There does seem to be significvantly less action on ebay than there was
6months ago... not sure why.
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From: "Ken Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Wanted K1000/MX
> I guess I have bought or sold things on ebay around 70-75 times with only
a
> couple of bad experiences that weren't bad enough to scare me off.
Recently
> I put a Vivitar 728AF/Nikon flash with a Wein slave trigger on my watch
list.
> It went a whole week without a single bid and I bought it in the last
minute
> with the minimum bid of $20 just to get the slave trigger. I put the
flash
> back on ebay with a $5.00 starting bid and, with 3 days to go, it is at
> $20.51. I sure like the price on my slave trigger. Now is a good time to
> buy on ebay. Prices for comparable items are way below what they were six
> months ago. K1000s sold for $150 a few months ago, but I sold one last
month
> in Mint- condition for $100. Seems like I have had the same kind of luck
in
> the stock market recently ;-)
>
> On Thursday 14 June 2001 18:01, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, aimcompute wrote:
> > > Thanks for the KM info Bill.
> > >
> > > I had a bid on a camera that sat at $56 for around 2 days. All of the
> > > sudden now it has jumped up to over $107. It's hard to believe that
no
> > > one else had bid on it for that long. I realize that can happen and
be
> > > totally legitimate.
> > >
> > > When I see it shoot up like that after little action, it makes me
> > > suspect. Just call me paranoid.
> >
> > I (and I'm sure most ebay-savvy people out there) never bid on an item
> > until at least 5 minutes before the end. Knowing this, you have to
> > keep in mind that a low price on something ending in two days is no
> > indicator of what the final price will be.
> >
> > The best indicator of final price on ebay is the price of similar
> > auctions that already ended. The best way to get bargains there
> > nowadays is to catch something with a low "buy it now" price as soon
> > as it's listed.
> >
> > j
> >
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