On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Stan Wilder wrote: > I seem to collect a lot of lurkers that offer to buy after the auction. > I think its against the rules but with 2,000,000 items how would they > enforce it? Don't think it's against the rules, but it does mean you forfeit ebay's (rather minimal) buyer protection. > I check lots of prices against current prices on New or Used items and > unless I get at going,going, gone at a good price I lay back and wait for > another of the same to come up at a decent offering. Yeah, that's pretty much my technique. I don't put a lot of effort into sniping, though. I just bid with about 15 minutes left. I decide ahead of time what the item's worth to me and make that my max bid. I generally get what I want eventually for the price I want, though I sometimes lose several auctions in the process. > I picked up a super computer for $200.00 the other day and buying the > parts in a box would have cost over $600.00 .......... guess it just > sounded too good to be true and the guy had 400 items listed. There are a lot of things that factor into ebay prices. A big one is the presence/absence of a picture. Stuff without pictures always sells for lower prices. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." |
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