Tips for Ebay Shopping

This is how I shop on Ebay (now not everyone is the same this is just my way) I usually try to find items that are ending in a day or two only because if you start watching something with six days left it will probably become to expensive for you to bid on and then you get disapointed but I do check the newly listed for buy it nows that are cheap.. That is one thing about Ebay you have to pay shipping unless you get lucky and it is free shipping look for that because then you can bid alittle more and look for people that combine shipping on their items because most of the time they have quite a few items for sale in the same size.. Also read your descriptions very closely make sure that it states it is in excellent condition I have gotten burned with items that are in "good" condition (they look like they have been run over a few times) which brings us to another problem with Ebay you can not see the item you are purchasing so sometimes there are disapointments.. If you are looking for a certain holiday item it is better to look about a month before that is when everyone is putting their items on sometimes if you do look sooner you can get a better deal.. Also to get items cheaper don't buy the season you are in like right now it is spring and summer so I would be buying for next winter cause the items will be cheaper than if you wait unitl fall.. When bidding on an item I make sure to be home in front of the computer so when it gets down to 15 seconds the bid will go in and with most cases if someone else has not put a bid of more than you wanted to pay it will be yours (I believe this is called snipeing or something) so yes I am giulty of this but atleast you win your item.. I also find if you buy things in lots (this is when there are alot of items in one sale) you get a better deal an example of this is for this winter that just passed I bought a lot of 8 pairs of jeans (Levis, Gymboree, Crazy 8) for only $26 after shipping so that was less than 4.00 for each pair of jeans when you buy the jeans seperate you are guaranteed to pay at least $10 after shipping.. So use these tips if you would like (some people may think this is common sense) but alot of people are different maybe their way works better I can just comment on my trial and errors.. Thanks for reading and Happy Ebaying!!