Ebay/watchcount question

[sparty07]

I know that watchcount is able to find final BIN prices where as ebay doesn't show the info. Is it even possible to see what someone's highest bid placed is?

[RGM81]

You can see all bids on the eBay listing. The user names will be ***'d out but you'll see max bids.

[sparty07]

My thought was current auctions. If my max value is 10, but someone has already put in their max bid at $15, I'd be wasting my time bidding,.

[jsokol1626]

My thought was current auctions. If my max value is 10, but someone has already put in their max bid at $15, I'd be wasting my time bidding,.

Revealing maximum bids by a potential buyer would damage sellers. By your own admission you wouldn't bid on a card if you knew you wouldn't exceed the amount already submitted and if all potential buyers had that information there would likely be fewer bids placed. I can't agree with your "wasting my time" description. You took a shot at a card by offering a price you were willing to pay, sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. No different from a seller whose sales sometimes exceed their expectations and other times they don't sell at all.

[subban7677]

They've never shown that. I imagine that kind of info would stifle the bidding process.

[Stryfex]

This is one of those things that is just a really bad idea for the overall marketplace

[sparty07]

Fair enough. Thats the answer I was hoping for

[30ranfordfan]

Forgetting another import thing....

Say the card you want (right now) shows a $5 bid (someone else has already bid). You bid $10 (your max) which jumps the price up to $10.25 (the other bidder actually bid $15). This bid is not a waste, at all, IMO.

Seller might have two copies of the card, or the winning bid might not pay. You could get a second chance offer.