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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: james_s on March 17, 2020, 12:42:10 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 17, 2020, 12:18:58 am ---I've been doing this for about 20 years, it works. if you know an item will be popular then start is at 99 cents and watch them go nuts. I've never really been caught out by a low final bid price.
Not hard to research previous prices and bids for the same item.

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Yep, me too. I *always* start my auctions at 99c. If I have something that I know is worth something to the right buyer but doesn't have the same mass appeal then I just use BIN and set it at a reasonable price based on the actual selling price of similar items.

Ebay is an interesting study in psychology, as a buyer I can only shake my head when I see people getting in bidding wars when there's 5 days left to the auction. I *never* bid prior to the final day unless it's just to toss in a lowball opening bid to nix the BIN option if I want to gamble on getting a better deal. All the real action happens in the final seconds. Outbidding someone with days left accomplishes *nothing* except driving the price up and nudging them to spend more than they were originally willing. Love it as a seller but it's absolutely stupid and irrational behavior. I don't think older folks grasp the critical difference between online auctions that have a defined end time and live auctions that keep going as long as people keep bidding.

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People can be terminally dumb at "real" bricks-and-mortar auctions as well, getting into bidding competitions and overpaying massively for what they buy.  Seen it many times!  Knowing when to shut up, is a lesson most people never seem to learn.

Bud:

--- Quote from: Nusa on March 17, 2020, 12:37:33 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 17, 2020, 12:20:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Nusa on March 16, 2020, 11:44:28 pm ---I can give a first-hand report on two different Costos near me in the San Diego, California area.
Toilet paper and bottled water got hit hard over a week ago
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You can't give away bottled water here. The shelves are full of it. Either that or the supply chains for water are incredibly good.

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I don't really get it either. I keep a few bottles in the van for road emergencies, and some more in the freezer to put in coolers on road trips. At home I use a reverse osmosis filter to get good tasting tap water, although it's safe enough even without the filter.

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You take city water supply for granted. The point of having a bit of bottled water is an insurance against emergencies where tap water may be cut off.

Nusa:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 17, 2020, 04:45:51 am ---
--- Quote from: Nusa on March 17, 2020, 12:37:33 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 17, 2020, 12:20:54 am ---
--- Quote from: Nusa on March 16, 2020, 11:44:28 pm ---I can give a first-hand report on two different Costos near me in the San Diego, California area.
Toilet paper and bottled water got hit hard over a week ago
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You can't give away bottled water here. The shelves are full of it. Either that or the supply chains for water are incredibly good.

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I don't really get it either. I keep a few bottles in the van for road emergencies, and some more in the freezer to put in coolers on road trips. At home I use a reverse osmosis filter to get good tasting tap water, although it's safe enough even without the filter.

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You take city water supply for granted. The point of having a bit of bottled water is an insurance against emergencies where tap water may be cut off.

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Well, yes I do take the water supply for granted as it's not THAT kind of emergency. But if the water did go away I have: 40 gallons in the hot water tank, 3 gallons in the reverse osmosis tank, several cases of beer, about a case of bottled water in various places, at least ten 2 or 2.5 liter bottles of various things, and three bottles of orange juice. I think I'd be ok on fluids for a while.

Bud:
Flushing the toilet, washing the dishes,  hands and body washing, cooking, all takes water.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 17, 2020, 06:12:05 am ---Flushing the toilet, washing the dishes,  hands and body washing, cooking, all takes water.

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And you're going to do that with bottled water? That seems like an awfully inefficient way to store that much water. If the city water supply fails we are pretty much all screwed, I mean just look at how people are handling this virus, it seems like everyone is in a panic.

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