end when it ends. Whoever put in the highest bid wins. However they did it or when they did it up to them. If you lost you have nothing to complain about. Your bid was too low.

    I get it more with the big auction houses and extremely valuable cards. But I only want to play that game every so often. Stressful and unnerving. Personally I just want it to be over as soon as possible. Not stay up til 2 3 am seeing if I was outbid and then react if I was.

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  • brad31
    brad31 Posts: 3,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So on set breaks I can get cheap high numbers because everyone else will still be bidding on card #10.

  • Canes8387899101
    Canes8387899101 Posts: 365 ✭✭✭✭
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    @brad31 said:
    So on set breaks I can get cheap high numbers because everyone else will still be bidding on card #10.

    Maybe a lot of people are focused on card #10, but all it takes is 2 people to be interested in every card in that set break to have all the auctions extended. This will help sellers, but I'm not liking this as a buyer. I agree with Ulysses.

  • coolstanley
    coolstanley Posts: 3,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 8, 2025 10:21PM
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    Horrible for buyers. What a pain.

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  • detroitfan2
    detroitfan2 Posts: 3,392 ✭✭✭✭
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    This still requires interested bidders to be actively present at the exact time an auction ends. It will definitely impact high demand / low supply items, but I think your average sniping on a random item ending at 10 PM on a Monday will hold.

  • brad31
    brad31 Posts: 3,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Canes8387899101 said:

    @brad31 said:
    So on set breaks I can get cheap high numbers because everyone else will still be bidding on card #10.

    Maybe a lot of people are focused on card #10, but all it takes is 2 people to be interested in every card in that set break to have all the auctions extended. This will help sellers, but I'm not liking this as a buyer. I agree with Ulysses.

    True but I would think set breaks will be hard to juggle if someone wants say 10 cards.

  • bgr
    bgr Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So is it just 2 mins or will it keep extending 2 mins if there are more bids?

  • tulsaboy
    tulsaboy Posts: 334 ✭✭✭
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    I think that they need to only do this on certain items. For instance, if an item's bidding exceeds $1,000, or if there are more than 20 bidders involved in the bidding. Some sort of filter to keep it from being annoying for every single item.

  • bgr
    bgr Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @CheckYourDiaper said:
    So is it just 2 mins or will it keep extending 2 mins if there are more bids?

    Questioning the usefulness of these forums as I had to answer my own question... I never liked bid sniping so I don't object to this. The bid sniper's argument seems to be that they will no longer be able to get items for less than their value.

  • PatriotTrading
    PatriotTrading Posts: 428 ✭✭✭
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    There is gonna be some schmuck that drinks 10 red bulls and stays up 30 hours to shill his bids every 2 minutes for all 100 of his cards he sent to a consignment seller.

  • swish54
    swish54 Posts: 751 ✭✭✭✭
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    @CheckYourDiaper said:
    So is it just 2 mins or will it keep extending 2 mins if there are more bids?

    I would assume it's 2 min every time someone bids in the extended time until there's no bidding but I have not read the fine print yet.

  • ElMagoStrikeZone
    ElMagoStrikeZone Posts: 2,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @PatriotTrading said:
    There is gonna be some schmuck that drinks 10 red bulls and stays up 30 hours to shill his bids every 2 minutes for all 100 of his cards he sent to a consignment seller.

    This was similar to my initial reaction of thinking that the distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages will dramatically increase along with the drunken final bids.

  • bgr
    bgr Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I’m most interested in how this benefits eBay. Higher prices more fees? Or do they think it will increase the number of auctions? What does the data say I wonder.

  • 1982FootballWax
    1982FootballWax Posts: 2,839 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @CheckYourDiaper said:

    @CheckYourDiaper said:
    So is it just 2 mins or will it keep extending 2 mins if there are more bids?

    Questioning the usefulness of these forums as I had to answer my own question... I never liked bid sniping so I don't object to this. The bid sniper's argument seems to be that they will no longer be able to get items for less than their value.

    Wrong!

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  • craig44
    craig44 Posts: 13,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    guess I wont renew my snipe service when it runs out...

    it was good while it lasted!

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  • bgr
    bgr Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @1982FBWaxMemories said:

    @CheckYourDiaper said:

    @CheckYourDiaper said:
    So is it just 2 mins or will it keep extending 2 mins if there are more bids?

    Questioning the usefulness of these forums as I had to answer my own question... I never liked bid sniping so I don't object to this. The bid sniper's argument seems to be that they will no longer be able to get items for less than their value.

    Wrong!

    Good to know. Old people are funny.

  • CardGeek
    CardGeek Posts: 792 ✭✭✭
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    Nobody pays more attention than the seller. Big opportunity to shill.

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