eBay bidding SOAPBOX Editorial
Yes,
What I have feared is exactly what is happening... .
FOLKS... ... when bidding on eBay, and especially on these ECMs now that Marco has created a new market for them.
Please wait until the last 2-3 minutes to enter your bids.
Those who wait, will get a winning bid at the lowest possible value.
If you bid early on in the game, AND set a MAX bid higher than the one currently listed... . You will have started a bidding war that will cause the newbie to auctions to get really sucked into paying a LOT more for an item than they wanted to... all for the sake of "winning".
If we sort of agree on a gentleman's agreement on what these things should be worth; and I have heard folks buying them consistently for UNDER $100. 00 Oo.
Well, then we can all obtain them without paying an exorbitant price. They are only going to show up as supply dictates anyway.
I may be only talking to hear my fingers rattle the keys, but effective auctions, at a good price, are won in the last minute, not in the early stages where you have notified the world of your interest.
My advice is to cool it... Don't tip your hand before the last couple of minutes. Make a decision on your price, watch the clock, and submit it.
Tonight, I watched dkhorse's name pop up consistently thru the bidding. Apparently he had made a bid with a high max price early in the bidding process. It was at $202. 50 until 30 seconds before end time and it went to 242. 50, like bang. Someone made him pay more than what I am willing to pay.
I only bid ONCE, and one time only. That is in the last minute. I make a sane decision as to the value of an item and then I submit that bid.
Okay, I will now get down off my soapbox. I relinguish the podium to the next speaker of the house.
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