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I think we can all agree that the Star Trek DVD box sets, while nice, are a trifle bit ... expensive?
For a variety of reasons (mostly because I couldn't afford them), I put off purchasing the DS9 DVDs ... until now. Logged onto eBay, and scooped up the first four seasons for a grand total of $217.50 - a little over half the retail cost (and seasons 3 & 4 are both NIB).
Anyway, I just wanted to gloat. I also got TNG season 1 for $37.
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I've never actually bought anything off eBay. The bidding always goes just that little bit higher than I'm prepared to pay. Just recently I tried to get a waterproof case for my digital camera (so I can get some photos while scuba-diving); it's outrageously expensive in the UK, much cheaper in the US, and some German guy was selling one on eBay. I tried, but it got to the point where the cost plus shipping from Germany would equal the amount I'd pay for it in the UK. So I bought it from a supplier in the US; even with about $30 shipping it worked out as the cheapest option.
I also follow Trek prop auctions on eBay (again, tried once or twice, but generally stopped because I had doubts about provenance). If there were as many "GENUINE SCREEN USED STAR TREK PHASER AS USED BY CAPATIN KIRK IN STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK!!!" as have been sold on eBay, they'd have made enough props to outfit a whole army of Shatner. Now that's a scary thought. . .
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The trick is to wait until it's in the last ten seconds or so, and then bid-up. With luck, you'll outbid the previous high bidder before he or anyone else can rebid.
In the case of seasons 3 & 4 (a single auction) it was set to end at 8:30am today, and I wasn't interested in waking up early. The high bid was at 1am $120, so I placed a bid of $150 and went to bed. Woke up, checked the auction, and the sets were mine for $122.50. I seriously lucked out on that auction!
quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: The trick is to wait until it's in the last ten seconds or so, and then bid-up. With luck, you'll outbid the previous high bidder before he or anyone else can rebid.
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quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: The trick is to wait until it's in the last ten seconds or so, and then bid-up. With luck, you'll outbid the previous high bidder before he or anyone else can rebid.
I hate people like you.
I guess I'm off your Christmas card list too then!
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I hate eBay. It's addictive. Bought 14 DVDs within 2 weeks.
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I got a rather nice set of FJ's Constitution-Class Blueprints, a very nearly mint copy of Mr Scott's Guide a copy of the Dune Encyclopaedia, a very tatty copy of The Starfleet Chronology and a bunch of cheep PC games. All in the space of a fortnight. I don't Ebay so often anymore
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Obviously not. And after that woeful attempt at some sort of British-swearing, I'd refrain from being smug if I were you.
Timmy boy: What happens is that you place a maximum bid that no-one else can see. Then a bid that's a certain figure above the current is put down. If someone else bids higher, then your bid is automatically increased, up to the value you first entered. It's more of a "Maximum bid". It's so that you don't have to sit at the keyboard constantly to see if you have been outbid, I would assume.
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