I personally feel that not using the auto-bidder has its advantages; for one thing, it stops prices from rising quickly, which means side-bidders (those willing to wait outside of the main bidding war) can wait, conserve their T-Credits, and wait for the major bidders to exhaust their supply (or make the price of the item effectively unaffordable for them). For example, suppose you get two people bidding up some item to the price of $2.00. Each of them would have spent 100 T-Credits so far, which at a minimum price of $.29 each, amounts to $29.00, in addition to the other $2, or a total of $31.00. Meanwhile, a fresh bidder would effectively spend $2.01 + .29 = $2.30 to steal it away if they're so lucky as to win at that point.
The biggest advantage of not using the auto-bidder is that you have more control over your bids and their timing. If you have time and the stamina, your best strategy is to always wait until the clock has run down before bidding. This means you spend the fewest possible T-Credits because any *other* bidders are the one hiking the price, not you, and the cost in T-Credits, as we've seen, far outweighs the penny increments. Doing this means that an auction will go *far* longer, which also increases the likelihood that others will get exhausted... although it also allows more new bidders in.
Now, with the autobidder, it is possible to win any auction, simply by pouring more T-Credits in than anybody else; however, these are likely to be pyrrhic victories, where the amount that you spend in credits outweighs the value of the item. This is why I feel it's better to take the hands-on approach and not use it.
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I personally feel that not using the auto-bidder has its advantages; for one thing, it stops prices from rising quickly, which means side-bidders (those willing to wait outside of the main bidding war) can wait, conserve their T-Credits, and wait for the major bidders to exhaust their supply (or make the price of the item effectively unaffordable for them). For example, suppose you get two people bidding up some item to the price of $2.00. Each of them would have spent 100 T-Credits so far, which
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