Many items are up for auction on eBay go unsold due to being unbid. If you can find auctions about to end that have no bids, you may get a great deal.

eBay’s search does not provide this capability but several 3rd party search sites do. NoBids.net seems to show the best results.   Beyond patience, experimentation and using the “-”  excludes certain keywords will narrow the search.    Since this only works in real-time, you either have to come back frequently or just rely on luck.

Example search

“ipad” between $50 and $100 returns a lot of accessories like stands and cases.   Using the search “ipad 16gb -screen -case -stand” narrows the results to a few items.

Example alternative is 0bids.com.