I hate to tell you this guys, but if you place a bid with two minutes to go, and
it is something I want, you AIN'T gonna get it! I put my bid in with about 25
seconds to go.
Kate (alias: kgbear, the mad sniper)
David Ramsey wrote:
> Toby, On ebay decide what it is worth to you and be sure to include the
> shipping. Then bid this amount with a couple of minutes left. If you get
> out bid then it was to expensive. Several things I've gotten this way have
> had bids bumping it up a couple of bucks, but they don't have time to hunt
> for my max bid.
> Crash
>
> >Oh yes... e-bay is a gold mine. I had some "junk" laying around that I put
> >up for sale. My rear heater for my land cruiser in very good condition
> >fetched $300. I later learned that they are out of production and hard to
> >find... but I still have piles of stuff to sell off. No Spridget stuff yet,
> >and I will probably garage sale most of it on the list when my project is
> >over (sometime after the apocolypse)... but if there are no takers, it's
> >EBAY time.
> >
> >There is some fraud to worry about. I have witnessed some nasty sellers
> jack
> >up the price by creating fake accounts and users and bidding on their own
> >items.
> >Check the bid history on items you are interested in, and make sure all the
> >bidders have some feedback, as that is harder to fake. 3 or 4 users with no
> >feedback and all with e-mail going to the same provider as the seller is a
> >dead give away. I usually send them a nasty e-mail and forward it to
> >abuse@ebay.com just for good measure.
> >
> >I have purchased allot of hard to find stuff on there... One tactic is to
> be
> >a ruthless bidder and outbid everybody with 2 minutes left at the end of
> the
> >auction. It is pretty unsportsman like, but it does work. I had several
> >auctions snapped up under me this way, and I finally caught on to their
> >tactics.
> >
> >Toby
> >
> >
> >>Listers
> >>
> >>I saw this item on E-bay 539170259- 2 (new) Flying A pedal pads for
> >>$61.00!!!, there have been 5 bids on this already. I 'm amazed
> >>someone is
> >>willing to pay that kind of money. I guess someone must want
> >>them really bad,
> >>nice profit for the seller.
> >>Greg Higgins
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