Hey thanks Juan. I have pretty much figured that bidding at the last moment
was the way to go. Otherwise the price gets bid up either artificially or
legitimately. Thanks for confirming that. I guess one can always lose at
the last moment, but it's better than paying too much.
Tom C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan J. Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: Wanted K1000/MX
> 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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