The best way to find yourself a bargain on eBay is start with broad search terms. if you were after a Nokia 6210 Navigator Mobile Phone you start with the search term Nokia to ensure you get the maximum amount of listings including Nokia phone covers, Nokia head phones, Nokia you name it. Now the trick is to now exclude what your not looking for, to do this simply place a minus sign after the the search word Nokia and and type the keyword for the results you do not wish to see. ie. 'Nokia -cover -head' etc. By searching in this fashion you may stumble across one or two poorly listed items that the average may never see, hence no bidding competition. The common trap here is excluding a term that is common with all listing like excluding headphones etc 'Nokia -phone' would exclude just about every listing on eBay.
That's all good and proper i hear you say but why do i lose the last minute? ok the reason why you lost that last minute bid was because of a program called eBay Sniper. eBay Sniper does exactly what the name suggests, its an application for your pc that once enabled will bid on your behalf silently at the last 1 - 2 -3 seconds. Yes it's completely legal. Read more via googling http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=ebay+sniper
