I agree with Sean and John here...with past experience watchers mean nothing it's buy it now or bid or to be honest use a snipe, set your cieling bid and walk away...if you want the item bad enough you will place a high bid...most of the dealers here will just look to pay enough to make a profit.
Watchers watch an auction for a variety of reasons...mainly it's "I have one of those...what will it sell for?" or something similar. It's the bidders who are interesting. This never happened to the other fella... Adrian Cowdry -----Original Message----- From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Aug 2, 2013 06:00 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay and "Watchers" 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.
