I am a long time ebay seller and buyer. There are always good shamisen and related items up for auction, but they always go too high for those of us that are low on cash.
Don’t bid on items right away just save it to your watch list and wait untill the last 5 seconds and bid as much as you can afford. You are more likely to get the items you want for alot less.
Yes, this is the best way to win something for your desired price. I always bid 5 seconds before, and always for a bit raised price that I will bid. For example, If I will pay 200 $ for a bachi, I bid 203 $ or something like this, because I lose a lot of bids for only 1$
I won my shamisen and bachi and spare itomaki at the last half second.
Congratulations to the winner of this auction
Yea! He got a lot of nice bachi and koma