Ebay madness

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun Aug 5 13:21:19 2001

I know that and I've had one dumb-butt see a $6.99 starting bid and a $6.99
buy-it-now and STILL put a $6.99 bid on the regular way (duh). The only
thing I can think of that they would do this (other than stupidity) is to
delay the end of the auction so they have the money when the auction ends
later. Of course I closed the auction early as I wanted to move the
particular item(s) and wasn't concerned with further bids. I found that this
particular bidder was a deadbeat anyway as they had a rather high neg factor
(4 negs out of a feedback of 60) and 2 of those were within that same month,
so I was able to post non-paying-bidder early, then relist and get a real
bidder and the unti was closed, paid for, and shipped before the first
posting's regular auction date came up. It has it's advantages, for both the
buyer and seller, unless the seller is looking for a nut that wants
something so bad that an inflated buy-it-now will get them to bid & close.
That's when most buy-it-now auctions usually get deleted from a regular bid
being posted. Of course if there is a reserve and it isn't met, there could
be 1000 bids and the buy-it-now will still be open.

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard Erlacher
-> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:16 AM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Ebay madness
->
->
-> That "buy-it-now" mechanism doesn't really serve as a price cap.
-> I wish it
-> would, but ...
->
-> What happens is the "buy-it-now" option goes away once a bid, no
-> matter how low
-> or high, has been placed, and I've seen numerous things auction
-> off at prices
-> well above the "buy-it-now" price. Perhaps that would work
-> better if folks had
-> the option available until there was a bid above the
-> "buy-it-now" level, but
-> that's not the way it works.
->
-> Dick
->
-> ----- Original Message -----
-> From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
-> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
-> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 8:51 AM
-> Subject: RE: Ebay madness
->
->
-> > You pay your final value fee based on the closing auction
-> amount, not on
-> > what you discount it for. Granted the FVF system has a credit
-> system but you
-> > have to know it's there and go thru the motions with it. If
-> they put a crazy
-> > amount up in proxy then they should be prepared to pay
-> anything between the
-> > bottom and top of that. If you want a cap on price you can
-> also post it as a
-> > buy-it-now (same as beginning bid) and that way you tell them from the
-> > beginning that you just want that amount, not anymore than that.
-> >
-> > -> -----Original Message-----
-> > -> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> > -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Mike Ford
-> > -> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 1:41 AM
-> > -> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> > -> Subject: Re: Ebay madness
-> > ->
-> > ->
-> > -> >I actually posted my first object on ebay (YES ME!)
-> recently and I was
-> > -> >ashamed a service manual for a Heathkit signal generator
-> (1962) sold for
-> > -> >$17.50US.
-> > ->
-> > -> The important point is that you didn't want the manuals,
-> and someone who
-> > -> did now has them PLUS you get some compesation for the time and
-> > -> expense of
-> > -> shipping. You don't have to charge the person the full winning
-> > -> bid amount,
-> > -> several times I have informed winning bidders that the bid was
-> > -> too high and
-> > -> offered a lower price.
-> > ->
-> > -> If you want a simpler transaction just box up like items
-> and sell them a
-> > -> box at a time.
-> > ->
-> > ->
-> > ->
-> >
-> >
->
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Received on Sun Aug 05 2001 - 13:21:19 BST