Every auction is about outlasting your opponents; with these "penny auctions," the challenge becomes how many credits are you willing to spend in order to get the item, and how long are you willing to stay at the computer, watching the bids go in. There is, however, an optimal strategy that will get you the best deal:
1) Choose low-traffic times to attempt the auctions. High-traffic times will produce too many bids and thus raise the price too much.
2) Wait until literally the last second before bidding, when the timer reads, "Going once... going twice...," so that other, more impatient bidders take the bulk of the expense.
Doing those two things will spare the most expense and give you the best deal when you *do* win. Other than that, winning is just a question of spending good TCredits after bad.
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Every auction is about outlasting your opponents; with these "penny auctions," the challenge becomes how many credits are you willing to spend in order to get the item, and how long are you willing to stay at the computer, watching the bids go in. There is, however, an optimal strategy that will get you the best deal:
1) Choose low-traffic times to attempt the auctions. High-traffic times will produce too many bids and thus raise the price too much.
