Stupid eBay Question from Novice
02 November 2004, 09:39 AM
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Stupid eBay Question from Novice
Hi there - never sold anything on eBay, but want to. If I put something on there to sell, without a reserve (which I would prefer to do, to generate some interest) and I'm not happy with the eventual bid price, am I obliged to sell? If I did put a (low) reserve on, and it's met - am I obliged to sell?
Daft question I know, but I'm new to it!
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Daft question I know, but I'm new to it!
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02 November 2004, 09:41 AM
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Yes, you are obliged to sell. Just do some research on how much your item usually sells for and use that as a guide.
Don't panic if you get few bids, as most people bid right at the end of an auction. A handy new function is that you can see how many people are 'watching' your item, this is usually a good indicator of how well your auction will do.
Don't panic if you get few bids, as most people bid right at the end of an auction. A handy new function is that you can see how many people are 'watching' your item, this is usually a good indicator of how well your auction will do.
02 November 2004, 10:00 AM
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and ebay have changed the rules so that you cannot cancel an auction in the last 12 hours if it has bids on it. this is to stop people selling things without reserve then cancelling in the last 5 minutes when it wasn't to their liking.
02 November 2004, 10:10 AM
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[i wouldn't do this] you could also cancel the auction if it didn't meet the price you wanted, if the item was 'no longer avaliable' or 'broken', etc [honest]
- edited - this took so long to upload, didn't realise ebay had changed the rules on this!!
- edited - this took so long to upload, didn't realise ebay had changed the rules on this!!
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02 November 2004, 11:54 AM
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Just sold my 1st item on a 10 day auction, I had 1 bid early on and in the last 2 days I had quiet a few. A good thing to keep an eye on is the number of watchers tracking the item in "my ebay".
Regarding price, what I did was set the starting price at a level I was prepared to accept as a minimum, in this case it was £40, by auction close it had made £75 which is kind of what I was expecting.
Unless you are prepared to ship abroad, watch your auction in the last few minutes because you may get some newbie who doesnt understand trying to bid from abroad, I cancelled 2 bids in the last 30 seconds, the last of which was 5 seconds before close.
Regarding price, what I did was set the starting price at a level I was prepared to accept as a minimum, in this case it was £40, by auction close it had made £75 which is kind of what I was expecting.
Unless you are prepared to ship abroad, watch your auction in the last few minutes because you may get some newbie who doesnt understand trying to bid from abroad, I cancelled 2 bids in the last 30 seconds, the last of which was 5 seconds before close.
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02 November 2004, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mannyo
Just sold my 1st item on a 10 day auction, I had 1 bid early on and in the last 2 days I had quiet a few. A good thing to keep an eye on is the number of watchers tracking the item in "my ebay".
Regarding price, what I did was set the starting price at a level I was prepared to accept as a minimum, in this case it was £40, by auction close it had made £75 which is kind of what I was expecting.
Unless you are prepared to ship abroad, watch your auction in the last few minutes because you may get some newbie who doesnt understand trying to bid from abroad, I cancelled 2 bids in the last 30 seconds, the last of which was 5 seconds before close.
Regarding price, what I did was set the starting price at a level I was prepared to accept as a minimum, in this case it was £40, by auction close it had made £75 which is kind of what I was expecting.
Unless you are prepared to ship abroad, watch your auction in the last few minutes because you may get some newbie who doesnt understand trying to bid from abroad, I cancelled 2 bids in the last 30 seconds, the last of which was 5 seconds before close.
02 November 2004, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by mannyo
because you may get some newbie who doesnt understand trying to bid from abroad, .
02 November 2004, 07:18 PM
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Bodgery,this is what i do.
Say i want to sell an item and the lowest i'll accept is £90 i put the reserve at £90 but the starting price at say £30.
That way it attracts bids mainly because of the low starting bid.Lots of bids makes people interested and gives them confidence therefore getting you a better price.
Better than starting the biddding at 90.
Say i want to sell an item and the lowest i'll accept is £90 i put the reserve at £90 but the starting price at say £30.
That way it attracts bids mainly because of the low starting bid.Lots of bids makes people interested and gives them confidence therefore getting you a better price.
Better than starting the biddding at 90.
02 November 2004, 07:38 PM
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You'll be surprised just how thick some people are too.
You can have 2 identical adverts except for one being an auction with a low starting price and no reserve and the other a fixed price buy it now.
Both adverts are next to each other in the listings and the auction advert price goes above what they could have bought it for immediately, days earlier!!
Some people just love to win.
You can have 2 identical adverts except for one being an auction with a low starting price and no reserve and the other a fixed price buy it now.
Both adverts are next to each other in the listings and the auction advert price goes above what they could have bought it for immediately, days earlier!!
Some people just love to win.
02 November 2004, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoon
You'll be surprised just how thick some people are too.
You can have 2 identical adverts except for one being an auction with a low starting price and no reserve and the other a fixed price buy it now.
Both adverts are next to each other in the listings and the auction advert price goes above what they could have bought it for immediately, days earlier!!
Some people just love to win.
You can have 2 identical adverts except for one being an auction with a low starting price and no reserve and the other a fixed price buy it now.
Both adverts are next to each other in the listings and the auction advert price goes above what they could have bought it for immediately, days earlier!!
Some people just love to win.
02 November 2004, 08:23 PM
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These auctions always amaze me.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...281029944&rd=1
The winner of this will save about £4......
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...281029944&rd=1
The winner of this will save about £4......
02 November 2004, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
I hate buy it now options,it just takes the fun out of it.
Buy it now works for me like my cream does on my genital warts.
Auctions are a waste of valuable time.
02 November 2004, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by paulr
These auctions always amaze me.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...281029944&rd=1
The winner of this will save about £4......
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...281029944&rd=1
The winner of this will save about £4......
3.75 for posting - so royal mail can tell you where they lost it
03 November 2004, 01:40 PM
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and ebay have changed the rules so that you cannot cancel an auction in the last 12 hours if it has bids on it. this is to stop people selling things without reserve then cancelling in the last 5 minutes when it wasn't to their liking.
03 November 2004, 01:53 PM
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should be carefull of the above though...if someone screws me with a pulled item when i would have got it cheap i have other loggins to screw them right back with daft bids on items etc...be carefull.
03 November 2004, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
3.75 for posting - so royal mail can tell you where they lost it
"uhh not sure mate" is the answer i usually get
04 November 2004, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel
Mannyo, how do you know if a bidder is from abroad?
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