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

[gregory mengell]

ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:

>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
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Radio Mart has posted a R 390A for $2555.00.  73 Gregory