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Re: FA : Biggest ever palm tree lot?
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lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:58:46 GMT
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Scott-A wrote:

The surprise so far, in terms of hits - not bids, has been the 3 technic
turntables I have up for grabs - these too beat the 8880.

You'd be surprised.  I put up eight of the TIE-wing thingies (you know, the
6x6x2 inverse-slope things) expecting they'd fetch maybe $3 or $4--they went
for $16.

The Turkeys so far are the 5 auctions where I spelt LEGO wrongly:
See one of them here:

Ergh.  With all the posts in category 1186, I know that people search by
keywords.  You need LEGO and a few choice keywords that are accepted terms.
The place for cuteness is in the description itself--when I got witty in the
listing title, I got many fewer hits.

WIth all 72 auctions, I'm collecting my hit data, bid rate and bid
amount data... and will try to provoke some debate (informed or
otherwise) I publish it when the auctions end in a few days time.

Consider, too, the presentation (as I mentioned in an earlier post).  The
winning bidder on my lot of six Darth Mauls commented to the effect that the
description sealed the decision to bid:  "How could I resist A Fistful of
Mauls?"  I got a few others emails about that description too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=238826715

best,

Lindsay



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  Re: FA : Biggest ever palm tree lot?
 
Well all this chatter has meant that this lot is getting more hits than any of my other 71 auctions (3 times the average hits). It is even beating my 8880 - always a good crowd puller: (URL) surprise so far, in terms of hits - not bids, has been the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)

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