04-04-2007, 07:45 PM
Rightly or wrongly, I usually have the mindset that there is at least a 5-10% difference between the buy it now and the reserve. Part of the auction "game" to me is to maximize the amount of the delta in my favor. If there is no difference I probably wouldn't participate unless it was something I really needed or the BIN was a steal. Bottom line, if the reserve is the same asn the BIN, don't tell me.