On Sep 23, 2006, at 7:27 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > NO! I entered a minimum bid rather than a "reserve" which, as I > understand it, puts some bidders off. > Followed the advice of an experienced and sage lister. > Was just messin' with Cotty.
I've never found that having a reserve puts anyone off. On anything of more than nominal value I always have a reserve. I decide what the least I can afford to take for something is and set that as my reserve. Keeps me from having to sell something way too cheap. If the reserve isn't met, I wait a month or two and relist the item. Usually it will make reserve on the second try. On an occasional item I have had to list it three times before it sold, but it always did sell. I recently sold a mint Canon EOS-1v. It took three tries, but I ended up getting $ 400 more than what it would have gone for the first time with no reserve. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
