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To: elpolvo who wrote (20141)	12/19/2002 6:17:58 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104216

i don't get it. <Clappy wonders if he really doesn't get it or if if he's being funny with words.> If being funny then, "Ha!" If not then here's a more better explanation. I try to buy stuff that many people are selling. Not collectable stuff that is rare or what ever. I search for that specific item and put every one who is selling one on my "watch list". Then at one minute before the person's auction ends I'll put a bid in if it isn't already over what I want to pay for it. Sometimes I win. Other times a geek just like myself wins by bidding a second or two after me. No big deal. This prevents a bidding war. There is not time for me to get frustrated and try to out bid the other dude. The auction is over. If I don't win, I just wait until the next auction rolls around. Usually in an hour or so away. Sometimes it's a day or two away. I no longer put in a bid hours or days before the auction ends. It always gets topped and often drives the price higher and higher as we try to out bid each other. Get it? -EbayStrategist