Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
The whole auction bidding thing isn't my thing. It's not "fun" to me at all. If I want something, I want to buy it, not guess how much it is- and fight someone else for the privilege of "winning" it.
If I "win" something, I don't pay for it.
With BIN or Best Offer stuff- I can decide if I want it at that price, or put down how much it's worth to me. No competition to drive up prices.
For me, the point of a bid was to find something that started out at a low price, and then get it for that low price because the seller couldn't drum up interest. Bingo! Solid deal for me with the euphoric feeling of winning. The "art of the deal" so to speak. And I've been on the other end of the stick to, with wild bidding wars on something you really wanted. I love that to. It's part of what made e bay such a hit IMHO.
Those type of deals are being lost now, and the site isn't much fun now...