X-Men #4

[maggy]

Am I off target on this auction ?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32747&item=2215034564

 

 

[Bonds25]

Looks good to me. Only suggestion I'd make is to put CGC 5.0 in the title instead of just CGC 5

[DDPGambit]

That's a very nice book...I might have to bid!

[sandman-migration]

i'm watching your auction. do you ship outside US and Canada? i'm from Singapore and may bid for it.

 

PS: i'm also trying to complete my full run of X-Men...

[OldGuy]

Why a private auction?

[drbanner]

Why a private auction?

 

 

Perhaps in order to dissuade the Thrill/Joy-Bidders that are generally attracted to books of this nature. Also, they are used in order to preserve the integrity of the auction for the well-intending bidders, and they sure do ensure bidder/winner confidentiality. Of course everyone may bid in a Private Auction where only the Seller views the Bidder's names (as in most Professional Online Auctions), but it does help to eliminate the incentive to place bids merely to bolster ones bidding status and bidder record.

 

There may be other reasons for private auctions as well...

[maggy]

I've found in the past that bidders sometimes prefer to be anonymous. It makes for a cleaner auctions.

[drbanner]

Your auction looks fine, are you asking about being "off-target" on the price?

 

I don't think buyer's worry too much about remaining anonymous, that's why many have multiple accounts. Generally speaking, private auctions raise flags to prospective buyers as in "What's the seller trying to hide?", although your feedback is not hidden so people can see who have bought your items previously. Some sellers run private auctions, have private feedback, making it difficult to "spread the word" about their shady selling practices (like, for example, undisclosed restoration).

[maggy]

Yes, mainly the price, but also the layout. I hadn't thought about it that. Maybe I shouldn't make auctions private in the future.

[Timely]

Yes, mainly the price, but also the layout. I hadn't thought about it that. Maybe I shouldn't make auctions private in the future.

 

I am always suspicious of private auctions and have never bid on them. Makes me think the seller is bidding on his own stuff with another account.

 

Timely

[maggy]

Thanks, that's a good point. No more private auctions.

[OldGuy]

Thanks, that's a good point. No more private auctions.

 

[Red Hook]

Besides, if the auction is private, how can I experience the immense thrill of bidding on items I can't really afford, gaining a public reputation as a BSD, and breathing the thin air of the mountain top?

 

 

 

....right.

[Kermit]

Besides, if the auction is private, how can I experience the immense thrill of bidding on items I can't really afford, gaining a public reputation as a BSD, and breathing the thin air of the mountain top?