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Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:41:48 GMT
Reply-To: 
lpieniazek@novera{spamcake}.com
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Scott-A wrote:


My only reservation about all this is the starting price. I'd feel a lot
better if they started at, or below, the BB price -then the market really
could decide the price. However, setting the starting price is the sellers
privilege.

Right. I set the starting price where I do because that's the minimum
I'll take to walk up buyers. If they go unbid, they go unbid, so the
market still has a chance to speak to me (and further, I get punished
because I have to pay the listing fee anyway, sold or not, and I pay
more to list at 30 than I do at 1 dollar)

Seriously, if I ended up not selling any more than I have so far that's
OK with me, they're worth 30 each to me.

--
Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com  http://my.voyager.net/lar
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  Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
 
So does that mean that it would be worth it for you to just sell me one or two of them for $30 each (that way you'd get even more than you'd get on ebay--of course I know they are going for more than that..but they are worth 30 dollars to you) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
 
(...) Where a finite supply of the set exists. Buying a considerable proportion of that item makes them rarer, and therefore forces the price up. So buy making a the "large purchase" the market value of the item is increased. I suppose the word (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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