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Smallfurry
Itisaboutthebike
I'm on the verge of buying a bike on eBay... I know lots of people find bargains there but I've only ever bought a couple of things from the site and only random low value trinkets etc.
I've been keeping an eye on things for the past few days and the auction ends this evening and there are currently no bids, although since the starting bid is towards the high end of what I'd be prepared to pay, I don't have much wriggle room before I'm outbid.
Are there any tips to try and keep the price as low as possible? Should I bid now or wait until later? In the olden days people always used to hold off bidding until the very last minute and then there would be a flurry of frantic 'who can bid fastest' in the final few minutes, but I'm not sure that that tactic exists any more with the current bidding system?
#luddite