Ebay Thread

I've seen some of the bidding on these threads and I suspect some people need help learning the finer points of eBay bidding.

As a seller, yes you want a bidding frenzy. That gets the price up.

But as a buyer, just sit still to the very end.
You shouldn't be bidding until the last 30seconds.
In your heart, you must know your own limit

Getting into a bidding frenzy only pushes other bidders closer to your limit.
Note that more often than not, the person putting in the first few bids isn't the one who wins the auction,

Postby **JustinR** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:58 am

ofey wrote:I've seen some of the bidding on these threads and I suspect some people need help learning the finer points of eBay bidding.

As a seller, yes you want a bidding frenzy. That gets the price up.

But as a buyer, just sit still to the very end.
You shouldn't be bidding until the last 30seconds.
In your heart, you must know your own limit

Getting into a bidding frenzy only pushes other bidders closer to your limit.
Note that more often than not, the person putting in the first few bids isn't the one who wins the auction,

Very true.. I can only assume with that listing i just posted, reserve was at $0. Very risky but gets people bidding.

How much are the rims themselves worth anyway?

ofey · Postby **ofey** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:19 am

Cheapest I've heard on this forum is A$400 BRAND NEW, No RUBBER. Literally freshly stripped off the car.

With RUBBER? The cheapest I've seen is A$550. I think it was driven about 6000km.

But to each his own worth... .

If I was selling mine, I'd also try and push for the highest value. So I don't blame people for trying to milk the most out of it.

bd-850 · Postby **bd-850** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:01 pm

what my cousin done on a ebay sale, selling his car, No reserve, thought the sale would go high but didnt, so he got a mate to bid what he would like the car to sell as, if it didnt go past that mark, and the car sold to his mate, they wouldnt go through with it, and no feedback was left. then just re-list the car.

Postby **JustinR** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:03 pm

bd-850 wrote:what my cousin done on a ebay sale, selling his car, No reserve, thought the sale would go high but didnt, so he got a mate to bid what he would like the car to sell as, if it didnt go past that mark, and the car sold to his mate, they wouldnt go through with it, and no feedback was left. then just re-list the car.

Yeah dummy bidding. I've done it with a couple of my mates items before.

noo$h · Postby **noo$h** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:15 am

evo x spoiler - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mitsubishi-E ... 613wt_1141

its from poland and the guy has zero feedback...

ofey · Postby **ofey** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:33 am

Not worth the risk.

Nick07 · Postby **Nick07** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:25 pm

Also it's common with cars that they state they have the right to end the auction as it is 'advertised elsewhere', nice little backfall.

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