[sdiy] ASM-1 on Ebay

[Thomas Hudson]

KA4HJH wrote:
> Somebody's finally gone for it. But he would have gotten there a lot sooner
> (ten day auction, first bid on the last day) if he'd started at $75. That's
> auctions for you.
> 
Yeah, there is definitely an art to both buying and selling on eBay.
I'm still kicking myself over losing a bid for a Dynacord CLS-222.

What I've learned so far:

If selling:
- check to make sure items like it are actually being bid on, and
  what to expect in price.
- Start it really low with no reserve.
- Longer auctions usually get a better price.

If buying:
- Come in ten minutes before the auction ends and bid on it. The eBay
notification to the current highest bidder that they have been outbid 
can take up to a couple of hours. (This is how I lost the CLS-222 :-(

Tomy