Argh Ebay!!!!

[that_punk_guy]

odin wrote:
If you want stuff cheaply...don't buy on EBay. The amounts ppl bid are stupid.....

I have to agree. People go on eBay looking for specific and that drives the price way up, because the demand is concentrated. It's the first place people look these days. You might have more luck with a local classified free-ads paper, it's less convenient but it keeps the price down a bit.

[that_punk_guy]

HopperJF wrote:
a friend of mine was after an Amiga 600 there the other week, he was on the highest bid for days and days at around £12.50, we checked 10 minutes before the auction ended and he was still winning, then it turns out last minute bidders lost him the A600 and a lot of his patience :-(

This happened to me when I was new to eBay, thought I was getting a near-mint A600 for about £12, then I checked back and I'd lost. As a believer in goodwill it was disappointing to say the least. Webservers just don't make the best auctioneers. In the real world, what kind of  auctioneer would tell everyone he was going to close bidding in exactly x minutes?

[that_punk_guy]

There's a form here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_inline/index.html