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I am an infrequent Seller and for that matter Buyer on the Bay. I never know what ot charge for shipping. Sometimes I have to eat it, and sometimes I get acoupla dollars extra, which makes up for the cost of shipping materials, time and gas.

I don't understand buying anything on the Bay that U can get reasonably sum place else. The cavet here is how rare, or hard to get is the item your purchasing. E-bay also gives the advantage of being a Nationwide Search engine, pulling from areas of the country where one could never visit. Also more and more local auction companies are signing up with E-bay to do Live Bidding, this increases their exposure.

Another interesting phenomen is Proxi Bid...which one can Bid live at auctions via the Internet.(some with streaming video and audio). I notice that a great many Mid-Western Auction houses are going this route. The only disadvantage over being there live is the fact that U don't get to handle the merch.