Placing a bid on an item you are interested in couldn’t be easier, when viewing the item details page (having clicked on the items title for more information) you will have two areas from where you can place your bid, one next to the summary of the items details (on the left) and a second after the full items details (at the bottom of the page).

To place your bid simply enter the amount you wish to bid (e.g. enter 50.00 if you want to bid £50.00). Please note no currency symbols are required.

You will be asked to review your bid and you will also be able to view vital item details such as the postage and insurance conditions and the delivery and payment methods before confirming your bid. To submit your bid simply press the “Place Bid” button.

If your bid is high enough to take the lead in the auction a confirmation message will be displayed to you, however if your bid has not taken the lead, be it due to a higher proxy bid or not meeting the reserve price you will be invited to make a further bid.

The site uses “proxy bidding”.  Proxy bidding allows you to place a “highest amount you are willing to pay” bid.  At all times you will only pay the lowest required bid should you win the auction. For example, if the minimum amount that can be bid on an auction item is £500.00 you can place a proxy bid of £2000.00, should you remain the only bidder you will only pay £500.00. However should the item receive other bids the site will automatically re-bid for you (up to £2000.00 in this scenario) to ensure you remain in the lead.  Please note that sellers can set there own bid increments when listing items for sale, so the default bid increments will not always be used.  The default bid increments are: