My sister has been Ebay-ing for a long time. I finally got serious and did something this past weekend.
I watched a few auctions for a bit, got AuctionTamer, and started using that to track auctions, and found a few things I wanted.
Did I then bid on anything?
No. I am a sniper.
I won my first auction, a coat for Victoria.
My second auction I lost, due to using the same method as the first time, but something messed up with my ID not being recognized, and my Autobid didn’t go through. Had it gone through, I’d have won the pair of shoes for Victoria that we need. I didn’t have enough time to manually make the bid work, so the auction was over a split second before my bid finally tried to submit. 🙁
So, my second auction isn’t credited towards me as anything, it is not one I participated in, officially.
The third auction, I won. Hands down, no other interest in it. A pair of boots for me. It was a good find, exactly the thing I look for in stores, display shoes on sale. Display shoes are usually my exact size –6 american.
Sometime I’ll start selling, something. Right now, it’s nice to find stuff we need, and spend less getting it via ebay even with the shipping, than looking in used stores, consignment shops, garage sales, etc. AND the best part is, it’s FUN!
It’s a really good thing we have very limited money. 🙂 I’m limiting myself to looking at only what we truly need, and have wanted or planned on getting when affordable.
So I’m looking at some skirts and dresses for me and Victoria as well. It’s interesting to see the same names over and over, other bidders lead me to other auctions. I basically don’t lead anyone anywhere, except for to see what I’ve bid on and won or lost, no current bids generally would be found for me. I’m only a buyer right now, so I’m not going to spill out my ID. 🙂