Oh yeah I hate the whole bidding system concept. I almost always instead use the "Buy it now" mechanism which is just a set price. But honestly if they were schills then the price you saw before that you liked was never real. In terms of ebay strategy I recommend never bidding twice on anything, just bid once and set a realistic max bid. If you try to game the system by instead trying to be the last bidder your more likely to hurt yourself.
Computers aren't something I'd recommend you buy on ebay, because its a complicated thing with interchangable parts. But cell phones are pretty standard. There is the issue of possible damage to the device, but again I'd rather buy a lemon on ebay, which is setup to handle that case, then buy a lemon from another developer I don't know, over a google group. If you don't like ebay there must be lots of places that sell used cell phones professionally. I wonder if any of them have anything like a Toyota certified used cell phone :) On Jun 15, 7:47 am, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > Some years ago, I wanted to buy a used computer to donate to Lydia > Press (lydiapress.com) > I went to ebay and saw a low priced computer. Suddenly before the > auction closed, I started getting a flurry of emails from ebay, "only > 2 hours left, if you can raise your bid by $XX you can win!". You can > guess the rest - I bid and bid and won. A few days later, it dawned on > me that I had done a stupid thing - the other bidders were likely (and > I have ebay to thank for learning this new term), "schills". > > Anil > > On Jun 14, 3:42 pm, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Honestly I'd recommend eBay. Both for buying and selling. I don't > > think anything much is gained by trying to look elsewhere. I haven't > > found developers to be on average any more trustworthy or reliable > > then any other eBay seller, and I really like working with people who > > know how shipping works, or whose previous transactions and reputation > > is being publicly tracked. > > > On Jun 14, 12:54 pm, Jeffrey Kesselman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > They were also given away to full pass holders and speakers at the last > > > Game > > > Developer's Conference. I dunno how yould find those people though... > > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Disconnect <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Try exchange.andblogs.net - seems like all the "community participation" > > > > people were given a droid. (So.. not so "random", just an invitation to > > > > switch to verizon.) > > > > > I'd suspect there are still people there willing to sell theirs. > > > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Anil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> If anyone has an extra new phone that they got free from Google, I > > > >> would be willing to buy if the price is reasonable. > > > >> I am in Kansas. > > > >> - > > > >> Anil > > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > >> Groups > > > >> "Android Discuss" group. > > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >> [email protected]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > >> googlegroups.com> > > > >> . > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "Android Discuss" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<android-discuss%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > > googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > It's always darkest just before you are eaten by a grue.- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
