Hi list,
after being outbid for about a #1 for several items I wanted on E-bay I 
decided to have another shot.  I set a high reserve bid but was prepared to 
set a still higher reserve bid if necessary.
I was the high bidder for days but sat down in front of my PC for the final 5 
minute countdown with my 4 year old daughter (the 'toy' is for us to share, 
having lost or whatever the one I had when I was a kid).  With constant 
screen refreshes someone bid over my reserve with less than 2 minutes to go.  
Needless to say I was able to put in a new bid with a higher still reserve 
bid with about less then a minute to run - I was the high bidder.
I am relating all this stuff because this is the first time I have found it 
necessary to adopt this approach to win and it only cost me #1 more than my 
original reserve to have the high bid.
Daniel1312 
 
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