Keep Track of Auctions Outside of eBay
Use eBayâs auction-tracking tools, or create a flexible auction-watching tool better than anything eBay has to offer.
If I bought everything on eBay I wanted, I wouldâve gone broke long ago. But Iâm also a collector, and as such, I routinely track many auctions in my various fields of interest, whether or not I actually intend to bid on them.
I would argue that keeping track of auctions is among your most important tasks as a bidder â especially for items youâve won â if for no other reason than to ensure that you eventually receive everything youâve paid for. Tracking auctions is also an essential part of sniping (see [Hack #21]) as well as selling (see [Hack #33]). If youâre really after something specific, you may want to track completed auctions that didnât sell so you can find them easily when theyâre relisted. And sometimes you may want to keep track of an auctionâs progress purely for the sake of curiosity.
Using eBayâs Tracking Tools
The Bidding/Watching tab of My eBay is where most people turn to track their auctions. The Items Iâm Bidding On list and the Items Iâve Won and Items I Didnât Win lists are all updated automatically whenever you place a bid or an auction on which youâve bid closes, respectively. These lists include all the vitals, such as the auction titles, amounts of your bids, end dates, and closing prices.
By default, the Items Iâve Won and Items I Didnât Win lists show only auctions ...
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