Re: FA: GO8 XY monitor bench tested...

I did have an opening bid of $300US which I thought was a reasonable
minimum I would part for this monitor (slight burn).. then, like an idiot,
I took it off to try and spur bidding...

I'm only ticked off with myself. The fellow that bought it did well.
Certainly not his fault! Twas mine and mine alone.

Sigh...I really did know better...

John :-#)#

At 09:10 PM 15/10/2002 -0500, solarfox@texas.net wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:28:29 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=722376520
> >
> >Sigh, $147.50US...I'll never sell another XY monitor that's for sure. The
> >parts are worth far more than that.
>
> Actually, all you need to do is take into account the
> peculiarities of
>eBay's bidding system next time you list something like this.
>
> Remember: unlike voice auctions, where whatever dollar figure you
> call
>out becomes the current bid price, eBay only ups your bid to the minimum
>amount necessary to beat the other guy. (Basically, it's acting as a proxy
>on your behalf, authorized to bid up to X amount.) So, the winning bidder
>in your auction may well have typed in $300 as his bid, but since the guys
>bidding against him dropped out at $145, eBay's computers only upped the
>bid by $2.50 -- the minimum necessary to win the auction -- and call that
>the highest bid. Hence, you (as the seller) end up getting lowballed.
>
> Next time, either set your minimum starting bid to whatever you think
>your acceptable minimum is, or set a reserve price so you're not obligated
>to sell it if the bid doesn't get as high as you want. (If you go the
>latter route, though, be sure to say what your reserve is somewhere in your
>listing; a lot of bidders get frustrated when they can't figure out what
>the seller's "real" minimum is.)
>
> It's also entirely likely that the people bidding on this item were
>factoring shipping costs into their calculations when deciding how much
>they were willing to pay for it, since a 60lb package from Canada to the
>U.S. isn't exactly cheap no matter how you slice it. :)
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Received on Tue Oct 15 22:14:12 2002