PECKING.....An ebay art form?

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:09 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:I still kick myself for the one book that got a way...a solid, beautiful Amazing Spidey #94 that was a strict 9.4, and it sold for $15....and NM Guide at the time was $60. It was, I think, the first book I ever sold in those halcyon early days of eBay.

Man, was I *SQUEE*. Clearly, it bothers me even to this day, cause I've never gotten over it.

But hey, that's the worst example I can think of, so I guess I was doing ok.

NO WAY!

Actually, don't feel too rotten, it CGC'd at a 9.2, so it's not all that bad.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:38 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:I still kick myself for the one book that got a way...a solid, beautiful Amazing Spidey #94 that was a strict 9.4, and it sold for $15....and NM Guide at the time was $60. It was, I think, the first book I ever sold in those halcyon early days of eBay.

Man, was I *SQUEE*. Clearly, it bothers me even to this day, cause I've never gotten over it.

But hey, that's the worst example I can think of, so I guess I was doing ok.

NO WAY!

Actually, don't feel too rotten, it CGC'd at a 9.2, so it's not all that bad.

Dick.

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:25 pm

Bird watching............Bidder #7.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=018

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:30 pm

UH... $201 for a full set of Rai 0 - 33 and the high bidder's highest bid was never breached?

It might be time to list my complete Rai run.

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:43 pm

Yeah with 7+ hours of pecking left to go.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:47 pm

Zero wrote:
I don't agree with reserves at all. Start it at .99 cents & let it go where it's meant to go.

Exactly. The lower the opening bid the better.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:57 pm

Tim Petty wrote:
Zero wrote:
I don't agree with reserves at all. Start it at .99 cents & let it go where it's meant to go.
Exactly. The lower the opening bid the better.

Only works where there is an active market. Clearly we have one here.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:59 pm

Chiclo wrote:UH... $201 for a full set of Rai 0 - 33 and the high bidder's highest bid was never breached?

It might be time to list my complete Rai run.

Worst part is that it hit the privacy limit, so we cannot see who is bidding.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:27 pm

ckb wrote:
Tim Petty wrote:
Zero wrote:
I don't agree with reserves at all. Start it at .99 cents & let it go where it's meant to go.
Exactly. The lower the opening bid the better.
Only works where there is an active market. Clearly we have one here.

Why sell something that doesn't have an active market? I don't know about you, but I'd rather keep something than give it away on E-bay.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:28 pm

ckb wrote:
Chiclo wrote:UH... $201 for a full set of Rai 0 - 33 and the high bidder's highest bid was never breached?

It might be time to list my complete Rai run.

Worst part is that it hit the privacy limit, so we cannot see who is bidding.

Yeah, I really don't understand that feature...

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:29 pm

Zero wrote:
ckb wrote:
Tim Petty wrote:
Zero wrote:
I don't agree with reserves at all. Start it at .99 cents & let it go where it's meant to go.
Exactly. The lower the opening bid the better.
Only works where there is an active market. Clearly we have one here.
Why sell something that doesn't have an active market? I don't know about you, but I'd rather keep something than give it away on E-bay.

Agreed, but if I can set my price on eBay, even without an active market, eBay is still a good tool. "Auction" is not the only format...

I do pretty well selling stuff without an active market in my eBay store.

mobstirr · Post by **mobstirr** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:37 pm

eSnipe doesn't work for me at all! Something about eBay's "security features" always flags 'em as fraud access. Anyone know a way around it??

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:49 pm

i dont use snip much and i almost always get what i want
i just bid a odd amount (like 25.54 or somthing like that within the last few and normally get it. unless its way undervalued. a lot of times its just about whos bidding on stuff, but i win a lot of stuff for the exact amount i was willing to pay (and im cheep)

mobstirr · Post by **mobstirr** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:52 pm

Yeah, that's basically the same method I use. I just have the sinking suspicion that the snipers out there get stuff for way less than I do...

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:00 pm

mobstirr wrote:eSnipe doesn't work for me at all! Something about eBay's "security features" always flags 'em as fraud access. Anyone know a way around it??

I've never encountered that and have used eSnipe occasionally.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:01 pm

superman-prime wrote:i dont use snip much and i almost always get what i want
i just bid a odd amount (like 25.54 or somthing like that within the last few and normally get it. unless its way undervalued. a lot of times its just about whos bidding on stuff, but i win a lot of stuff for the exact amount i was willing to pay (and im cheep)

If you're bidding against Whovi, bid in increments ending in .30.

His bids all end in .29

And now he'll probably change that.

mobstirr · Post by **mobstirr** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:14 pm

Chiclo wrote:
superman-prime wrote:i dont use snip much and i almost always get what i want
i just bid a odd amount (like 25.54 or somthing like that within the last few and normally get it. unless its way undervalued. a lot of times its just about whos bidding on stuff, but i win a lot of stuff for the exact amount i was willing to pay (and im cheep)
If you're bidding against Whovi, bid in increments ending in .30.

His bids all end in .29

And now he'll probably change that.

LOL. Thanks for the tip!!!

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:17 pm

mobstirr wrote:eSnipe doesn't work for me at all! Something about eBay's "security features" always flags 'em as fraud access. Anyone know a way around it??

Ebay has been cracking down on third-party access. This has yet to effect any of my esnipes but ebay did force me to change my password which of course means changing your esnipe profile so that bids can be placed.

mramsterdam · Post by **mramsterdam** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:09 pm

I seen Ninjak art on Ebay.