Ok, now I cam mess with you , Cot - I have 99.9% (that one stiff was 6 years ago after I left him neg feedback - as Mark said happened to him.)
993 feedback points... I had a knee jerk reaction to Jack's messing with you because I knew someone recently who actually thought it was ok to have a friend shill bid. sigh. BUt I had made it an almost rhetorical "You really didn't... " :):) I almost never use reserves for selling - I do the same as Jack did. However I recently read some article on ebay tips that said one ought to start a bid at 1/3 the price you hoped to get for it!(and no reserve.) You have to be pretty confident people want what you have and there are not tons of them out there. I can't wait to get my broadband cable hookup - hopefully I can list more stuff a bit faster. The worst thing ebay did to sellers was to make a sliding scale charge for BINS Used to be one charge no matter what your BIN was. ann Cotty wrote: > > On 23/9/06, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >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. > > Ann, > > He means he started the auction at what is effectively his reserve price. > > So if you want to make sure you get 50 bucks for your item, you start > the auction at 50 bucks, instead of starting the auction at 99 cents or > whatever, and having a reserve of 50 bucks. There are some who would say > this is counterproductive. For instance, many people, me included, will > put a 'marker' bid on a reserve price auction starting low, to track it. > If I bid to win, I only ever snipe. An auction with a high starting > price attracts far fewer bids, and therefore less attention from eekbay > madness - not good for the seller. I admit I am not that experienced > (only 250 at 100% +ive) but I have learned a few things. > > Jack can mess with me any time he likes, as long as he can afford the > price :-) > > -- > > Cheers, > Cotty > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
