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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1326689, member: 27832"]If you're looking for opportunities, hang out in the "newly listed" Buy It Now list. People sometimes list things for much less than they're worth, but you've got to be quick to get to them before anyone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've gotten silver for less than half melt, gold for hundreds of dollars below melt, and common things like dateless Buffalos for less than half the going rate. Sometimes it's a typo or a simple mistake; when the seller says that, I always offer to let them back out. Sometimes they get hostile before I have a chance to contact them at all; I let it slide, not even leaving negative feedback. Everybody makes mistakes, and sometimes people panic.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's been a while since I've caught a really good deal this way, though. Lately, I spend more time trawling through the "collection" and "lot" listings, looking for potential goodies that are poorly described. It's inherently hard work, though -- if the treasure is easy to spot, others will spot it, too, and the final bidding will reflect it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1326689, member: 27832"]If you're looking for opportunities, hang out in the "newly listed" Buy It Now list. People sometimes list things for much less than they're worth, but you've got to be quick to get to them before anyone else. I've gotten silver for less than half melt, gold for hundreds of dollars below melt, and common things like dateless Buffalos for less than half the going rate. Sometimes it's a typo or a simple mistake; when the seller says that, I always offer to let them back out. Sometimes they get hostile before I have a chance to contact them at all; I let it slide, not even leaving negative feedback. Everybody makes mistakes, and sometimes people panic. It's been a while since I've caught a really good deal this way, though. Lately, I spend more time trawling through the "collection" and "lot" listings, looking for potential goodies that are poorly described. It's inherently hard work, though -- if the treasure is easy to spot, others will spot it, too, and the final bidding will reflect it.[/QUOTE]
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