| Doll collection is nothing new but like all hobbies, it can | | | | competition. |
| turn out to be an expensive hobby if you are not | | | | Bidding competition occurs when several bidders are |
| careful. While it is always nice to have a hobby that | | | | eyeing the same item. Ultimately, the item will end up |
| you really enjoy, know that your hobby doesn't have | | | | with the bidder who wants the item most badly. This |
| to turn out to be a pocket burning obsession. There | | | | also means that the bidder is willing to pay a much |
| are different channels where you can acquire | | | | higher price compared to other bidders for the same |
| American Girl dolls. You just have to find out where to | | | | item. If you are looking to buy American Girl dolls |
| get those dolls at inexpensive prices. | | | | cheap, AVOID bidding wars at all cost! Sometimes, |
| Fortunately, the Internet is here to help. Before making | | | | bidders put in outrageous bids because of ego. They |
| a purchase for an American Girl doll, always go online | | | | just want to beat all the other bidders! If you see a |
| and check out a price comparison website. Price | | | | bidding war going on, just ignore that particular auction. |
| comparison became popular more than a decade ago, | | | | Other great deals will come along soon enough. |
| and was popularized by MySimon. When price | | | | When you visit an auction comparison site like |
| comparison engines was first invented, they were | | | | BuyAmericanDolls.com, you will be able to see exactly |
| meant to crawl eCommerce sites like Amazon, HP, | | | | what is happening to an auction. For example, you will |
| Dell, etc so that consumers can compare pricing easily. | | | | see the latest bid price, the number of bids, and the |
| It wasn't long before someone came up with the idea | | | | amount of time left for the auction. If you see a high |
| of auction comparison. In other words, you will be able | | | | number of bids for an auction, chances are, a bidding |
| to check out the latest bidding information from a single | | | | war is going on. |
| website for the item that you want to bid on. Auctions | | | | For many collectors, auction sites provide abundant |
| can be from all over the world - US, UK, Australia, | | | | opportunities to buy out of production dolls. Some |
| Canada, Hong Kong, etc. | | | | sellers may have bought the dolls many years ago, |
| The greatest thing about auctions is that you | | | | and now just want to get rid those dolls. If they are not |
| sometimes find incredible deals. That is how you can | | | | doll collectors, they are most likely to be unaware of |
| buy the American Girl doll that you've always wanted | | | | the true market value of the dolls they own. For this |
| without having to spend a fortune. Auction sites are | | | | reason, you may be able to own highly valuable dolls in |
| mainly used by sellers who want to sell something that | | | | exchange for a low price if you manage to win an |
| they don't want. For this reason, sellers are likely to let | | | | auction. |
| go of their merchandise at incredibly low prices. The | | | | So spend some time visiting auction comparison |
| only factor that will drive prices up is bidding | | | | websites and look out for the diamond in the rough! |