12 hours left in TiBook auction. No bids. 28 watchers. Bad?

[thermarest]

ditto. I just started an auction for a thousand-dollar lens at $1, no reserve,

[ArtP]

Yep, the high starting price was a killer, BUT you have one bid now. I think you will do okay.

As others have said, if you started low, you would get get more action and sometimes bidders get into a battle (I bid this 28 times since .99¢, I'm not gonna let Joe Bidder beat me now......, I'll go $650, well no more than $700, etc).

28 watchers (hopefully not everyone here on the forum) is a good sign (I hope).

9 hours left, we'll all be pulling for ya.

Here's the auction for those who are interested:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170098127740

[jimbrady]

Thanks for all the goodwill. I'm glad the bidding has begun since I really didn't feel like re-listing and waiting more on this sale.

[Harbourmaster]

I have been noticed this trend and have been moving towards shorter 5 day auctions (instead of 7) because of it.

If I have something really unusual that I think would benefit from the extra exposure then I pony up the 70 cents and list it for 10 days.

[Billybob]

So, what did you get?

[jimbrady]

90 minutes left.

[dotman]

$620. not bad.

dot.

[jimbrady]

Yeah--not crazy about the buyer, though. 95.1% positive. It'll have to do. Any words of caution re: shipping to skeezy buyers?

[Carm]

Negative feedback rating
Reply by epsilon_009: All i have to say to u is that u are an ingrate!

Reply by epsilon_009: a -ve for an item u didn't pay for. Yet you are complaining. why? Just shut up?

Seems like a seller that is tired of dealing with stupid people. Both complaints mention high shipping. Its not like the seller was hiding the shipping charges. Jeez

Carm

[Grateful11]

[quote jimbrady]Yeah--not crazy about the buyer, though. 95.1% positive. It'll have to do. Any words of caution re: shipping to skeezy buyers?
Do not ship to an Unconfirmed Address no matter what excuse the buyer gives you. It's
easy enough to Confirm an address but there are some that know they have you if you
ship to an Unconfirmed one.