BTW I hear Ebay has been cracking down on those very high ssh charges, claiming it is just a way to beat them out of their commission. I always subtract the ssh charge from my max bid so it doesn't hurt me any.
--graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com
frank theriault wrote:
Excellent advice all around, Patrick!
If an item has a reserve on it, I usually don't bid. Why bother? I'm looking for a bargain, not something with a reserve set at around the KEH price!
That's doubly true if it has a BIN and a reserve, since the reserve is inevitably set at the same price as the BIN. I don't know why these people go through the sham of an "auction". Have the starting price, the BIN and the reserve as the same price, and stop wasting everyone's time!
cheers, frank
Patrick Wunsch wrote:
9 times out of 10, you will garner a higher selling price by not having any reserve. When you set a reserve, most people, including myself, assume that the price you set is what it's worth and not a whole lot more. This keeps people from bidding on your item. The single driving force to get the most money from your item is having all the more people bidding on it.
As far as selling "as-is" or not. I would do the opposite. If your fairly confidant in your product, do the opposite and guarantee that the item is as described and offer a refund if it isn't. This will surely raise the final price. Of coarse you would have to honor that guarantee but that's only the right thing to do.
Just my opinion but also my experience from consistently getting a much higher than average price for some of the items I have listed. Good luck
Pat
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