I was one of the first generations of ebay users but haven't used ebay in years. Recently I participated in a number of auctions as a buyer. I was disappointed to see that sellers routinely create non-minimum auctions which they then abruptly end when the auction doesn’t result in a high enough price… And worse, ebay seems fine with this. That not only makes a “minimum bid†auction meaningless, it also removes any incentive I have to go to ebay in the hope of finding anything better than a roughly 30% discount. Overall ebay appears to have turned into a seller’s service, and I don’t see a point of going here except perhaps to find a specific discontinued product or collectable with the expectation that I will pay close to a market price. This is not a place for the general public to find good deals anymore. Ebay appears to have become a market for sellers to sell to sellers. On the whole no auction is going to get you an amazing deal: it will have at best a marginal discount… or the auction will suddenly be cancelled with a note the item is “no longer available.â€