05-22-2008, 04:41 PM
[quote The Grim Ninja]I would advise against ever using a reserve. Reserves just turn off buyers and will usually net an even lower price, wasting the listing.
If you want your item to sell for a certain price, list it Buy It Now at that price and be done with it. It'll either sell at a price you're comfortable with, or it won't sell. No worry about it going low.
I'm constantly telling people to do BIN listings, and they rarely do, then complain when they don't get what they wanted.
Yeah, I had actually set a BIN price, but as soon as somebody placed a bid, the BIN option disappeared. I learned after the fact that this is normal if no reserve price has been set. I don't really blame eBay...I just didn't educate myself enough prior to putting the iMac up on eBay.
Mea culpa on this one, unfortunately.
If you want your item to sell for a certain price, list it Buy It Now at that price and be done with it. It'll either sell at a price you're comfortable with, or it won't sell. No worry about it going low.
I'm constantly telling people to do BIN listings, and they rarely do, then complain when they don't get what they wanted.
Yeah, I had actually set a BIN price, but as soon as somebody placed a bid, the BIN option disappeared. I learned after the fact that this is normal if no reserve price has been set. I don't really blame eBay...I just didn't educate myself enough prior to putting the iMac up on eBay.
Mea culpa on this one, unfortunately.