Re: Strategies for Buying Test Equipment off Ebay

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:22:46 -0700, D from BC
<myrealaddress@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here's a few observations I've been thinking about when buying test
equipment off Ebay..

[snip]

2) Bidding soon may attract other buyers...Bidding late and there's a
risk of losing the bid.

[snip]

My one and only experience buying from eBay...

I found some way to bid that set a maximum I was willing to offer but
all that showed was my automatic tracking bid.

I got the item WAY under my maximum.

(USPS is CHEAP.)

...Jim Thompson
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