Re: HP20S for over $100... What!? Message #4 Posted by Howard Owen on 8 Feb 2006, 6:41 p.m., in response to message #2 by bill platt
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It is called ebay madness.
Or "seller pinches self and chortles with joy."
This is the psychological effect of the eBay modified auction at work. Buyers are encouraged to bid high through all sorts of means, and then can't retract the bid when common sense sets in. Personally, I find it takes substantial discipline to buy on eBay without getting goaded into bidding too high. I commonly snipe auctions now, using an outside service. Regardless if I snipe or bid directly, I make my bid, and then I don't look until the auction is over. I frequently lose that way, but when I win, it's for a price I can live with.
Regards, Howard
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