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10-24-2007, 02:23 PM #1
Don't you hate it when...(eBay rant)
...you list an item with a low starting price - in this case $.99 - and you don't even get half the value of any of the most recent ended auctions...
Obviously its the risk you take with eBay and im happier with $74 than nothing at all. But I was hoping for closer to the $145 that the last similar item sold for.
Keep in mind Im not talking about a card or anything sports related.
Anyone else had a similar experience? Up till now Ive gotten what i was hoping for or MORE on the 15-20 auctions that Ive been the seller.
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10-24-2007, 02:52 PM #2
Yeah, eBay can be a fickle thing, at least with my experiences buying and selling cards...Sometimes there is absolutely no rhyme or reason as to what sells and what does not, or the prices therefor!
Tim
timbart824
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10-24-2007, 04:09 PM #3
I hear that. I may not sell they way I did this time. Normally I decide what I want for the item(within reason) and start the auction at about 50% of that and put a BIN for 5%-10% more than what Im hoping for. This time I started the auction at $.99 and let it ride. Needless to say I wont be doing that anymore. Even with the higher insertion fees Ive always come out better than this...
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10-24-2007, 04:14 PM #4
It can go the other way too.. I started a 2003 Hideo Nomo game used patch card (limited to 27 but not numbered) with a .99 cent bid a few years ago and a guy from LA and a guy from Japan went at it. When bidding between the two was all said and done...I got over $300 for it. I thought I would only get $25-50 max. A card that comes to mind was the '07 Topps Jeter w/ Mantle/Bush. If you got it up early, you made over $100 or more...a week later when people figured out it was common you couldn't get 1/5 that. But, many times i seem to never get what I expect on eBay, but I also buy a lot lower than I expect to most of the time
Don
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10-24-2007, 04:17 PM #5
I can understand that for cards, prices vary. The item in question is a tool though, which has a set price of $260. Last one sold for $145. Mine sold for $74. I've often wondered if it has something to do with when the item ends. My auction ended at 12:00pm. Maybe If I had started it at say...9pm(when it would have also ended) that would give more people at home - even on the west coast - a chance to bid. I had 17 people watching it, but only 4 bid. And there were, at the time it ended, no other auctions for the same item.
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10-24-2007, 04:27 PM #6
lol, yeah....thats a HUGE part of the problem!! gotta have your auctions end when people are actually gonna be awake or at home - weekends help alot too!!
there are ALOT of factors that go into how an item sells (titles, descriptions, sellers feedback, quality of pics, end times, etc).....thats why ebay "sell values" on cards can be a tricky thing!!
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10-24-2007, 04:42 PM #7
yep...I just realized, this is the FIRST auction ive listed while I was at work...listed it at exactly noon. Normally Im home, which is in the evening and sometimes on the weekend. So yeah, thats giving people more of a chance to bid, cuz we all know that noone really sets their "max" bid and just leaves it like they used to.
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10-25-2007, 11:06 AM #8
hehe, may not be such a big deal after all. The winning bidder doesn't have much feedback and he hasn't paid or contacted me about payment at all after I sent him an invoice. I have it clearly stated in all my auctions that payment is due within 48 hours. So maybe I'll just relist it on saturday night and see what happens
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10-25-2007, 11:32 AM #9
hehe, may not be such a big deal after all. The winning bidder doesn't have much feedback and he hasn't paid or contacted me about payment at all after I sent him an invoice. I have it clearly stated in all my auctions that payment is due within 48 hours. So maybe I'll just relist it on saturday night and see what happens
Good luck! Maybe you'll get more for it next time! ;)
Ashley=)
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10-25-2007, 01:40 PM #10
hehe, may not be such a big deal after all. The winning bidder doesn't have much feedback and he hasn't paid or contacted me about payment at all after I sent him an invoice. I have it clearly stated in all my auctions that payment is due within 48 hours. So maybe I'll just relist it on saturday night and see what happens
unfortunately, ebay makes you wait a certain period of time before filing a non-pay bidder dispute....can relist it, just wont get the chunk of change ebay took for a while.....good luck with it!!
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Originally Posted by protegeV 
