A bid is a bid is a bid. Your options are to bid, not bid, how much to bid, which listing to place it on, and when to place a bid (it must be received and timestamped before the end of the last second of the auction to be timely--the countdown is not an accurate measure of how much time you have left).
If you are referring to whether to place an "automatic" or "maximum" bid or some other kind, there is no option. ANY bid is treated as a "maximum bid" under the automatic a/k/a proxy a/k/a incremental bidding system. It's not an option that you do something special to invoke or can even opt out of; it is simply HOW eBay auctions work (highest bidder wins, but price is calculated primarily from the maximum bid of the second highest bidder, and eBay hides the full amount of the leader's/winner's maximum bid to the extent it exceeds that calculated price). Even if you just bid the minimum, you can end up with a hidden maximum (if the prior leading bid is cancelled). The notion that eBay "automatically bids on your behalf" is an analogy to describe the process for those who want simple answers but results in many misunderstandings of what actually happens in particular situations (such as thinking there is a difference between "regular" and "automatic" bidding).
If you mean some other "option" you need to articulate what you are trying to do in detail.
woodland_gnome
·3 years agoA bid is a bid is a bid. Your options are to bid, not bid, how much to bid, which listing to place it on, and when to place a bid (it must be received and timestamped before the end of the last second of the auction to be timely--the countdown is not an accurate measure of how much time you have left).
If you are referring to whether to place an "automatic" or "maximum" bid or some other kind, there is no option. ANY bid is treated as a "maximum bid" under the automatic a/k/a proxy a/k/a incremental bidding system. It's not an option that you do something special to invoke or can even opt out of; it is simply HOW eBay auctions work (highest bidder wins, but price is calculated primarily from the maximum bid of the second highest bidder, and eBay hides the full amount of the leader's/winner's maximum bid to the extent it exceeds that calculated price). Even if you just bid the minimum, you can end up with a hidden maximum (if the prior leading bid is cancelled). The notion that eBay "automatically bids on your behalf" is an analogy to describe the process for those who want simple answers but results in many misunderstandings of what actually happens in particular situations (such as thinking there is a difference between "regular" and "automatic" bidding).
If you mean some other "option" you need to articulate what you are trying to do in detail.
inceptions
Mentor3 years agoLearn about bidding here:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/aboutbidding.html