As a buyer, I like a reasonable BIN; I can put up the money and be done with it. But with a high BIN on an auction which also has a reserve, I will pass. I assume that the reserve price is basically the same as the BIN, and I just won't bother; the seller has already told me that he/she has unreasonable expectations.
As a seller, real soon now I will be listing a bunch of stuff, and for BIN targets I will use the same prices I gave when I offered the items here. But I don't use eBay as a source of income; breaking even is plenty for me. Stan > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 17:48:51 EST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Some e-marketing thoughts > > If I was selling on ebay, I sould go for a starting price of 20% to 40% of > what I thought was the item's value, use a reserve of 80% of value, and set a > Buy-it-now price of 125% of value. > > I don't think reserves are rude, just when they are outrageous. I like the > Buy-it-now option as this helps ground the bidders in reality...Like 'No, I > know that item is worth a lot more than the low-ball bid you just placed so > don't expect to steal it!' > > Regards, Bob S. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
