Re: ebay for lenses.
- From: Floyd Davidson <floyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:26:18 -0900
"Rita Ä Berkowitz" <ritaberk2O04 @aol.com> wrote:
>
>The *ONLY* way to get a great deal on eBay is to seek out newly listed
>improperly priced "Buy It Now" auctions. These auctions generally don't
>last more than a few moments after being shown in the search results when
>eBay updates the search engine since they get bought up really fast. A good
>time saving technique is to bookmark your search results so you can get up
>to the second results with just a click. If you participate in auctions
>that go full term you will *ALWAYS* pay too much for the item.
If the item is in high demand, looking for new listings is
indeed productive. But many odd items don't even sell, and
virtually *any* bid would be the high bid. On some occasions
there simply is no demand for an item that would have fetched an
obscene price two weeks ago.
Search *both* newly listed, and ending soonest.
And searching itself is an art form! Finding items that are
listed incorrectly (wrong category, mispelt names, etc) can be
very productive because the item simply won't be seen by
interested buyers.
>The next step is the most crucial. Do your research and find out what the
....
>
>Next, formulate a "delivered to your door" price that is what you are
>comfortable paying and *NEVER* stray above that price. Our magic number is
*EXCELLENT* advice!
And once your own top price is known, *do not* place a bid until
the last few seconds before the listing closes. Sometimes
people get "auction fever", and keep bidding until they "win" by
having the highest bid. That is crazy.
Do *not* provide a target price for other bidders.
Place bids ~15 seconds before closing; you either have the high
bid... or it goes for too much money and you don't want it. In
either case, the idea is to prevent anyone from seeing that your
price is the highest and bidding higher just because if it is
worth that to you it must be worth a dollar more to them.
>Always pay with a credit card or a credit card funded PayPal payment. If
>the seller doesn't accept credit card funded payments *DON'T bid and stay
>away! By all means *NEVER* send a money order, cash, or Western Union.
USPS Money Orders are not in the same league with cash and WU.
>There are some extremely great deals on eBay if you don't get excited and
>take your time to find them. Research and patience is the secret to these
>deals. Good luck.
That pretty much nails it! Research and patience.
--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@xxxxxxxxxx
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