Christiane Roh <rohcris@vtx.ch> writes: > Le 27.8.2002 4:49, « Rev. Sidney Flack » <sgflack@prodigy.net> a écrit : > > > The important things when sell are to have very clear photographs of our sale > > items, including close ups of any particular flaws you mention in the auction > > text, and not to start with too high an opening bid. Don't make the starting > > bid what you really want for it. This frees people up to begin the processes. > > I've never sold anything on Ebay, but I've already bought a little thing > from it and followed auctions concerning view cameras there for a long time. > So I'd add that you can add a "reserve" on your item, if that help you free > your mind and put a lower bid entry : a reserve means that unless the biding > get to that price, you won't sell it. I think (but I'm not sure) that you > can decide to lower the reserve before the end of the auction (but I'm not > sure of that).. Anyway, if you don't want to sell cheap, it's a good option. Except that many people, like me, consider a hidden reserve as essentially fraudulent, and won't deal with reserve auctions. If I *really* want to participate, I'll email and ask what the reserve is. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info
