Ebay Sellers...Reserves too high!

[clarkkentdds]

Ok... Pet peeve #1- Ebay sellers that consistantly place items with unrealistic opening and reserve bids. I am sure you all can think of a few.

 

Water-Walker

Motor City

PCE

 

Are they happy to pay Ebay listing fees for books that never reach reserve?

 

[g-man]

sometimes u can generate business from the exposure of having it on ebay for a week's time. U can email the high bider or the forst 3 high bidders and try to work a deal out off ebay. Then it only costs u like $3-5 to post it and you make a sale w/o paying the final cost fees. It can be good business.

[clarkkentdds]

Check Water-Walker's track record... right now he's 0 for 50 (opening bids) ...Similar to his last group of books listed. A few months ago, I asked about his fee, and he wouldn't budge.

[scottish]

While I do post most of my items without reserves I can understand some don't want to sell their items at a loss so the reserve is at least what they paid for it. Then there are certainly some that like to make a bunch of profit.

[Rickdogg]

What I tend to do is hit the back button anytime I see names that I recognize as "insane sellers." I will keep this to myself because I am tired of dealing with disgruntled sellers.

[Bonds25]

Who knows. They're wasting their time, and our time. They always have nice books, but their prices are ridiculous.

[supapimp]

somebody will pay them, someone always does

[PovertyRow]

somebody will pay them, someone always does

 

Yep - and then you get a new sweep of high prices for a while until the followers diminsh or the price goes outside the bidder's purse. Then they slide back and OMG I am starting to sound like CI - and where IS he anyway? Can;t believe he actually left for good.

[murph0]

Although he did start his DD 16 9.4 out at like 350 dollars and it went to 1,500

 

Brian

[Tomega]

To be honest, I did not think Water Walker sold comics on Ebay - I thought he just liked posting stuff that almost nobody bids on. I am sure he is a reputable seller but he is just wasting money. He has 156 auctions in which 113 give or take do not have any bids ( some end on the 21st.) 70% of his comics have no takers - that is a lot of listing fees.

Tomega

[blowout]

I agree that motor city's reserves are nuts, but I have bought a few books from PCE that were pretty well priced.

The only way to protest against high reserves is not to bid on the books. Usually they will be relisted with a lower reserve. Sellers like comicgeek do this regularly.

[read_em-migration]

First book that popped into my head: Reynold Jay's Capt. Canuck # 1, CGC 10.0, listed 3 or 4 times at $10,000! His auction said "HISTORICAL OLD CGC 10.0 COMIC SETS RECORD!" I asked him what record it set, and he said it's the second oldest 10.0 in the world! Since when is second a record???

 

[Rickdogg]

Reynoldjay seems like a cool guy, but I just don't agree with some of his "business" practices. Whatever he has been doing seems to work, so more power to him.