If you go to http://www.fatfingers.co.uk and type in what you are searching for there it will search any of the ebays (you select which one, but I think default is .com, so for the UK you have to change it to .co.uk). What it does though, is search for spelling mistakes. All spelling mistakes.
I'm currently bidding on an SLR didital (sic) camera, and missed out on a suround (sic) sound system by 50p (someone out bid me at the last second, but more on that later) which sold for £10.50.
The beauty of this search site is that the auctions it throws up are the ones no one else has found simply because most people search for things with the right spelling.
Another useful website if you're more of a browser is http://www.lastminuteauction.com/uk which shows all auctions with less than an hour to go with one or no bids. Quite fun to look through and there are several good deals to have if you know what you are looking for.
And finally, back to the subject of being outbid at the last minute. There is a website that allows you to "snipe" auctions. Essentially you tell the website how much you are willing to pay for the item and at the last possible second it automatically places your highest bid, which means that if your bid is the highest you automatically win the auction. Not sure how sporting this is but it is not against ebay rules and if you have a fixed price that you're not willing to go over it means you can go away and forget about the auction until it's over. It means no paying over what you can afford or want to pay. No getting caught up in "bidding fever"!
Anyway, the website is http://www.bidnip.com and the first 5 snipes are free and after that they cost about 17 cents (about 8p) per snipe, which is a small price to pay to guarantee you win the auction if you are the highest bidder. If you don't win then the snipe is re-credited.
Anyway, thought I'd share these useful money saving tips!
As they say on ebay, Happy Bidding!
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