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Posted By: Joann

I've never gotten a steal in an ebay auction, where knowledge of what something is or isn't might come into play. I think those days are probably gone. Even in the area of female player images, where I would have confidence that I might be able to spot something that others miss, the sale price reflects the fact that knowledge tends to be more universal these days.

However, I have gotten two pretty good deals on ebay BINS. In both cases the card was notably underpriced and my "skill" was in being the first one to trip across the listing. In one case of a maybe slightly underpriced card, I hit the BIN within 2 minutes after it listed. Within 5 minutes, literally, I had an email from toby (Hi toby ) that I had just beat him to it. So even my "try to trip over the BIN first" strategy has it's challenges.

But Bob is absolutely right. It used to be a lot easier to find good bargains - even steals - on ebay.

J