The key to cheap eBay purchases is to realize that successful eBay auctions are driven purely by the laws of supply and demand, with a sprinkling of "idiotic masses" thrown in for those crazy multi-million dollar kidney auctions.
Anyway, if the item is fairly common and not too incredibly popular and you can be patient, then you will get it very very cheap eventually. Just pick your price, subtract out S&H, and place your bid. If you are outbid on that particular auction, go bid on another one. Never bid twice on the same auction if you can avoid it, as that way lies competition and the likelihood of paying more than you have to. Under these conditions supply outweighs demand and it's a buyers market. There's a "favorite searches" feature that will email you anytime there's a new item matching your search, which is a fine feeature indeed for the patient bargain shopper.
If it's more rare, or you are in a hurry, though, then that won't work. Either pay more, or go somewhere else looking for it cheaper.
I love eBay. In fact, all of the clothes I'm wearing right now (except for my underwear) came from eBay. These pants? $48 at the store, but $8 (with shipping) from eBay. This shirt? $124 at the store, but $16 (with shipping) from eBay. Yummy savings!
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Anyway, if the item is fairly common and not too incredibly popular and you can be patient, then you will get it very very cheap eventually. Just pick your price, subtract out S&H, and place your bid. If you are outbid on that particular auction, go bid on another one. Never bid twice on the same auction if you can avoid it, as that way lies competition and the likelihood of paying more than you have to. Under these conditions supply outweighs demand and it's a buyers market. There's a "favorite searches" feature that will email you anytime there's a new item matching your search, which is a fine feeature indeed for the patient bargain shopper.
If it's more rare, or you are in a hurry, though, then that won't work. Either pay more, or go somewhere else looking for it cheaper.
I love eBay. In fact, all of the clothes I'm wearing right now (except for my underwear) came from eBay. These pants? $48 at the store, but $8 (with shipping) from eBay. This shirt? $124 at the store, but $16 (with shipping) from eBay. Yummy savings!