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I am looking to bid for an item on eBay but have never done so before. Is there anywhere you can find out if someone is expecting a minimum bid for the item they are selling?

Are you talking about the reserve price? If so, then no there isn't.

 :( I've never used it before. So, there is no reserve price on any item? Can an item be withdrawn from sale at any time?

Edit. Just re-read your post, there could be a reserve price but the buyer will have no idea what it could be?

a seller can't pull their item within the last 24hrs of sale if there is a bid on that item.

also a good tool to use is Goofbid

Kinda the point of a reserve, mate. It's an insurance policy so sellers don't have to sell an item for less than they want; if they made the reserve known to potential buyers, people would simply start at the lowest price acceptable to the seller.

When you bid, enter the maximum amount you would be prepared to pay for the item. You could still get it for less if others don't bid as your highest bid isn't going to be your first bid. It will start lower but could trigger the higher amount if others bid too. A kind of auto bidding to the point of amount you are willing to pay

Cheers. Wish me luck  :D

Has anyone on here got a bargain before? I want to get a good deal but I don't want to take the piss out of the seller

I think you need us to decide what to bid for don't you?

If a choice crops up, I'll get back to you on that.

I usually wait until the last 10 seconds of the auction and put in the absolute most I'd be willing to pay. Gives people no time to outbid me.

As a rule of thumb, if something is marked as £300rrp and it's brand new, would a £100 bid be taking the piss?  :sherlock:

thts why goofbid is perfect. can bid upto 2 seconds to go

Depends if the rrp was overpriced in the first place. As a rule of thumb, if they've put it on eBay, if there's a price below which they'd consider you to be taking the piss they'll have a put a reserve in at that level, so it's not your responsibility to worry about their pricing. What you should perhaps be more worried about if the price seems very low is:
a) Is it nicked?
b) Is it actually the thing I think it is? (i.e. am I bidding a fiver for an iPad box, not an iPad)
c) Is it fake?
d) Given your famous indecisiveness and apparent inability to make a judgement about anything much by yourself, might you just be better off sticking to retail? :)

There has to be some gambling in life, Paul  :)

Indeed there does. I'm just wondering whether you're the best person to be doing it :)

True, but even I have to start somewhere.  :D

...and I don't even drive a golf.

sometimes i am genuinely concerned about you 4D

Don't worry SY, I'm just passing time.

Ooh, I have a question for you; are Norsdaelland (sp) a Norwegian club?

Why don't you just post the link in here so we can all make a judgment on how much you should be paying?

I wonder how 4D coped with life pre this forum. Must have been such a struggle

Iron horse mountain bike rrp £300, current bid £0.99.

danish

Also, watch the other bike that ends a day earlier to get an idea of what it's going to sell for.

This one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290814616182

It doesn't even say what size the frame is - how do you know it'll fit?

Hmmm. It says it suits anyone over 60 inches. I assume that is height, not leg measurement  :)

Well it says its 26 inch wheel and a Mans bike

Now look what you've done Sam

But that doesn't help you to know if you're going to crack your knackers on the top tube if you come off, or whether you'll get a bad back because the top tube is too long and you're too stretched out.

but its a cheap bike for pottering about on, not a made to measure top of the range down hiller. It'll be fine.

It's ok Arriba, I can always ask about hacksaws and bikeframes in a future thread.

 :clap:

Do you live in Kingston 4D? Are you "related" to Suttonred?

4d, have you arrived here from another time, e.g. about 200 years ago?

Is that the relevance of your user name?

£6.99 P&P ??? are you sure its real ? or just a poster.