Ebay

I know there are a lot of satisfied people out there but there is just to many opportunities for the unscrupulous to take advantage of the system.

You're the kind that we like.

The shipping costs are often more than the item selling price.

What I do especially like as a canning jar collector, is that I can get brands of jars that were never normally in my part of the country. Some brands I had never even heard of outside of collector books until I started using Ebay.

I also am finding that summer time is when you should be looking. Towards fall more people are inside and bidding. Of course there are also more items listed.

If you are not careful the fine print will also get you. You have to read between the lines very carefully.

I've been using ebay since forever.

Two things I have found:

1. Once you find what you are looking for and at the price you are willing to pay, do not bid against yourself. It makes no sense.

2. Check out that seller's feedback rating very carefully.

Allan

How do you bid against yourself on ebay?

If you bid, then someone else comes in and bids, then you have to bid again to stay in the race. In effect, you are bidding against yourself (or, same as bidding against your "upped" earlier bid).

If the price is right, I bid one time, 20 seconds before the end of the auction. That way, at that late hour, if someone else comes in, I am bidding solely against him and not one of my earlier bids.

Later,

Allan

It makes no sense to play the "I'll pay more" game for 7 to 10 days.

Allan

I think what you're trying to say is that you're a sniper! That's OK by me,'cause that's what I do, too! The heck of it is, the last couple of auctions I've sniped on at the last minute, the competition had deeper pockets than me!!!

Oh yeah, that happens; but then, that is the game we play.

Snipper huh? Didn't know 'bout that....it just doesn't make any sense to me to keep raisin' the anty for days on end. LOL

Later,

I only purchased from ebay once (new to the game) and I noticed that if I came right back on an item it mysteriously upped again. But If just sat and ran the clock out, the price only moved once. Course at the last minute I bought it at about 1/3 the cost of a new one and this thing (a winch) hadn't been used.

Mark

There was a guy on here a few weeks back, finally found his grandfathers tractor being listed in an auction. He phoned the auction company at least a half dozen different days preceeding the auction. He went to auction, parked himself in front of the old tractor, told everyone who came in sight his great tale of how he tracked down this tractor. He then paid 4 times what the tractor was worth and came here complaining. Auction company probably ran him on purpose to recover some of the time they spent with him on the phone. Some guys you just can't help.

I've looked at come-a-longs on Ebay several times. At least one seller has a shipping and handling charge of $25.99. Wouldn't be a very good deal for the buyer, considering a new one at the farm store is around $20.