View single post by bigrustypig
 Posted: Tue Sep 22nd, 2009 01:11 am
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bigrustypig



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 Sad to hear about your eBay headaches. I have my own headaches with PayPal. I get blocked all the time. It must be something about their security algorithms that show me as a security threatsubtlelaugh.gif. And yet I have a sterling credit track record. I signed up for PayPal about 4 months ago and after 4 attempts,  simply gave up. Now, I just prefer buying watches, straps, buckles, etc face-to-face. Might be a blessing in disguise.

One bidding tactic I can share with you (though I think you know this already) when you bid is to purposely give a "freak" bid. This means that when you bid say US$200 for something, simply add US$0.05 cents more. Another example, if you bid US$1,000 for somthing, add a dollar and 5 cents. Bids are won by the highest bidder, right? Chances are folks think in logical, whole round numbers and this causes the same highest bids to lump together. But if you bid with that small change, you have better chances. Hope this helps.:)