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Title: ebay listing help
Post by: DEViANCE on June 24, 2007, 08:23:22 AM
im selling 3 things on ebay at the mo

a bike, an old book and a PS2.

the book and bike have loads of watchers and views.

but the ps2 only has 1 watcher and not many views.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZrobdavies99QQhtZ-1

can you see anything I cocked up on the listing? or is it just because there are thousands of ps2s for sale?
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: funkychicken9000 on June 24, 2007, 08:31:51 AM
Starting bid is a bit high.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: DEViANCE on June 24, 2007, 08:56:20 AM
doh! i dont think it will let me change it now.
Title: ebay listing help
Post by: knighty on June 24, 2007, 10:41:53 AM
you can.... I dont know how but you can... have seen it done loads of times :)
Title: ebay listing help
Post by: DEViANCE on June 24, 2007, 11:22:55 AM
Quote from: knightyyou can.... I dont know how but you can... have seen it done loads of times :)

i went to edit my listing bit but the starting big box is all faded out.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Rivkid on June 24, 2007, 11:40:57 AM
you cant because its the last day of bidding - you could have done yesterday.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on June 24, 2007, 13:17:51 PM
The way to get best sell price on eBay is to get people to put on the red mist; the way to do this is to get loads of bids by putting it starting at 2p. Youll get a least a dozen bids by dreamers and then people who are more serious will bid, attracted by the interest (people are bidding so it must be worth having, right?) Then hopefully youll get a few people who get an emotional attachment to the item because theyve bid several times and they dont like to lose face :lol:
You can always put a reserve price if youre worried about it selling for less than you want.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on June 24, 2007, 13:20:38 PM
I sold an electronic dartboard for 99p on that premise because some chancer came along and dropped in a bid last minute, grr. It was worth about £15
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: DEViANCE on June 24, 2007, 13:43:43 PM
its getting abit more interest now, i guess it has come onto one of the first pages in searches or somthing.

why do i always get the forign people bidding tho.

what is the cost to the post to the russia
please cost to post to bulgaria thanksyou

 :roll:
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Madrocker on June 24, 2007, 13:49:10 PM
lol :mrgreen:
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: neXus on June 24, 2007, 14:00:32 PM
Quote from: DEViANCEits getting abit more interest now, i guess it has come onto one of the first pages in searches or somthing.

why do i always get the forign people bidding tho.

what is the cost to the post to the russia
please cost to post to bulgaria thanksyou

 :roll:

Although a pain its a good thing :) find the cost, add a few pounds on top and they are none the wiser and you get a little petrol money for posting it etc.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on June 24, 2007, 14:23:52 PM
Until they say it hasnt arrived, or it doesnt work, or they want to pay via Western Union...

Bloody foreigners
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on June 24, 2007, 14:26:53 PM
Quote from: Clockd 0NeIt was worth about £15
But in that instance the market decided it wasnt. I could say that what I said above applies to things that people actually want to buy :lol: If you want to sell something like the latest model of mobile phone you cant lose, for sure.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Mongoose on June 24, 2007, 15:01:36 PM
Quote from: CeathreamhnanYou can always put a reserve price if youre worried about it selling for less than you want.

be careful with reserves on relatively cheap items though, in the film SLR section items with reserves almost never sell. This is because the minimum a reserve can be is £50, and since most of the items are worth that or less, the presence of a reserve means its not worth bidding.

Even on the better cameras which are actually worth £100+ its still unwise to put a reserve on, the dreamers and oppotunists wont bid if they know they arent going to get the "deal of a lifetime" they are after.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: DEViANCE on June 24, 2007, 15:04:46 PM
yay! everything is going to sell. hopefully the bike gets a few more bids, but im well chuffed with the books price.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on June 24, 2007, 16:12:42 PM
I didnt  know the minimum reserve was £50 admittedly.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Mongoose on June 24, 2007, 17:03:05 PM
Quote from: CeathreamhnanI didnt  know the minimum reserve was £50 admittedly.

yeah its a right pain that. The reserve is useful in high value things of course, but less than say £150-200 and youll be loosing bids over it. As always, its a gamble.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on June 24, 2007, 17:03:49 PM
Quote from: Ceathreamhnan
Quote from: Clockd 0NeIt was worth about £15
But in that instance the market decided it wasnt. I could say that what I said above applies to things that people actually want to buy :lol: If you want to sell something like the latest model of mobile phone you cant lose, for sure.

Maybe. I always assumed eBay was the market for anything though, one mans crap is another mans treasure  :lol:

The sort of items you sell no doubt command a premium.
Title: Re:ebay listing help
Post by: Ceathreamhnan on June 24, 2007, 19:57:54 PM
Earlier this year I sold some foglamps Id had for 15 years and never used for £37!