If you are going to bid on EBay you are better off if you use a bid service like esnipe. Set you max bid, time for that bid and let the computer do it for you. Prevents paying too much because you got sucked into a bidding war. Makes sure you dont miss bidding because you got busy or forgot. And most important never forget almost anything on EBay will have another similar item come up again so dont go crazy.

Also some people cant spell so they list items which most people never find with a search. Like Ithaca items spelled Ithica. Think outside the box.