Charles2
Contributor
I have bought a lot of both new and used equipment on ebay with substantial savings. Echoing what has already been said, identify what you want, watch several of them sell and note the selling price. Then, set your own target price and be willing to pull the trigger when you find what you want at the price you want. I usually just click on "watch" and then I wait until the last few seconds to place my bid in hopes that I will not start a bidding competition. Sometimes that works, most of the time it doesn't. My son takes the ebay recommended approach and that is to just go ahead and bid your max. I don't think that he has any better luck than I on winning bids.
Recently, I was looking for another dive light for my grandson. On ebay, the one that I wanted was normally selling for between $15 and $20. I really did not want to hang around for the last few minutes just for a dollar or two savings, so I bid $7.50 on three different offerings. I figured that I would get a notification on maybe one of them that the bidding was about to end and the price was still a bargain. What really happened is that I won all three for $7.50 each. My wife laughed when she looked at it a little differently saying that instead of paying $15 for the light it looks like I paid $22.50. As usual, she is right.
Recently, I was looking for another dive light for my grandson. On ebay, the one that I wanted was normally selling for between $15 and $20. I really did not want to hang around for the last few minutes just for a dollar or two savings, so I bid $7.50 on three different offerings. I figured that I would get a notification on maybe one of them that the bidding was about to end and the price was still a bargain. What really happened is that I won all three for $7.50 each. My wife laughed when she looked at it a little differently saying that instead of paying $15 for the light it looks like I paid $22.50. As usual, she is right.