Originally Posted by
urbanknight
1) Bidding early only opens the possibility of a bidding war which will drive the price up, so smart buyers don't.
2) If someone is watching a similar item that ends earlier than yours, they're bidding on that first.
3) 55/Rad may be correct. Hard to tell. The only items I ever see with bids on day 1 are things with $1 opening bids.
I see #1 as being theoretically true, but honestly, anything worth bidding on is pretty obviously going to get a good bid and not go unnoticed. There definitely WILL be bids, even if last minute, on such items - I've sold my fair share of stuff and never get rattled by zero bids even until the final 30 minutes - if other items are going for such a price, yours is going to go too.