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<p>[QUOTE="xCoin-Hoarder'92x, post: 2862125, member: 72758"]Ebay has done this to me too. I have been selling things since about 5 years ago. Seems like there are small periods of time through the year when less buyers are looking at my items or maybe those certain buyers in the market for the items have already acquired the item when I listed it... Multiple factors. But I do have a new theory nowadays that most ebayers actually prefer the Buy It Now function rather than worrying about being overbid on items. Things like their own schedules, work times or even sleep times could have a significant effect on successfully receiving bids. 2-5 years ago I'd always receive a bid shortly after listing something.. however now it is about maybe a 20-40% rate of actually getting a bid within a week on items I list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to go too off topic (this isn't about a coin) there was a video game that we had in the house for years, sealed brand new. Some of that exact one sold for between $140-$170 in plastic wrapping, we started the bid on our game for $120. It sat for 2 weeks. No sale. Days later someone listed the same game sealed for $159.99 Buy It Now (while our listing is STILL UP!), and sold almost immediately. At the time we thought there was no excuse why ours did not sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just something to think about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="xCoin-Hoarder'92x, post: 2862125, member: 72758"]Ebay has done this to me too. I have been selling things since about 5 years ago. Seems like there are small periods of time through the year when less buyers are looking at my items or maybe those certain buyers in the market for the items have already acquired the item when I listed it... Multiple factors. But I do have a new theory nowadays that most ebayers actually prefer the Buy It Now function rather than worrying about being overbid on items. Things like their own schedules, work times or even sleep times could have a significant effect on successfully receiving bids. 2-5 years ago I'd always receive a bid shortly after listing something.. however now it is about maybe a 20-40% rate of actually getting a bid within a week on items I list. Not to go too off topic (this isn't about a coin) there was a video game that we had in the house for years, sealed brand new. Some of that exact one sold for between $140-$170 in plastic wrapping, we started the bid on our game for $120. It sat for 2 weeks. No sale. Days later someone listed the same game sealed for $159.99 Buy It Now (while our listing is STILL UP!), and sold almost immediately. At the time we thought there was no excuse why ours did not sell. Just something to think about.[/QUOTE]
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