First of all for those who is wondering what is lelong.com.my...its not a place for banks or loan shark doing their auction. Its like Malaysian e-bay or yahoo! auction...
Its easier for malaysian since everything is in Malaysian Ringgit and thus no need to convert watsoever. Even the dealer is here in malaysia.
Its also favourite place for me n my friend to get stuff we need (if its listed there) and usually cheaper than market price. Well...you need to pay the shipping fees but it is still cheaper. For example a friend bought 500G Hdisc for only MYR350. At low yat it cost around 389. But yet he went to pick it up himself at KL. Quite stupid for me since he waste his time n money (the gas for car) looking for the dealer.
Guide for buying stuff at LELONG
1) Make sure the quality
Yes...there are many replicas n original stuff sold there. but even you just buy the replica and sure that its not the exact same quality as original, u still need to be certain about some stuff. For example the watch water resistant. Some of the replicas did have good quality but some are just not that good. you can see the price. Usually the one starting at MYR 1.00 or below 10 doesnt have good quality
2) Check the price
Here's the main thing for u to consider. Check if the auction price is cheaper or pricier compared to the same stuff selled outside. Plus the shipping cost also. If its more, its better you get it outside, unless u just want to feel the thrill to get the stuff from lelong ^________^
Usually the items in lelong.com.my is cheaper...depends on item bided.
3) How to race for the item
After you found what you really want from lelong, check the time validity for auctioning. I'd suggest you check out the Closing Soon and Closing Today tabs. They list items which will be closed in that particular day.
There are 2 way this works. There are item which is still in 22-23 hours left and also 1min-2/3 hour. Both needed different strategy.
For more than 6hour, just place the item under your watch list.
If its around 2-3 hour keep yourself updated with the status. Whether someone has outbid you or you still in the race. if it was me, I will just place my max expected amount and let the system autobid. So the system will automatically place my bid according to min increment for the item...let say RM1.00. So when someone outbid the last price, I will automatically autobid that person until the max value I submitted earlier.
Open 2 tabs - one for refreshing the page to see if someone else has put a bid, another one to place your bid. Its time consuming to open bid page and refresh page using one tab. Its A LOT EASIER using two.
4) For more successfull rate to get item at cheaper price, go online at 2-3 morning where everyone is sleeping. Its lot cheaper when u bid for item closing nearly at that time. Last night I found Kodak 7.4 MP for just 393..plus shipping its around 413. Its a bargain. And its rare to find a chance like that. But i got no $$$...sad2
Market price is around RM700.
Okay...thats all from me. And I hope that you will be successfull when you do your shopping there..n saves lot of $$$ ^_____________________^
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