The problem with a reserve auction is that many people will not bid on them.
I am one of those people. My reasons are two fold. The first is that I do
not know what the reserve is, I do not want to waste my time bidding on
something that I may not get, even if I am the high bidder. The second
reason is that I feel that the people who put a reserve on something have no
faith in the system. Also I have found that many people place a high reserve
price so that they don't really have to sell it. There is a reason that ebay
charges for reserve auctions now. I have sold many things on ebay and have
never set a reserve and have never been disappointed about how much I got
for something.
-Scott
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> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 3:35 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of DuoList
> Subject: [Duo] Re: FS: my powerbook 2400c on ebay ends in 3 hours.
> -- What is it worth?
>
> patience my man! wait until the last few hours of ebay auctions! that is
>
> when you can see the value increase before your eyes. many ebay bidders
> wait
> to close to closing before the bidding wars take place! someone might
> actually bid $2000 when there is only 2 min left on the ebay auction, so
> anyone that is interested who might not know that will bid that baby right
> UP
> there!
>
> it's fun to see how this works...but in the future ALWAYS put a reserve
> bid
> so that you are protected...thereby NOT having to sell for less than you
> consider it's worth!
>
> good luck!
>
> Alan
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