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There was a spazz anon a couple threads ago who was complaining pretty bad about ebay saying there are no deals to be had and he prompted this post. Also when I first came out of my dark ages some retards on here told me not to use ebay because there were no deals. Bullshit. I collect comics and other shit and have been using ebay for almost 20 years now. The problem with Lego bidders on ebay, and I don't usually see this elsewhere, is that people bid way too early. There is absolutely no reason to bid at anytime during an auction except for the last 2 or 3 minutes maybe. All these idiots bidding when there are 7, 5, 3 days left before an auction end do nothing except drive up the price for themselves and everyone else. Stop bidding, start sniping.
Here are some completed auctions for nice sets that I have won, bid or made offers on over the last couple days:
7327 Scorpion Pyramid $104.53 + $39.50 = $144.03
>Lowest price on Bricklink in North America (used & without shipping): $224.99
7680 Star Wars The Twilight $56.00 + $21.95 = $77.95
>Lowest price on Bricklink in North America (used & without shipping): $140.00
7189 Mill Village Raid $165.00 + $10.95 = $175.95
>Lowest price on Bricklink in North America (new & without shipping): $224.99
10193 Medieval Market Village (mostly new!) $165.00 + $21.85 = $186.85
>Lowest price on Bricklink in North America (used & without shipping): $239.00
Something is fucked up about ebay here with this last one and I have seen this before, maybe someone can explain it to me. This was a starting bid of $143.00 with Or Best Offer. I made an offer of $145.00 which the seller didn't respond to. The automatic email I got when the item sold, said it sold for $165.00. But when I view the original listing on ebay, ebay says the winning big was $143.00 which just so happens to be the starting bid. Does anyone know which would be the real sales price and why it shows me two different prices?
