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How to win your item without spending to much money

by: scottsdalecollectibles( 621Feedback score is 500 to 999) Top 5000 Reviewer
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Guide viewed: 1610 times Tags: Buying | money | cheap | new | sniping


How to win your item without spending to much money

1.Use the add to favorite searches you will get daily emails evey time your desired item is listed

2.Do not get into a bidding war alot of new users will spend anything and push you item to high

3.Time your item will come do just jump at the first item you see do searching

4.Check ebay's sold items and see what the item you are buying sells for find as many items add then divide that
will give you a real value and try not to spend more.

5.Use a auction sniper program auction raptor is free for a month try it out and you will not
spend more than you are willing

6.Remember ebay can be addicting use a level head.

7.See if it has a buy it now ask the seller if they are willing to lower the price.

8.If you want that trendy item wait when brokeback mountain came out the poster sold for 300+ now 35

9.Become friends with sellers of items that you like maybe they will send you a email before they list and when they do
you could snatch it up with a low buy it now.

The "Art" of Sniping
How does sniping work? To understand the details behind sniping, you need to understand proxy bidding. After the seller has set an opening price and an increment by which bidding will increase, bidders then place the highest bid they're willing to pay for the item (this amount is kept secret from all other bidders and the seller). Subsequent bidders do likewise; every time you're outbid, however, the proxy system increments the bid to put you back on top, continuing until someone reaches his limit. At the end of the allotted time for the auction, whoever has the highest bid wins.

Snipers eschew the proxy bidding method in favor of a single bid. They wait until the last seconds of an auction and jump in to place a bid, hoping that it's higher than everyone's high bid. If they've guessed correctly, they can walk away with the goods for much less than they're worth without giving the other bidders a chance to place another bid." And this is legal to do you won't get kicked off ebay for it


 


 


Guide ID: 10000000001248947Guide created: 06/28/06 (updated 10/22/09)

 
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