Your experience with selling on e-bay?

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I'm selling a 24" BMX Cruiser there. Brand new it's >$500. I got it from a friend who is sponsored by the company for $100 but never rode it so am selling it starting @ $200.00. I haven't had any bids, but I have 15 "watchers" right now, with the auction ending in 1.5 days. I'm hoping the watchers will start bidding, but I dunno...does this usually happen to you guys?

I need some $$$$$!

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[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

If you have any friends with an ebay account, have them bid once or twice to entice the watchers...

I do it sometimes when items that should sell alot dont have a lot of bids coming into the final days...

 

[mramazingx 10+ year member]

unless you find a moron most people dont start bidding till around an hour or 2 left. That way the price doesnt get as high as it would.

i have around 40 feedback @ 100%...dont worry it will sell....

fyi for the future. start it at 99 cents and get someone else 2 bid on it for how much ever u want for it but dont make dem buy it( yes i know its called shill bidding stfu)...when u start it 4 more money they charge u money on top of the ending fee.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i have had that happen to me before, but i've also had people bid a few days into it also

 

[pitbull12888]

people usually wait till the last minute for most bigger stuff... ifs its something smaller with a cheap price then they might bid to where it goes up.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I always use reserve prices.

Never usually have a problem selling things, I usually get what I think the item is worth.

 

[lrgnation 10+ year member]

shell bidding for the win. Very illegal but cheaper than ebays lame fees.

 

[genxx 10+ year member]

Most people wait. I do the same thing unless is a super buy and they got buy it now with no bidding. I have used the buddy system to kick start my sells to. I wouldn't worry about it though.

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

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[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I've got a BIN price of $370. I should've posted this before putting it up on e-bay. Then I could've at least started low and set a good reserve. Lesson learned, I suppose.

34 hours and counting...

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

fyi for the future. start it at 99 cents and get someone else 2 bid on it for how much ever u want for it but dont make dem buy it( yes i know its called shill bidding stfu)...when u start it 4 more money they charge u money on top of the ending fee.

wow........that's an amazing idea! I can't believe I never thought of that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

wow........that's an amazing idea! I can't believe I never thought of that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

you aren't very smart our you?

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I'll just get my woman to bid on it.

She won't actually pay for it will she? I mean, I can act like she did if she were to accidentally win it, right?

E-bay's so weird, I just want to make sure they don't have any way to deter people from doing that.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I'll just get my woman to bid on it.
She won't actually pay for it will she? I mean, I can act like she did if she were to accidentally win it, right?

E-bay's so weird, I just want to make sure they don't have any way to deter people from doing that.

I'm sure they actually encourage shill bidding

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I'm sure they actually encourage shill bidding

Reading Comprehension > you

I was asking, what deterrent do they have to make sure that a bidder pays for an item. Is it not up to the seller to make a report if the item is not paid for?