Maybe I'm not remembering this right but I think if a seller withdraws his item before the end too often he gets flagged... and I think loses some of his listing fee.
ann Cotty wrote: > > On 24/9/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I generally get more bids when I don't post a reserve. As long as the > >minimum bid isn't outrageous, traffic will be good. I will sometimes > >risk setting a minimum bid well below what I consider my minimum price. > >That will sometimes generate a bidding frenzy and a very high final > >price. > > Agreed. I think the key here is the starting price. If it's quite high, > effectively the reserve, then I think it can be more limiting than a low > start with a reserve. What I don't like is someone who starts low, with > no reserve, and bottles out with a day to go, and pulls the auction. > Like I say, for the serious buying, I'll bid right at the end and bid > high. If the auction's gone, I can't do that. If the auction's there > with a reserve, I can. > > -- > > 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
