Hello, Manuel:
In my opinion and experience, there is no definite way to accurately predict the final price in the PTP game. There are several "revolving" factors that change with each new auction, making it difficult to pinpoint an accurate price.
There is a different mix of bidders each game, plus the time of day an auction occurs changes, plus the time of month makes a difference, plus the times when the auctions are scheduled to begin keep changing!
Tips to Do:
- Compare the closing price on past auctions
- Consider the time of day (when certain countries may be awake or sleeping)
- Consider the type of auction it is: 1st Win, Big Dog, Double MRP, Winner Bids Free, etc.
- Consider how many other auctions are actively running at the same time
Tips to watch out for!
- The auction times change! You may place a PTP guess thinking an auction will end at three in the morning, only to find that it was pushed ahead to run much earlier, or pushed back so it doesn't run until morning the next day when lots of bidders are active! That has happened to me many times.
- Bidders at the beginning of the month generally have more TCredits to work with than bidders towards the end of the month, so in the beginning, some auctions end high, while towards the end, the same types of auctions might end low.
Bottom line: The best way to predict the final price is to spend time every day observing various auctions to get a feel for popular items and likely bidding prices.
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Hello, Manuel:
In my opinion and experience, there is no definite way to accurately predict the final price in the PTP game. There are several "revolving" factors that change with each new auction, making it difficult to pinpoint an accurate price.
There is a different mix of bidders each game, plus the time of day an auction occurs changes, plus the time of month makes a difference, plus the times when the auctions are scheduled to begin keep changing!
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