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You have a starting price of - say - 50p, and also a reserve price - say £5
Now to me, it seems logical that the reserve is going to be larger than the starting price, yes?
After all, if your starting price was the minimum you were willing to accept for the item, you wouldn't have a reserve on it, would you?
So why do people bid - once only - at the starting price?
At least try a bid of £1, y'know?!
Admittedly it's a bit iffy doing so to sell items outside of eBay, but if someone emails me and offers a Paypal payment to end the auction early and it's a good offer then usually I will. Got £30 for Brute Force that way *laughs*
> cookie monster wrote:
> Ive never had an auction cancelled on me. I would report them to
> ebay
> if it happened to me.
>
> I cancelled an auction once, with about 3 days to go - but there had
> been no bids, and someone offered me £300 cash for the item!
Yeah, its ok as long as no one has bid. What were you selling?
> Ive never had an auction cancelled on me. I would report them to ebay
> if it happened to me.
I cancelled an auction once, with about 3 days to go - but there had been no bids, and someone offered me £300 cash for the item!
> Well, my tactic of listing 36 various retro items
Ah, that reminds me - I have a stack of old C64 stuff to sort out and auction.
Plus (totally unrelated, I know) an old Hornby train set and some Babylon 5 Micro Machines.
Now, where did I put them...
> BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERY OTHER W***KER DOES AND IT F***ING WELL
> P***ES ME OFF.
You're saying you don't like that sort of thing or you do?
Instead, start the bidding at 50p and if it doesn't get over your minimum expectation, cancel the auction at the last minute.
Why?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERY OTHER W***KER DOES AND IT F***ING WELL P***ES ME OFF.