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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: mpm32 on December 19, 2007, 02:33:11 pm ---And if you have a set price why not shop at the store? What's the point of ebay if not to get the cheepest price possible. ;)
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Availability. Things aren't available in stores forever. Can't find a copy of I Want My Mommy for the Atari 2600 in a store. I rarely bother with ebay for something I could get in a store or at an online retailer.
There is always a next item... not always right away, but there is always another one.
mpm32:
Perhaps?
Anyway, back to the cheesecake thread where I belong.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: mpm32 on December 19, 2007, 02:03:36 pm ---Yeah but why show your hand on the first day.
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Because you can get lucky. At times, no one raises you to your max, and you get it low anyway.
So sniping isn't the only way to get something low priced. If you're not overly pressed to possess something, lackadaisically bidding on recently posted auctions can prove to be an intelligent move in the end. I've won quite a few auctions in this manner.
Chris:
Everything I saw at CompUSA is still higher than NewEgg, even figuring in tax and shipping, except for books, most of which are out of date.
shardian:
I've found the best way to get something you really want on ebay is to be a bull-headed bidder. What I do is only bid when someone else bids, and only until you overtake their max. The quicker you react, the better. I guess the end result is people will realize there is a bidder that is bound and determined to win, and they will give up and move onto other auctions.
If the auction has zero bids, if you want to win DO NOT place a bid until after the first bid is placed. Many people on ebay filter out zero bid items. The longer there are zero bids, the less people who will see it.
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