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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ConfederateHalf, post: 1230437, member: 27946&quot;]At one point I told this seller that if he has a hard time with the concept of something selling for a price he deems &quot;too low&quot; that he should simply use the reserve auction feature or sell his items as BIN&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure he did not care for that advice because buyers tend to shy away from those types of listings because there are no bargains to be found and because he, as the seller, would incur listing fees for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also told him that I too am a seller on eBay and asked him if he honestly believed he was the only seller who&#039;d ever lost money on an auction?&nbsp; He never answered that question.&nbsp; Instead, the guy acted like he was being uniquely persecuted or something by me for insisting that he honor the ending auction price.&nbsp; It was surreal.... </p><p><br /></p><p>You know, I once sold over $100.00 worth of luxury bedding items on ebay for the grand sum of $0.99 when the auction ended without competitive bidding.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I shipped promptly - gave my buyer positive feedback for a good transaction - and did not rain on her parade with sour grapes about the low price I received.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my logic:&nbsp; I took the risk of a loss hoping that a bidding war would yield a good price.&nbsp; No bidding war developed and the lady who won the auction ended up being the sole bidder.&nbsp; Sure I was disappointed, but I did not blame the buyer, who I am sure was elated at the super bargain she had scored.&nbsp; Why should I steal her joy just because I rolled the dice and lost?</p><p><br /></p><p>I figure that if you are going to offer items below market value at auction hoping for a big score in a bidding war, then you must also be perfectly willing to allow a buyer to make a big score by getting the item with a really low bid price.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s only fair.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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