Willow i feel your pain.. ever notice like youll be 1 day away from some 3$ anime boxset no one ever bid on it till you did and in that last day itll balloon to around regular price like 19-30$!?
i found if you REALLY Really wanted to beat the EBAY system and Low Ball Someone selling somthing you desired it USUALY took a MONTH!! and i say that literatly like case in point
for an ANIME titled "The Steel Angel Kurumi"
It retailed at Bestbuy Brand New for 59.99$ and is a 52 Episode Series made for me filled with Hundreds of naughty Bits :3 any ways so i WAS Long and Determined to get this on EBAY for 20$ or less, because i had seen that there was constantly dozens of used postings and people were routinly buying it for 23-25$
well it took me 26 Different Auctions stopping at 25 and bidding on another after 20-25$ was passed and i would not be the winner, Funny thing i would say like Half of the auctions i lost the winning bidder was around 40!!.. so it goes to show some people dont think of value and just want the thing..
Anyways After 28 Days and 26 Different auctions i DID win My Steel Angel Kurumi Boxset for only 19$ 21$ after shipping!!
it took some work but i just said ive gotta hold my guns and if im not meant to own it i wont, i Did the same thing with House and i own Seasons 1-6 paying no more then 13$ after shipping each boxset.