[R-390] R-389 Sold For $3550.00 on eBay

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/15/2005 1:54:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
2002tii at softhome.net writes:
So: If you always bid the maximum you would be willing to pay, it doesn't
matter when you or anybody else bids -- you will either win the item for a
price you are willing to pay, or lose it to someone who is willing to pay
more.  However, if you bid early, you may end up paying more than you
otherwise would have had to pay.
Best regards,
Charles

Great explanation, Charles. What it all comes down to is if you bid early on 
an item then you are just inviting someone else to bid against you. Nothing 
more maddening then if you bid early on something and someone else comes along 
and just diddles up the price $10 or $15 dollars at a time until he exceeds 
your bid!  Only reason I can think of why some people still bid early is they 
hope no one else will come along and they can get something at a bargain price. 
But that hardly ever happens on eBay. It just brings more attention to the 
item. Also I have seen many items with a very reasonable buy-it-now price and 
someone bids on the starting price and it deletes the buy-it-now offer. Then the 
item soars way above the buy-it-now price. I saw an item with a buy-it-now 
price of $450 sell for over $800 because of this.  73 Todd WD4NGG