[Coco] Re: Barden's Assem book

Kevin Diggs kevdig at hypersurf.com
Mon Jul 5 20:54:46 EDT 2004


Hi,

Mine still has the Radio Shack price sticker on it. It reads $6.95.
Will this make it worth extra money on the red hot coco item black
market?

kevin

jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

>

> EBAY Listing Charges are based on the opening bid and/or the

> reserve. If you list at $0.99 and have a reserve price of $4.00 then

> the listing fee is based on $4.00 and not the $0.99.

>

> If sold, then EBAY gets a piece of the final sale price.

>

> What gets me is that he wants $23.00 to buy it out right! I don't

> recall but I think it did not sell for that brand new???

>

> I could see $4 if in very excellent condiction. But from his

> description, I serviously doubt that it is in very excellent condition.

>

> james

>

> On 5 Jul 2004 at 14:19, KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:

>

> From: KnudsenMJ at aol.com

> Date sent: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:19:35 EDT

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> > In a message dated 7/5/04 8:28:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

> > mannslists at invigorated.org writes:

> >

> > > That might be true, but I don't know of anyone who would bid on it

> > > starting at $4.00. If he wanted $4.00 out of it, he should have

> > > used a reserve price or something.

> >

> > ISTR that eBay charges the seller more, and/or docks some of the

> > seller's features and privileges, if he sets a Reserve. For a small

> > item like this, a reserve isn't worth the bother.

> >

> > Besides, if I see something I really want, my first bid is close to

> > the maximum that I'm willing to pay for it. Not only is this the

> > "mature" way to handle an e-auction, but such "advance sniping"

> > discourages a lot of other bidders, as they keep putting in low bids

> > and seeing themselves instantly outbid

> >

> > Yes, it *is* a recommended eBay tactic to list a very lowball starting

> > bid, to suck people in and get the ball rolling. This seller chose to

> > start the bidding at something like what the item is worth. Betcha he

> > gets lots more. Only when the starting bid exceeds the fair market

> > value should proctological actions that invalidate the usage of solar

> > batteries be recommended :-) --Mike K.

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