I don't understand ebay and its people

That is how I bought it. As a cull.

 

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I don't understand ebay as well. I listed a graded coin for 2.00 with 3 shipping and the exact same coin was ending at the same time at 6.00 and 4 dollar shipping. 6 bids mine didn't get a single bid.

 

That's weird . . . can you send the URL' of the two auctions? Perhaps someone here can shed some insight . . . (and, in any event, I'm curious)

 

It is nice to see that your time is valued at $0.00/hr. Assuming that you took 30 minutes on this whole thing, you're still not making minimum wage.

 

hmm

All of this for literallry a buck or two....why bother. You listed it, accepted the bid, & now questioning why an ebayer would pay that much.
You accepted the purchase price so let it go. Do you feel guilty? I would!

cheers

 

1) how's your FB?
2) what categories did he list under?

 

Where in this thread did I say that I don't place a value on my time? I simply stated that I think Ebay's fees are too high. I'm not the one in this thread claiming to have done well by having sold an Indian Cent for four bucks.

 

Oops, I responded to the wrong person. I meant to respond to the author of this thread. Sorry.

 

I was just surprised to see how much it went for

 

I don't understand why anyone would go through the trouble and time to list a $2 item on Ebay.

 

Yeah, if you like sub-minimum wages.

I have a bunch of "stuff" like this--it's called my junk box.

Wanna sell 'em for me?

 

Why the surprize. On ebay people bid on half eaten food, empty plastic bottles, used diapers, piles of dirt, so what is wrong with bidding on a coin? And coin? Anything?

 

I'd guess someone that was new at collecting and needed to fill a hole or perhaps a speculator hoping for an overdate.

 

I've been a PowerSeller on eBay for a couple of years so let me see if I can take a crack at the $2+3 vs $6+4 prices.

First as others have pointed out feedback can play a part as can the quality of the pictures and even the time of day that the items are ending. There are also time durations. Then there's eBay's "Best Match" search which can really screw up the order that items are shown. Being a Top Rated seller helps but is no guarantee you'll have visibility.

I've sold thousands of items on eBay and sometimes price is not everything. I had an item sit on eBay in the $3 price range for about 2 years. One day I jacked it to $7 and 2 months later it sold. Now did someone assume that at $3 my item was not legit or of low quality? Maybe. Or maybe it was just an item with a very small number of people interested in it, and I just had to way 2 years and 2 months for him to come along and buy it. I've had $80 items I have put on sale for $64 for two weeks. Then 2 days after the sale ends I've had it sell for $80. So again, it was a matter of having buyers at the right place and the right time.

For auctions I've sold identical items and watched the same items being bid up to double what I was hoping it would end at, while the other sold at less than half my hopeful price. Same seller, same description, same picture...just somehow different. The bidding war factor can play a part for sure.