[Milsurplus] Reserve

[Peter Gottlieb]

Their playground, their rules. Seems to work for many people, others like hamfests, these lists, giving stuff away, or all of the above. eBay and all of the above, optimize to what best suits your fancy. Pick your battles, can't boil the ocean. 


Peter

On Jun 13, 2012, at 2:12 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> ==============
> 
> 
> 
>> 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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