[Milsurplus] Reserve

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Wed Jun 13 14:12:47 EDT 2012


Sellers have two bites at this apple:

Setting a higher starting bid.
Setting a reserve.

My understanding is that eBay charges a listing fee somehow proportional
to either.

If a seller decides to be cheap and not use either option, he has to live
with the outcome.

-John

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> The first time you sell something for $.99 and then spend hours total in
> communicating, packing, and taking to shipper, when you'd prefer to
> just sell for any price at a hamfest, or even give it away locally to
> someone who admires it, then you understand one use for the reserve
> price. Because at $.99 sell price, you're performing a charity, and not
> for a recipient of your own choice.
> -Hue Miller
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