Gary, there are a lot of people on ebay who don't have a clue as to what an item is worth. They let everyone else set the market value and then they bid a $1 more. If you bid $50 they bid $51. Pretty soon someone else comes along and bids $100 and they bid $101. Then you bid your top bid of $150 and they bid $151. If you had waited till the last minute, you can avoid these bidding wars. Then you can still bid your $150 but you might get it at $52 or $102. Sounds to me like you were lucky today. Good buy. Now I have to get back to ebay..... ;-)
On Wednesday 23 January 2002 09:55 pm, Gary Murphy wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:51:02 -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >To be frank, with 2 hours to go, the high bidder is a fool. > > Pretty strong words. > > I do not see this way. If there is an item on eBay, or anywhere else > for that matter, I know what I'm willing to pay, Period. Not a cent > more. If I get it at that price fine, if not, I'll move on. > > Just today I managed to pick up a Sigma 28-80 f/3.5-f/4.5 manual > focus for my grand-daughter for less that 18 bucks =including= > shipping. I placed my bid about four hours before the auction was > over. I won it below my "high" bid. -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
