Originally posted by: rickn
I always tell them if they email and ask
Originally posted by: Sundog
I always email and ask what the reserve is. 99% of the time I get an answer. Get over it...
Originally posted by: IBuyUFO
it's obviously too high if you don't want to tell what the reserved price is
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
ausm, what does your boyfriend say about it?
Originally posted by: PabloMartinez
You want to know what pisses ME off about ebay? Reserve prices. WTF? I don't bid on items with reserve prices because normally they are ridiculously high. Just be straightforward with people.
Originally posted by: ausm
I am trying to sell an Item on ebay and I get these morons e-mailing me asking me what my reserve price is?!?!?! WTF? if it was not a secret they would not hide it would they now!
Ausm
Originally posted by: DurocShark
That's the ONLY thing that pisses you off?!?!!
I put my truck rims on there last week. A few hours after posting, a guy bids the minimum, knocking my BIN off. Kool, since my minimum is the minimum I'm willing to take anyway.
I got no bids the rest of the auction, and last night, 10 hours before the auction ends, the fvcker retracted his bid.
WTF?
So now they didn't sell, and I'm out the fees. I'll relist, but that really pissed me off. I filed a complaint, like that means jack. :|
Originally posted by: Drujb
This is my feeling. I do NOT bid on items with reserve prices. You really do shy away a lot of people when you have an item for auction with a reserve price. If I'm really interested on an item, I will e-mail and ask. If they don't answer, that item will not be looked at again.
I've sold a couple of dozen items on ebay over the past couple of years. From my experience, if you have a somewhat item "in demand", have NO reserve price and a starting bid of $1 (or whatever).
Believe me, it usually goes for much more than you'd think. I had a less than 1 year old notebook with a $1 starting bid (no reserve price). The "street" value was about $800. The sucker went for $950. That's just one example.
Again, you can have a reserve price but the chances of your reserve being hit (people bidding on your item) are much lower.
Originally posted by: edro13
Always make your reserve like $100.02... so they bid in like $5 or $10 increments..![]()
Originally posted by: ausm
I am not willing to take the chance with an opening bid of a dollar with no reserve...would you bid on an auction that had no reserve but the opening bid was lets say 150 that would cover my reserve?
Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: PabloMartinez
You want to know what pisses ME off about ebay? Reserve prices. WTF? I don't bid on items with reserve prices because normally they are ridiculously high. Just be straightforward with people.
So you're philosophy, is that if I am trying to sell my item that is worth 150 bucks ,I should say fvck the reserve and let someone buy it for a lowball price?
You sir are a MORON!
Ausm