David:
Welcome aboard, like anything worth doing, you get better at it with practice. If you are seeking very trendy products, either new and well reviewed, or classic and heavily discussed, you had better get there as soon as they hit the board or they will be gone. Every ad has a counter for how many hits it has, and you can see how much heat the ad attracts. If you are looking for more common items that are listed well below market, this also holds true; everyone likes a deal. But for common, older or less trendy items, you should have no trouble at all.
Sometimes a seller will not answer your ad as they have offered it to the first respondant and they are waiting for confirmation, or payment. Sometimes they are just inundated with e-mails. In some sense, it seems that a lot of people on the board are after the same twenty items. That leaves a lot available for very reasonable prices if you do a bit of research and seek out the less in demand items. For what it's worth, I always answer everyone who responds to my ad and post "sale pending" as soon as that occurs. Happy hunting.
Marty Kohn
Portland, OR
Welcome aboard, like anything worth doing, you get better at it with practice. If you are seeking very trendy products, either new and well reviewed, or classic and heavily discussed, you had better get there as soon as they hit the board or they will be gone. Every ad has a counter for how many hits it has, and you can see how much heat the ad attracts. If you are looking for more common items that are listed well below market, this also holds true; everyone likes a deal. But for common, older or less trendy items, you should have no trouble at all.
Sometimes a seller will not answer your ad as they have offered it to the first respondant and they are waiting for confirmation, or payment. Sometimes they are just inundated with e-mails. In some sense, it seems that a lot of people on the board are after the same twenty items. That leaves a lot available for very reasonable prices if you do a bit of research and seek out the less in demand items. For what it's worth, I always answer everyone who responds to my ad and post "sale pending" as soon as that occurs. Happy hunting.
Marty Kohn
Portland, OR