I have to agree with John. When bidding on an item, I never watch it. I hit the gavelsnipe-it button, set my snipe and forget all about it (gavelsnipe sends updates as to current bid and then closing bid when it's over). The only time I add an item to my watch list is when I have no intention of bidding.
Sean Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Neil > >The number of watchers on an item would have absolutely no influence on me as >a buyer. I would either hit the buyitnow button or use a snipe on an auction. >As a seller with three user accounts on ebay, I have little or no interest in >the number of watchers for an item. People add items to their watch list for >many differenent reasons. In many cases, it doesnt mean that they have any >intention of buying. > >Regards > >John > > >JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA >Websites: >www.moviemem.com >www.OzeFilm.com >www.OzeAuction.com >www.BodyCorporateNews.com >Facebook: >www.facebook.com/moviemem >Mailing Address: >John Reid >PO Box 92 >Elanora >Qld 4221 >Australia > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Neil Jaworski > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 5:45 AM > >Subject: [MOPO] eBay and "Watchers" > > >Hallo MOPO > > >Further to a thread in November, it looks like the ability to see the numbers >of "Watchers" on each eBay item is either being trialled again or here to stay. > > >Does anyone have views on the upside/downside of this. > > >Are buyers more likely to click that twitchy trigger finger if it's a "Buy It >Now" with 5 Watchers (and perhaps a declined offer or two). > > >And isn't this kind of system open to abuse? Couldn't sellers create an >impression that an item is more desirable than it is by watching it from other >accounts (and making declined bids). Or is that just acceptable salesmanship? > > >And might it have the opposite effect as well? - An item comes on eBay and - >over the next few days - doesn't attract any Watchers. That might put off >someone who had gotten initially excited about the item. > > >As this develops, new strategies are likely to form: e.g. buyers might not >"Watch" items formally through the eBay system and will merely set a snipe. > > >I do think that - what seems at first glance like a small bookkeeping change - >will soon make a radical difference to how we use eBay. > > >I'm genuinely interested in what people think of this and whether MOPOers feel >it will lead to more sales (which has to be the point). > > >Hope you all have great weekends. > > >Neil > > > > > > >From: Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 16:48 >Subject: eBay's changes to Watched Items > > >Hallo MOPO > > >To slightly extend the Ebay conversation, what do people think of the current >changes to "Watching" re: (1) the trial of publicly showing the numbers of >Watchers on each item page and (2) the constant removal/reinstatement of the >row of "See What Other People Are Watching" items at the bottom of each item >page? > > >The "See What Other People Are Watching" panel has been very useful to me in >the past! > > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ How to >UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >[email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ How to >UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: >[email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF >MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >
