I hate when people put this in their E-bay ad, then put a really high starting bid. Especially when they repeat it over and over: "This is offered at NO RESERVE!!!! No Reserve at All! You heard it right, NO RESERVE!!!! YOU BID, YOU BUY, NO RESERVE!!!!" But somehow I can't bid $500 for that '88 Mustang LX 5.0 because you have a starting bid of $8500!!! That my friend is a reserve price. Starting Bid = Reserve. Semantics, just semantics.
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June 3, 2009 2:09 p.m. pinchvalve UltraDork
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June 3, 2009 4:05 p.m. Mental UberDork
Wait a minute, peaple are selling things use human engineering to get us to look?
When did this start happening?
Shenanigans!
(I keed I keed)
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June 3, 2009 7:37 p.m. TJ Reader
I like it that way better than a reserve - at least you know what the price is. And you know not to waster your time putting in a $500 bid to find that the reserve is not met because it is at $8500.
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June 4, 2009 7:32 a.m. rl48mini New Reader
the other one I love is the really low-ball buy it now price with a flat $XX.xx shipping charge..
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June 5, 2009 2:21 p.m. spitfirebill HalfDork
I pretty much just hate ebay now. The last few things I have bought were absolute crap. To try and return them wasn't worth the effort or cost. For a long time it was quite pleasable buying stuff.
The thing I really hate is.... WOW!!!! LOOK!!!!!
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June 5, 2009 2:26 p.m. ClemSparks UberDork
I haven't sold anything on ebay in over a year now. My theory, though, was that you get the highest price for something by getting bids as early as possible. Therefore, anything of mine was listed without a reserve and a $1 (or one penny, even) starting bid.
Because of all those people that just HAVE to be the highest bidder before they fall asleep (or otherwise spend time away from hitting the refresh button on their browser every 17 seconds), this seems to be a very effective tactic.
Clem
