Re: [photo-3d] Re: eBay statistics

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxxxxx>]

> Apparently your average bidder has a hard time
> finding, or does not bother to try to find, similar items for sale if
> he loses one auction.

A lot of people are impulse ebay buyers.  Even someone
like myself with extensive experience I do impulse buying
in items for which I don't know anything about or don't
consider worth my time to investigate further.  When my
son wanted a Lego Soccer for his birthday (out of the
stores this Christmas) all I did was to get on ebay and
look for the ones closing the next few hours.  I think
I paid a little bit more for the one I got but I did not
have the time or interest to investigate price fluctuations.

I expect that some people who buy a Stereo Realist
for $135 fall in the same category.  They saw it, they
trust the description/seller, it is reasonably priced 
(considering that a local photo store is asking $175
for theirs), they buy it.  Yes... a day earlier or
an hour later they could have had another Realist
for $92 but they don't really care.

George