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Missy Angel
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:27 am

the timer is on 00:00 in AH you are the current highest bidder in fact sometimes you are the only bidder and you still get out bid :shock:

llama
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:28 am

Yes

Kivalina
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:30 am

yes

Majick
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:32 am

The AH is on an actual timer that has a full minute left when it hits 00. I have found that if I monitor that last 60 seconds and refresh with 15 seconds left and then make my final bid, I win what I want every single time.

Pete
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:33 am

To make sure you win an item you have to be online in the AH and sniper bid after the counter hits 00:00. I have won a few items in the 60 seconds after the timer hits 0.

ATHENA
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:42 am

yup i have my phone in hand, when i see 15 mins (for example) left, i keep restarting the auction house until the 15 turns to 14 then i set my timer for 14:45 secs, and when it beeps i bid for the last time, i win every time too

Borgessa
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:44 am

I hate it more when the timer expires - yet i'm still waiting to win.. I hate it even more when it sticks at 00.00 for like 5 mins. and you are the highest bidder, then suddenly it closes and you lost.. But here's the kicker, ya don't know you lost till ya refersh..

Borgessa
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:45 am

Frankly I prefer buy now.. I so wish there was a buy now filter.

vicky
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:46 am

omg yes lol but then i say its a blessing in disguise because i didnt need that item anyway

ZennA
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:51 am

What item were you bidding on? maybe i'm the one who outbid you :lol:

Borgessa
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:57 am

AA Gleek (155143675) wrote:What item were you bidding on? maybe i'm the one who outbid you

Oh - its on now - don't ya know she's and Aussie?! :shock:

Missy Angel
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:05 am

yep i refresh it all the time actually furniture isn't too bad clothing seems to be the worst for it
LoL I am not setting a timer on my phone take me 1/2 a hour to work out how :lol:

and yep I just bid like way more on a zen item than I should be finished by now but just bought a zen sectional "buy out" for 80k and the zen standing 3x art for 10k so yeah is all good

even if I don't win the bid I got some other stuff crossed off my list

Veronica
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:12 am

Yessssss! I wish those timers were actually 'live' like I have my AH open on my screen and I see the timer counting hh.mm.ss That would be awesome. Having to close and reopen the AH window every 2 seconds to see hm time left is frustrating. Especially at 00.00 we need to see those seconds LIVE.

Jennifer
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:13 am

This is the exact reason I tend to sell my items to the highest bidder prior to the timer ending :mrgreen:

iRobin
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:15 am

It still outbids you when ur on 0;00 , lol.

You must have the AH Angel or the AH Devil

Pete
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:18 am

Borgessa (124826802) wrote:I hate it more when the timer expires - yet i'm still waiting to win.. I hate it even more when it sticks at 00.00 for like 5 mins. and you are the highest bidder, then suddenly it closes and you lost.. But here's the kicker, ya don't know you lost till ya refersh..

Don't refresh the entire page, when that timer hits 0, just close the AH popup and open it again and go to your "My Bids >Bidding" tab. If you are still the highest bidder close the AH and open it again and go back to the bidding tab. If you see you are outbid then bid higher, close the ah, open again etc. Opening and closing the AH will refresh it. You can do this many times during the last 60 seconds.

Lella
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:19 am

Pete (2679242) wrote:To make sure you win an item you have to be online in the AH and sniper bid after the counter hits 00:00. I have won a few items in the 60 seconds after the timer hits 0.

lol. "sniper bid".........but it's so true.

Myrt
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:22 am

When the timer hits 0, i just keep bidding.

Pete
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:27 am

It becomes more difficult when you are bidding on 4 items and all of them end at the same time. It's almost impossible to sniper bid on 4 items against other people and win them all.

Wasp
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:35 am

I don't bid until the last few seconds. Bidding before that will just result into a war and paying more :mrgreen: