keeping the reserve on a vehicle 'secret' will help sell the car! All it does for me when looking is just pisses me off and I end up looking elsewhere. Ask what the reserve is and get answers like 'you'll have to bid and find out'. Just a waste of time because if it's over what I'm prepared to spend, I'm gone anyway. I don't really get it.
theram1,
Feb 28, 6:58pm
People get attached to their cars and as a result over value them.
40wav,
Feb 28, 7:19pm
Yep, fair comment, but why not just make the start price the same as reserve! Much less fannying about.
mr_lovebug,
Feb 28, 7:27pm
I have noticed that cars are going UP in values,I paid 6k for my current car in 2008 & it's got market value of 3k yet it is a old 98 with 200K on clock.
I would never hind the RES price if selling the car,but I am now looking at buying a project car (mini or EB civic) as a fun car to have once all done.
bellky,
Mar 1, 7:14am
You can bid up in 10% increments untill you get to 'within 15 percent of the reserve price'. -Just make sure you go back to the auction page after each bid, to make sure your next bid wont put the red flag up; ie. make sure you're not already within 15% before you bid again :)
And yes, people are pretty stupid if they think they can trick you with some fancy hidden reserve tricks. lol.
meathead_timaru,
Mar 1, 1:05pm
Yep. If they won't reveal the reserve, I simply divide the last bid that isn't within the 15% by 0.86 and bid that amount until I hit the "within 15%" then leave the auction and never come back.
therafter1,
Mar 1, 1:10pm
That's the story, if they wanna dick people around because they think they are clever, out clever them and dick them back.
And look at the auction 30 times a day to whack their view # up as well and put em on your watch list so they think they have some sniffers as well lol
40wav,
Mar 3, 5:17pm
Ha ha, Nice. I'm off to find some hidden reserve auctions and practice.
sw20,
Mar 3, 5:26pm
When I bought my BC5 it was one of those hidden reserve auctions. I was pleasantly surprised that the reserve was only about $1500 above the start price.
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