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

[David C. Hallam]

There are two bidding strategies for eBay that work in all cases and are
unaffected by any last minute bidding.

The first and best is to decide the maximum amount you are willing to pay
for an item and submit that as your bid.  Under eBay's proxy bidding system,
the bidding will start at the item's opening bid price and increase as
additional bidders place their bids.  If the auction is over before your
maximum bid is reached, you win the item.  If not, you were trying to get
the item below it's market value and didn't want to pay that much anyway.
So called bid sniping only works because the sniper is willing to pay more
than some one else.  Placing a low bid in the beginning and then increasing
it as the auction progresses and you are out bid is simply a modified form
of bid sniping.

The people selling bid snipers promote their product saying that you can win
an auction for a lower bid price by placing a last second bid which is not
true.  When the final bids were placed has no affect on the winning price.

The second strategy is when you want the item regardless of what you have to
pay for it.  You bid a ridiculously high price and sit back and wait for the
auction to be over with you winning.

David
KC2JD

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


I think snipers are like sneaky snakes.
Hank
KN6DI

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