There are frequent comments here on e-bay pricing anomalies. This week's
economist has an interesting article reporting on research by a couple
of economists on factors affecting price variations. A few of the findings:
...an item sold at a weekend commanded a price around 2% higher than
the
I don't doubt that any of that is untrue; in fact it makes lots of sense.
I've missed out on many items because they've closed on weekdays that I'm at
work. Pretty hard to lurk to bid at the last minute that way. Or indeed,
hard to bid, and then check in during the last few minutes to see if
Can't we all (OUCH!) get along (OOF!)? Great story.
Jim
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From: Scooter dog [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:14 PM
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It's a pretty good thing E-bay covers such a large geographic area
I almost always check the KEH price on an item before bidding on ebay.
This time I didn't. For one, I was beleaguered at work and didn't have
much time, and I really wanted the equipment: a Quantum Battery 2 and
charger. Well, I paid 168.50 for a like new unit. Today I checked the
KEH price and
If you are the seller, it's the other way around
sometimes. I was just notified that my auction didn't
meet the reserve. While I'm thinking of re-listing, I
thought I would give this group a crack at the
following:
Pentax ZX5n with battery holder FG and
Pentax 43mm limited lens.(includes all
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1238255712
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
Fax +61-2-9554-9259
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http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
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Not the kind of money I'd lay out without examining the items. Does anyone
know if this is even close to a reasonable BIN?
At 11:52 PM 5/17/2001 +1000, you wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1238255712
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
Fax
At 23:52 17/05/01 +1000, Rob wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1238255712
Rob,
That'd be pocket money for you, wouldn't it?
GDR
Cheers
Jon
Who are they that you should believe anything that they say?
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On 18 May 2001, at 8:47, Jon Hope wrote:
At 23:52 17/05/01 +1000, Rob wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1238255712
Rob,
That'd be pocket money for you, wouldn't it?
I wish :-)
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
[EMAIL
Not mine either but this is a great lens. You don't find them often in this
kind of condition. I've had one since the mid eighties and it looks it but
still takes great pictures. A good lens for a M series or K series camera
particularly if you are only going to have one lens.
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Not mine, just interesting, particularly after all that zoom talk :-)
PENTAX SMC-M ZOOM LENS 35-70 2.8-3.5 "FAST"
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1218566745
Cheers,
Rob Studdert (eBay ID: distudio)
PO Box 701
HURSTVILLE BC NSW 1481
AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
Fax
Yes, eBay bidding in the final moments is pretty much the norm for desirable
items. It's sometimes called sniping.
ppro
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From: Peter Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:03 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Screw Mount lens on K
Yes, eBay bidding in the final moments is pretty much the norm for desirable items.
It's sometimes called sniping.
The logic is pretty straightforward for sniping.
If you find a desirable item and bid a fair value early on, some crazy on ebay will
get carried away seeing your bid, assess
What you said aside, you are quoting someone else in response to a message
they wrote, not me.
ppro
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 3:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: eBay Sniping (WAS RE: Screw Mount lens
Hello SudaMafud,
Friday, February 23, 2001, 8:45:54 PM, you wrote:
In a message dated 2/23/01 12:30:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Do people sit and watch these items until the last minute - is there an
art to bidding?
Yes, and no. "sniping" is an art (and
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:23:40 -0500, Provencher, Paul M. wrote:
Yes, eBay bidding in the final moments is pretty much the norm for desirable
items. It's sometimes called sniping.
There are even sniping programs out there ... you tell it which auction
numbers, what maximum bids, and leave
"Doug Franklin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any of those still work? I got the impression eBay kept revising
its system to defeat them.
Sorry, but I don't know. I tried one out a long time ago (written in
Java, I believe) but ebay isn't that big a part of my life :-) ... and
neither is the
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, John Francis wrote:
The way to eliminate sniping is already known - some of the other on-line
auction houses already do it. It's to make the auction behave like a
real auction, with no artificially-imposed last-bid deadlines. Real
auctions
My gripe with e-bay (from a buyers perspective) is that the bid increments
are so small. I would rather see bid increments of ... say ... 10% of the
current bid price. I don't go to too many auctions, but I can't remember an
auction where they would allow $1 bid increments on a $90 item (or
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, John Francis wrote:
The way to eliminate sniping is already known - some of the other on-line
auction houses already do it. It's to make the auction behave like a
real auction, with no artificially-imposed last-bid deadlines. Real
auctions have a 'going, going ...
Wow! People are bidding more than they can get items for new.
Bidding big bucks for things that don't even work. Some of the
sellers want more for shipping and handling than the item they
are selling is worth. I mean what kind of idiot would buy
something for 4 or 5 bucks and pay $25
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