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I have bought a lot of stuff via eBay, much of it hard-to-find stuff that I was willing to pay more than fair market value for. I refuse to bid on items that do not specify shipping charges, because I like to determine what I would want to pay in total for the item (say, what I'd be willing to pay for it at a train show), then subtract the shipping charge to determine my bid. I've been surprised at how many times this has won me the item. I would think that people would bid higher and ignore the shipping, but this doesn't seem to be the case (maybe it's just that all model railroaders are frugal). I also refuse to bid on items that do not accept PayPal or other online payment methods, because it is simply too hard to keep track of all the items (I tend to bid in spurts, winning a bunch at a a time) and wait around for checks to clear or whatnot; I would much rather just handle it as soon as the auction closes.
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