Topic: People who put a reserve on Ebay auctions
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 started this discussion 6 years ago #92,841
Fuck you. Instead of wasting people's time with a reserve price, just start the bidding at whatever the lowest amount is that you'll part with it. I hate that reserves are even an option, no one likes that shit.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,052,217
Agreed.
Killer Lettuce? !HonkUK.BIE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,219
Dodongdo
Dark !HLa610O9S2 joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,222
Agree. What is the point of an auction with a reserve? It's not really an auction then, is it?
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,223
Yeah it's gay. If you have a price you're set on getting, just sell it for that price.
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 14 minutes later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,228
@1,052,222 (Dark !HLa610O9S2)
I guess the logic is the lower starting bid attracts more attention to your listing, but that just feels misleading to me. Also, apparently in the olden days of Ebay, reserve listings were cheaper in the event of the item not selling. But it seems to be the opposite nowadays, costing an extra $5 on top of the standard fees just to have a reserve price: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4364
I guess the logic is the lower starting bid attracts more attention to your listing, but that just feels misleading to me. Also, apparently in the olden days of Ebay, reserve listings were cheaper in the event of the item not selling. But it seems to be the opposite nowadays, costing an extra $5 on top of the standard fees just to have a reserve price: https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/fees-credits-invoices/selling-fees?id=4364
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 30 seconds later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,229
Dark !HLa610O9S2 replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,230
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 48 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,239
Cause it should e an outright auction and if the item is worth 500 dollars people should be able to get it for a penny.
Dodongo !ZQvsveEcD6 (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,242
@previous (F)
No, you're missing the point. Instead of starting an auction at a penny with a $50 reserve, they should just start the auction at $50.
No, you're missing the point. Instead of starting an auction at a penny with a $50 reserve, they should just start the auction at $50.
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,052,288
I don't understand auctions that also have a Make Offer button. Am I meant to offer less than the opening bid or more? If I offer less, does the guy say, "hey shithead, you didn't even offer as much as the opening bid, fuck off" and if I offer more, does the guy say, "dumbass, why'd you offer more than what I would have taken?"