Much of the time the Buy it Now price is only a few bucks higher than the final auction price depending on what you buy. Most importantly, there are so many people on eBay now that you have an absolute ZERO percent chance to ever get lucky on winning an auction at a really low price.
Thats what really has taken the fun out of it. These days I treat Ebay as just another store, but back when I first joined years ago it was fun too! I remember going back and forth with some people bidding on a 40" LCD TV back when, I lost it buy only a few dollars and it went for about $60! Nowadays, there are so many people on there, who all start bidding right away, inflating the price and setting very high maximum bids that the fun is all gone. Everything sells for closer to retail prices and auctions are won in far less bids.
Good for really rare stuff, but not much of anything else.
Thats what really has taken the fun out of it. These days I treat Ebay as just another store, but back when I first joined years ago it was fun too! I remember going back and forth with some people bidding on a 40" LCD TV back when, I lost it buy only a few dollars and it went for about $60! Nowadays, there are so many people on there, who all start bidding right away, inflating the price and setting very high maximum bids that the fun is all gone. Everything sells for closer to retail prices and auctions are won in far less bids.
Good for really rare stuff, but not much of anything else.