| I've been buying and selling vintage
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| | watching it get bumped up by other
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| clothes on eBay for five years. It's
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| | bidders over the next few days, they wait
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| fun...and
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| | until
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| sometimes frustrating. Here are some
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| | the final seconds of the auction. Even
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| tips to help you find the best vintage
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| | better, use an auction snipe service. For
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| clothes
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| | a
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| on eBay.1. SEARCH REGULARLYEbay allows
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| | small fee, these companies will place
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| you to list auction or fixed price items
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| | your bid in the last few seconds of the
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| for 1, 3, 5, 7, or 10-day periods.
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| | auction
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| Most sellers choose longer periods
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| | and you don't even need to be at your
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| because they are buying more advertising
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| | computer! No more forgetting that you
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| for
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| | wanted to bid on something--the snipe
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| their money but I'm finding more and
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| | service does it for you. I like these
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| more 3-day auctions. So try to do your
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| | services
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| searches at least every 3 days.2. SEARCH
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| | because if I enter my highest proxy bid
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| MISSPELLINGSIt's easy to misspell
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| | too early, someone can keep bumping up
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| Furstenberg and to type Pulizter instead
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| | the bid trying to discover what my
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| of Pulitzer. If you can
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| | highest bid was. If I enter it in the
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| find a quality designer item that has a
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| | last few
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| misspelling in the title, you will
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| | seconds, I may end up getting the item
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| probably
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| | for a lot less than if I bid in the first
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| compete with a much smaller pool of
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| | few
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| buyers for the item.3. DON'T JUST SEARCH
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| | hours of the auction.7. ALWAYS CHECK
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| THE VINTAGE CATEGORY.Not everyone
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| | SELLER FEEDBACKAgain, not everyone
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| offering vintage clothing is a vintage
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| | offering vintage clothing on eBay is a
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| dealer. Sometimes people are
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| | vintage clothing dealer. If
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| just clearing out Aunt Anna's clothes
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| | someone has great feedback but has been
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| from the attic and don't have a lot of
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| | selling auto car parts, it might be wise
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| experience with either vintage clothes
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| | to
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| or selling on eBay. Often you'll find
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| | ask the seller a few specific questions
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| these
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| | about the item before bidding. What you
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| items buried in the Women's Clothing
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| | think of as Mint condition and what
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| category which appears before the Vintage
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| | they're calling Mint condition could be
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| | vastly
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| category in the eBay listing process.
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| | different. Also, as a seller who talks
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| So search for VINTAGE VICTORIAN BLOUSE in
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| | to other sellers, I know that sometimes
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| | negative feedback is left for sellers
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| the Clothing & Accessories category
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| | that is unwarranted. Or things like
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| rather than VICTORIAN BLOUSE in the
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| | Katrina
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| vintage
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| | happen and your auction item never gets
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| category.4. SEARCH TITLES AND
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| | sent. A negative feedback or two every
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| DESCRIPTIONSNot all sellers include the
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| | couple of years is not a big deal. What
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| word VINTAGE in their auction titles. To
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| | you should be wary of is a pattern of
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| be sure you find
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| | recent
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| all the VINTAGE VICTORIAN BLOUSES, be
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| | negative or neutral feedbacks. Drill
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| sure to check the box under the search
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| | down and read why they were left. If you
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| field to search both titles and
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| | are
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| descriptions.5. GET CREATIVE WITH YOUR
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| | unsure about a seller's responsiveness,
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| SEARCHESIt's easy to find high-end
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| | send a simple question to them and see
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| vintage by searching for a designer's
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| | how
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| name but you can
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| | quickly and accurately they
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| also find high-quality items by
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| | respond.8. KEEP A LIST OF YOUR FAVORITE
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| searching on fabrics (brocade, velvet,
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| | SELLERSYou can add a seller to your list
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| mink,
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| | of Favorite Sellers by clicking on the
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| cashmere), searching for high-end
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| | link in one of
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| department store names (Saks, I. Magnin,
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| | their auctions. You can also sign up to
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| Bonwit
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| | be emailed when your favorite sellers add
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| Teller) or searching for ESTATE SALE
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| buried inside auction listings.6. USE AN
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| | new items. You're never out of the loop
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| AUCTION SNIPING SERVICESellers, of
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| | and it makes browsing a lot more fun when
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| course, want you to bid on their items as
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| soon as possible. Their hope is
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| | you are looking at items that you
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| that several bidders will become
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| | consistently like.9. BROWSE, BROWSE,
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| interested in the piece and bid up the
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| | BROWSEBrowsing eBay can be just as much
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| price. Smart
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| | fun as browsing at the mall. Looking for
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| buyers take a different approach.
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| Instead of entering their highest bid
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| | bargains? Browse through vintage by
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| early, and
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| | Lowest Price First.
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