First of all, don't waste your tcredits. If you see that people are running up the price, just be patient watch for a while instead of trying to outdo them. Sometimes people are jumpy and try to bid when the clock has just started the countdown. Wait until there are no more than ten seconds left before bidding, and if you have a fast computer you can probably stand to wait until the 5 second count.
Sometimes, it's just a matter of being the only one who has patience enough to hang in there until the end. However, if you see that the price is being pushed up past what it would be worth with tcredits + price, then it would probably not be worth your while to continue.
If you have a lot of tcredits, you can try hitting the button fast and furious at the end of the count, and sometimes this will make you the high bidder at the last few seconds, but not always. It depends on how many are and how many seconds are left. I would not advise doing this when there are more than 60 seconds on the clock down to the last 10 seconds. Most auctions start with 3 minutes so allow it to run for a little bit longer before trying this technique.
And always, if you catch it before the first $1 mark, you can try guessing with the pick a price tool. I just won that and it's nice getting 200 tcredits for free.
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First of all, don't waste your tcredits. If you see that people are running up the price, just be patient watch for a while instead of trying to outdo them. Sometimes people are jumpy and try to bid when the clock has just started the countdown. Wait until there are no more than ten seconds left before bidding, and if you have a fast computer you can probably stand to wait until the 5 second count.
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