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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1433881, member: 37498"]I hear ya. If you want to start it for something other than $0.99, then start it for somewhere between $0.99 and what you figure it will sell for. But not 20% over what they've been selling for. How hard is it to search completed listings? (That's the poorman's version of the Redbook/Grey Sheet)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing I hate is reserve prices. Don't do a reserve price. Instead, start the auction at what would have been your reserve price. I don't know how many times I've bid $50 on a $0.99 item with a reserve price and nobody else bids on it, so it never reaches the reserve price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I list all of my auctions starting at $0.99. It attracts more bidders and for some people, once they bid on an item, it's already theirs in their mind. When someone outbids them, they say to themself "Oh no you don't, that's mine!"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1433881, member: 37498"]I hear ya. If you want to start it for something other than $0.99, then start it for somewhere between $0.99 and what you figure it will sell for. But not 20% over what they've been selling for. How hard is it to search completed listings? (That's the poorman's version of the Redbook/Grey Sheet) Another thing I hate is reserve prices. Don't do a reserve price. Instead, start the auction at what would have been your reserve price. I don't know how many times I've bid $50 on a $0.99 item with a reserve price and nobody else bids on it, so it never reaches the reserve price. I list all of my auctions starting at $0.99. It attracts more bidders and for some people, once they bid on an item, it's already theirs in their mind. When someone outbids them, they say to themself "Oh no you don't, that's mine!"[/QUOTE]
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