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I just sold about 25 things on Ebay last week. A few thoughts:
There is no such thing as "sniping". If you want an item and you have a maximum you want to spend, you are foolish to put this in for a bid at an early time so others can reconsider their bids and bid again. You are driving up the very items you want. I put my highest bid in as late as possible and take my chances. It's the others that don't want to commit to a higher price that get upset.
Most of the early bidders in my auctions had feedbacks of less then 25
I started my auction for the amount that I thought was reasonable, (I called several Porsche salvadge yards) and left them go at that. Reserves just bother me. Until you hit that, you are really just pretend bidding.
Winners that delay payment is something I don't understand. Sure there are exceptions, but when I win an auction I pay immediately. I can't understand why Ebay doesn't make that mandatory.
I've actually seen items selling on Ebay for higher amounts then can be purchased on other online stores. I believe this could be for several reasons: They have Paypal money that they solely want to use for online purchasine. They also would rather buy from an Ebayer that has a great reputaion then an unknown online store.
Good luck with the car.
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