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Post by WP 257 on Apr 20, 2014 14:17:06 GMT -8
"Never list anything for less than you are willing to sell it for"...
Sorry, but many Ebay sellers unfortunately have to list it for less just to get people interested in bidding in the first place. I don't want to list $100 or more items for $9.95 with no reserve, but sometimes it is the only way to get them sold (typically after trying buy it now for awhile, or setting a higher starting bid but getting no interest at all). That's the risk one sometimes accepts.
There's been many posts on these very forums criticizing sellers for not having a very low starting price, accusing them of being greedy, or where people said they wouldn't bid unless the starting bid was very low. Of course, you can set a reserve price--but that is self-defeating as many people avoid reserve price auctions altogether, and the last time I checked, Ebay nailed you for rather hefty (to me) fees for a reserve price auction, so I gave them up years ago.
Normally, my sales go ok. But over the last 2 years or so, it has become more challenging to move any excess trains, and they seem to not do quite as well as at one time. I perceive the average Ebayer is less trusting than before, in general...
Your opinions may vary.
Respectfully,
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Post by lvrr325 on Apr 20, 2014 21:21:45 GMT -8
That bid technique may have worked when you could see who was bidding, but now that they're anonymized I don't think it works as well. The things I've won, I've won by sniping. The stuff I sell, it depends on the demand for it, if the demand is high frequently they get sniped.
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Post by Brakie on Apr 21, 2014 0:51:20 GMT -8
Sorry, but many Ebay sellers unfortunately have to list it for less just to get people interested in bidding in the first place. I don't want to list $100 or more items for $9.95 with no reserve, but sometimes it is the only way to get them sold (typically after trying buy it now for awhile, or setting a higher starting bid but getting no interest at all). That's the risk one sometimes accepts. --------------------------------------------- Then never forget a seller's auction start price may be higher then BIN price.. I've seen that.Seller A's starting price was $3.00 less then full MSRP.. Meanwhile Seller B on page 15 has the same(say) Atlas Precision Designed boxcar for $14.99 BIN.
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Post by rails4dmv on Apr 21, 2014 12:46:28 GMT -8
Perfect example of screwy auctions....an Amtrak Phase III baggage car from Walthers phased out "932 series" just sold on eBay today for $61.99.
A brand new plated Amtrak baggage car in Phase III under the new Walthers "Proto" line is on sale for $49.99 with various online hobby stores....
I can just imagine that seller jumping through hoops right now, happy as hell!
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Post by lvrr325 on Apr 22, 2014 7:44:21 GMT -8
eBay's search system is so goofy that if you bid early it actually shows the listing to more people in their search results, resulting in a greater likelyhood of someone bidding on it.
See, a long time ago they went to this "Cassini" thing for the search so they could play favorites with who gets to see what. So unless you make a search for something specific enough to only turn up a handful of results, you may not see every item from every seller - especially if you use Best Match. I've even noticed the difference from when I didn't have "Top Rated" status last fall versus when I got it back - and I only lost it because I was late by a day or two with adding tracking on three items, that's how easy it is to lose, it took forever to get back because it counted against me for six months. Well, now that I'm top rated, stuff is selling more than when I didn't have it. More questions on items, too.
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