On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 03:19:35 +0000, Tom Kohlman wrote:

Ebay...keep a source like Amazon (ToolCrib I guess) live while searching.
My experience is that you may get a great deal from time to time on EBay
but a lot of times the shipping charges will kill you.

If the deal is too good, it may look like a "newbie" but in fact is
usually a "shill" waiting in the background to make you pay a lot more as
you get into the "frenzy". If you are smart the item goes to the shill
and the seller only pays that small listing charge. While shills are a
violation of EBay rules, let's get real...absolutely no way to prove it.
You'll know when the same item shows up again a few weeks later.

Yeah, hadn't considered that. Once the bidding was past what I was willing
to pay, I just sat back and watched. When it comes to eBay, I bid once,
within the last minute, the max that I'm willing to pay. Then I walk away.

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Joe Wells