Help with ebay, please.

[stewey]

I set a really low price on an item with a 7 day auction. No bids have come in for 4 days now. I really don't want to sell the item for this low price: I was just trying to get people interested. Am I allowed to raise the minimum price so that I don't have to sell it really cheap if somebody bids at the last moment?

[Ethel]

Most bids come in in the last few minutes of the auction.

If your nerve won't hold you can cancel the listing and relist with a more realistic starting price.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/end_early.ht ml

Most of my listings start at 99p - it saves on fees. My items sell for over �100.

[baileybird]

change the reserve price before somebody bids as once they have bid you cannot amend it and you are bound to sell once it meets reserve theoretically.

[Ethel]

He hasn't put a reserve on the listing

[stewey]

Thanks for your reply, Ethel. You"re right: I'm getting a little "nervous". This is only my second transaction so I think cancelling wouldn't add to my reputation as a seller or buyer. As you say things can change quickly, My first item was listed for 99c and sold for $39. Thanks again.

[baileybird]

sorry Ethel - I misunderstood the question. I think I have lost the plot!

[stewey]

Baileybird, as Ethel says there is no reserve on it. Thanks for responding anyway.

[ACtheTROLL]

ethel now you've whetted my curiosity

what's your line - animal vegitable or mineral?

[Ethel]

Ac - as I could very easily be found by my sales line, there is no way I would tell anybody here. It's nothing personal, except to say if you needed the product you'd find me, if you didn't, you probably don't know it exists.

[ACtheTROLL]

no - agreed - I wouldn't expect you to name names.

just curious in very very general terms - assuming you're not the only supplier - electrical - artistic - garden - nothing more detailed

[Ethel]

A specialised market in health supplies. You either need it or you don't. :)

[ACtheTROLL]

strangely I've recently developed this embarassing itch ....

specialist medical - it's not daffodils (as in carry on nurse) is it?

[legendis.god]

stewey stay calm


if they want it they will come for it.

d th ?

[camioneur]

bloody expensive being poorly in your neck of the wood if it costs over �100 to stay healthy!

[camioneur]

stewy, it's only eBay. It's not bound by the law! They won't come and get you if you break the rules.

[ACtheTROLL]

sound advice cam - the world is a better place with you in it

shame you don't seem able to sleep

[Ethel]

I have taken ebay sellers to the County Court using the Small Claims' procedure many times, on my own behalf and assisting other buyers.

So yes, it is 'only eBay' but the consumer and contract laws still apply

[stewey]

........................must be a bit old-fashioned I suppose: I tend to adhere to guidelines, principles, rules, and regulations. Loosing sleep...nah: sleep like a Baybe.

[grasscarp]

Most bids come at the last minute, or even in the last few seconds. Do you have any watchers?

[Ethel]

I use tools such as JustSnipe, which puts the bid in at the last few seconds - no watching so the seller has no idea that I'm going to bid.

I think more bidders are doing the same now.,

[stewey]

I was watching the end of an auction last night, and the bids jumped up around $20 in the last minute....interesting! Yes, grass, I've got 2 'watchers'. If the starting price is 99c or p doesn't the first bid have to be higher than that?