Still can buy alot of stuff that you can't get for that price even with the Buy it now. I get alot of older (expensive) software off of ebay for 1/3 of what its listed on other places I can buy it still. I just can't afford the latest and greatest of $300 and up software so I buy the working prior versions and if I need the latest for whatever reason it was usually still worth the savings just to be able to buy an upgrade version.
Don't know much about equipment though, just use ebay to buy software.