Bargains, Why Sunday is a good day to buy.

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Posted By: T E

First thing I noticed about Lee's great buy is the time-21:00 PDT-Midnight in the east. Dopey time to have an auction ending, great time for buyers. There are many factors with Sundays-time of year is important as well. The weather was gorgeous in the northeast last weekend, lots of people went to south shore or east end or whatever. You get home on Sunday, you're thinking about the week ahead.

My experience as a seller on ebay (hoofaway is my name there) tells me that if you want to know when is the best time to sell, there is a mature industry that gives you the answer-TV. There is a reason why ratings are highest between 8PM and 11PM ET and why weekdays are higher rated than weekends. I try to focus on Thursdays between 9:45 and 10:30 PM ET-that way I get the east and also the west, since primetime out west is a bit earlier.

So if you are a buyer, you might want to pick yourself some weird times to be your prime time.

The best buy I ever made on ebay, and I do not buy too often, was a BIN for a full Topps vendor's box (500) of 1957 red back planes and a huge lot of 1964 and 1966 Topps baseball cards, both from the same gal. This is years ago. The cards had been listed for a few minutes, I looked em over, noticed many hofs, decided that it was legit and hit the BIN for each of the two lots. $50 for the planes, $200 for the baseball. It was about 12:15 on a weekday as I recall, the gal had listed them for her husband. Did very well with those cards, still have many on hand for my personal collection.