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....

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Some people like the thrill of the hunt. Although smart people should use bid snipers and let the sniping program do the hard work.

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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.

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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

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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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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