Ccorazone

I recently bid on a machine on the Goodwill site.. Less than a minute after I put in my bid I got an e-mail from them stating that I had been out bid by the minimum bid. My question is, do the automaticaly bump up the price so it can go higher. No other bids have been made in two days.

miriam

I've had that happen to me - ggggggrrrrrrrr- I think there is some way they can bid you up until you go over their limit. I'm not sure how it works though.

Charlee

No. Someone else already put in a maximum bid that was higher than yours. Example:

I see something on the GW site. I put in a bid of $100.00, but the opening bid is only $9.95. You come along and put in a bid of $50.00, it's going to bump my bid up to $51.00....and it will sit there until someone else bids again. It will automatically outbid you until you bid more than my original $100.00 bid.

Ccorazone

So... Unless you want to over pay, how do you win the bid?

Vicki W

1st you decide what you want to pay.
2nd you go up $1 a time until you hit the point you have hit your max or have outbid your competition.

Charlee

I put in the maximum that I'm willing to pay, (considering shipping as well) and call it good. If I win, I'm happy, if I don't there's another one around the corner.

You may not have to pay as much as your maximum bid...only if someone else bids up to it...

deedum

A person has to really consider the shipping with Goodwill, it seems like more than the average or at least I think so.

Christine-

The shipping on Goodwill auctions is a bit high, I have to remind myself to check shipping. Sometimes it's a fair price but most of the time it's pretty high.

Glenda m

I think some of the shipping, handling and insurance charges are way to high on some to the things I would like to have. Have a few things on the watch list, will see what happens.

miriam

I don't like the way they package things - I will only do pick up.