Idiots on Ebay

[BucksPA]

So i won a nikon digital camera at work and i didnt like it. It was a crappy digital camera in my eyes. Anyway, I put the starting bid at $75 (to guarantee myself a minimum) and also put a $99 Buy It Now option on there to just unload it if someone wanted to purchase it asap. Fine with me. Well these two idiots found themselves in a bidding war and it sold for $112. The instant bidding went over $99, the buy it now option was removed by ebay.

hahahahaha, seriously the worst bidding i have ever seen

 

[Hang Glider]

as long as it went below retail (if new), somebody got a deal (in their eyes).

what model? what does it sell for new on Amazon?

 

[BucksPA]

no i understand what you're saying, but instead of trying to outbid each other, how about one of them just clicked on the Buy It Now button for $99. yeah it's undervalued, but they overpaid me because I was willing to let it go for $99

 

[Hammy71]

As a teen ager I worked at an auction house. Junk usually. Something dumb as empty buckets. No bidders for 50 cents a piece. But we sold around 75 of them for 2 for 1.25..... What you described is the reason that auctions and auctioneers exist.

 

[Huskysibe]

After the first bid the buy it now option goes away, someone tried to get it under your buy it now price and got outbidded more than likely.

 

[Hang Glider]

^ this.

yes, I understood that they overpaid the buy it now price, and could have gotten a better deal. But once you enter it as a bid...it's too late.

that's the thing with e-Bay.

The way I work it is that I determine what the item is worth (research), then determine my top dollar that I'm willing to pay for it. If the buy-it-now is lower, I'll get it. If the buy-it-now is higher, no sale.

If there is no buy-it-now option, I set my high point as my bid price. If it goes to someone else for more, good for them. The trick in this method is WHEN to set that point...