Post #152247 by Swanky on Mon, Apr 11, 2005 12:20 PM

If it's like other high Ebay auctions, what happens next is a flood of the same mug as people try to cash in. At the same time, the high bidders who did not win that mug are likely receiving direct offers to buy the mug at their high bid price by other people. That means, all the posted mugs will sell for less. Far less.

There are a hand full of big bidders. Once they own the mug, the selling price drops a lot. It eventually reaches a plateau.

If the mugs is truly rare, none of the above is true. But that mug has been on Ebay before. It's not the one timer like a few have been.

But... every month there seems to be more people paying high dollars for mugs. The market is on a steady climb. Averages are going up and highest bids are going up. But there are still "bargains" to be found.

In short Sabu, your best chance to get that money for that mug is to email the second highest bidder...