Wish I knew why......

[giZmo350]

I think what multiview is talking about is bidders up-ing the price with their max bid to a totally inflated price on the first or second day the item is listed (they probably get their buddy to do that). Then the item sits there for 6 days till someone gives in on the inflated price by continually bidding till they figure out the other guy's max bid. You never see the 1st or 2nd bidder bid again either! Then it goes nuts from there. When I first thought a couple of months ago "Hey, I could get an Amiga on ebay!" "I always wanted one of those!", I couldn't even BELIEVE what the stuff was going for! I thought "Who is buying this old stuff!"

I also like old Pioneer silver face audio equipment. I started checking that stuff out on ebay. Talk about freakin crazy! The stuff goes for double of what I paid for mine back in the late 70's, NEW!  I saw a CT-F1250 cassette deck go for $650.00!  :-o   INSANE! Forget even trying to bid on SPEC1,2 or 4 equipment.

So, lately I just wait till the very end of an auction and snipe the item when I can.  :lol:  That's the only way I can get something!

I have an A2000 (supposedly never used) coming by sniping it in the last 30 seconds from another guy. I bet he was ticked 'cause I went and looked at what the guys buys on ebay and it's "anything and everything Amiga - ANYTHING!" Then relists it. Well, I beat him!   :lol:   But, if you can get the stuff at a fair price it's all fun!

[giZmo350]

DOTF is correct. There are sniper programs out there that you program to do your bidding. But, if you really want the item, (and it's not always about the cheapest price) bidding at the last second is the only way to obtain it! Although, it's all in the max bid. If you wait till the last second you still might not get it 'cause the other guy might have a huge "max bid". Anyway, I don't use a sniper program ( I don't even know the name of one). I do it all with the skill of the eye and the clock!  :-P  Sometimes I wait too long and just don't have enough time to figure out the max bid.  :lol:  Manual sniping can be very satisfying though, if not sleep depriving!   :-)