Buy it Nows....still popular?

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Posted By: Chuck R

When eBay started using Buy it Now a few years back, it actually made my life a lot more stressful. Whereas before I could search items every 2-3 days, I now had the feeling (and still do to some extent) that if I didn't scan 3-4 times a day I'd miss the gold mine Buy it Now. I actually did hit one gold mine a couple years ago. On a Sunday afternoon, I picked up a complete 48 card 30's nonsports set for $25 (probably worth close to $800). I ended up buying some more great old, nice condition cards offline from the seller. I ended up giving the person some extra cash so I could sleep at night.

Anyway, that's only happened once in the years since eBay started Buy it Nows. I rarely see any Buy it Nows that I am tempted to bid on. Are there few of them out there? Are there still tons of them but I'm missing them all (yes, the old paranoia remains)? Has anyone else been affected by this incessant need to search since BINs came out? Better end this...must search.