Ebay Bitching! Need to vent? Vent away! - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Thu, Jan 27, 2005 6:05 PM On 2005-01-27 16:38, Chub wrote: I'm going to recommend the opposite of what everyone else will tell you; bid early! Actually you can take a two pronged approach if you're worried about the "Seller ended the auction because the item is no longer available" or the "added the Buy It Now" conundrum. You can enter the minimum bid to discourage the seller from ending the auction and selling the item on the side and also to prevent the BIN from being added. THEN still wait until the last minute to enter your real bid. The only problem is, if you're looking at a poorly described item then you may draw attention to it. Especially if you have someone(s) stalking your bids (like Sabu was mentioning above). I don't worry about the sellers ending the auction and selling the item on the side. I haven't seen that much evidence of it personally and it is my belief that it does not occur as much as legend has it.

On 2005-01-27 16:38, Chub wrote:
I'm going to recommend the opposite of what everyone else will tell you; bid early!

Actually you can take a two pronged approach if you're worried about the "Seller ended the auction because the item is no longer available" or the "added the Buy It Now" conundrum.

You can enter the minimum bid to discourage the seller from ending the auction and selling the item on the side and also to prevent the BIN from being added. THEN still wait until the last minute to enter your real bid.

The only problem is, if you're looking at a poorly described item then you may draw attention to it. Especially if you have someone(s) stalking your bids (like Sabu was mentioning above). I don't worry about the sellers ending the auction and selling the item on the side. I haven't seen that much evidence of it personally and it is my belief that it does not occur as much as legend has it.

Post #137816 by Kono on Thu, Jan 27, 2005 6:05 PM