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Anyone notice auctions tend to go for higher sale then buy it now?

I have seen this over the years, and never understood it. its like a game people just play, even if they can buy it now for cheaper they would rather win the auction they bid on.

More shocking, I just had a tv board on there for 5 days, b.i.n. for $125. on day 4, no hits. it went to auction, and 9 bids totaled for $149+ship!

I just dont get it. i almost always use b.i.n because it never seems to be much more if at all cheaper then waiting and winning an auction.... weird *** ebay people....

Author:	IkeSouth [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:38 pm ]
Post subject:	Selling on eBaY
Anyone notice auctions tend to go for higher sale then buy it now? I have seen this over the years, and never understood it. its like a game people just play, even if they can buy it now for cheaper they would rather win the auction they bid on. More shocking, I just had a tv board on there for 5 days, b.i.n. for $125. on day 4, no hits. it went to auction, and 9 bids totaled for $149+ship! I just dont get it. i almost always use b.i.n because it never seems to be much more if at all cheaper then waiting and winning an auction.... weird ass ebay people....

Author:	Mini Ditka [ Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:31 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Selling on eBaY
IkeSouth wrote: Anyone notice auctions tend to go for higher sale then buy it now? I have seen this over the years, and never understood it. its like a game people just play, even if they can buy it now for cheaper they would rather win the auction they bid on. More shocking, I just had a tv board on there for 5 days, b.i.n. for $125. on day 4, no hits. it went to auction, and 9 bids totaled for $149+ship! I just dont get it. i almost always use b.i.n because it never seems to be much more if at all cheaper then waiting and winning an auction.... weird *** ebay people.... Some people like the thrill of the hunt. Although smart people should use bid snipers and let the sniping program do the hard work.

Author:	IkeSouth [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Selling on eBaY
Maybe more often then not.. but this tv board I sold is a rare item, the fact that it was on ebay makes it valuable in itself... I just dont understand why when it was up for a really good price nobody wanted it- not until they outbid eachother. I wonder if people just look for auctions and dont even bother including bin's in searches.

Author:	billypootons [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Selling on eBaY
IkeSouth wrote: Maybe more often then not.. but this tv board I sold is a rare item, the fact that it was on ebay makes it valuable in itself... I just dont understand why when it was up for a really good price nobody wanted it- not until they outbid eachother. I wonder if people just look for auctions and dont even bother including bin's in searches. did you change the listing? maybe people couldnt find it... i always search the recent sold prices for an item... and then if a BIN price is in line with those, I'll do it

Author:	newper [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 8:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Selling on eBaY
Some of my favorite stuff on eBay was probably oh 7 years ago or so when people still bought DVDs... Best Buy would get a new release and sell it for $24.99 or something and I'd see them bid on eBay for $40.00 and up.

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Author:	IkeSouth [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:25 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Selling on eBaY
never changed the listing. this happens a lot... BIN's go for less then auctions. its just weird. i think people actually believe the auction will always be cheaper or something.

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