Ebay Sniping

[Sal Gerace]

I personnally do a lot of buying and selling on Ebay. It has paid for a lot of my own parts. Most deals are found because the seller listed them incorrectly and they show up in a limited listing with little visability. The big audience of buyers sometimes don't even know the item is out there. You can look all year for a part at the car swaps and not find it but click on Ebay and there are three of them! I only caution to read the description of an item in side and out. If the description is vague and the seller has little feedback or tainted feedback stay away! If the seller does not answer your email questions fully..stay away!Request a phone number from the seller so that you can talk personally to him..you can usually get a better feel of the seller that way and gather a lot more info. I especially do this on high dollar items. Like the other members of this forum have already said in refferance to bidding...do not sit your bid out there all week for either someone else to beat or for the seller to get a buddy to pump up your bid! Sniping is the safest way to keep the price down and to better your chances of winning. A high speed internet connection is great for bidding because you are always on line and don't have to worry about the dial up server losing your connection at bid time. I have lost many a good deals to AOL but have long since changed over to a high speed connection. It's a jungle out there just keep your cool and don't get caught up in the "got to win this". Keep the parts books handy and check the part numbers. Don't always think that the seller knows what he is talking about, We don't! Hope this helps, Sal.