Re: Strategies for Buying Test Equipment off Ebay

Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:qi25i3pbhf0ut4tre0qm1urvqv1ae1v2pc@xxxxxxx:

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:23:40 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:31:29 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Ebay always works that way. It automatically bids for you, some small
amount over the next highest bidder, up to your maximum.


I got the item WAY under my maximum.

That's pretty common. But it's still best to "snipe", put in your
maximum 30 seconds before it closes.

John


Good idea.

...Jim Thompson

you'll find that often the bids only start rising in the last half-hour.

IIRC,Ebay also has an anti-snipe provision.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
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