HP35 Price on ebay - what am I missing?

[John Galt]

(07-22-2020 05:16 PM)jebem Wrote:  

(07-22-2020 03:38 PM)Albert Chan Wrote:  ...
My auction strategy is to place the bid, then forget about it. (no second bid)

That's what I do after learning the hard way.

Same here.

A while ago, perhaps a decade or two, I saw a particularly desirable item come up for sale, and I put in a reasonable bid based upon my market research. I lost.

A couple years passed and I saw another one come up for sale, but this time I put in a much higher bid, considerably above market. I lost.

Years pass, and again I find another one appear. Determined to win this time, I submitted a bid far in excess of market value, taking solace in the fact that I would only have to pay a little more than what the next bidder was willing to pay. I was certain to win. I lost.

Today, that same item sells for three times the amount I considered to be beyond ridiculous.

Who's to say what stupid is, but I stopped playing that game. It's crazy.