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    High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Scott Arthur
    (...) Has any one any thought on what works best between: 1. Starting auction at $0.01 but placing a higher resrve. 2. Or starting the same lot at the high resreve. Just wondering I tend to construct my auctions in a way that makes sure that the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
   
        Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Jan-Albert van Ree
     Scott A schreef: (...) I usually start an auction at about 1/2 to 2/3 of the price I need to make... that usually works fine. Some of my past auctions for Shell mini promo's only got $1 while they cost me $1.35 O well, too bad for me I guess. (it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
    
         Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Frank Filz
     (...) Were you selling these one set per lot? If so, it wouldn't surprise me that you wouldn't get many bids. I tend to ignore auctions for a single small set, or any auction which my expected value is under $10 or so (unless the seller is someone I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
    
         Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Jan-Albert van Ree
     Frank Filz schreef: (...) Usually I sold them per theme (3 town, 3 fright knights etc) , and usually it worked out very well... Indeed, postage is usually just as expensive as the entire lot. I currently have one auction with all 10 mini's, but it's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
    
         Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Scott Arthur
      (...) I found this in the past to. BST posts atract little interest, but when it goes on ebay, AFOLS treat it different. Perhaps it is the picture etc which helps? Scott A (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
    
         Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Todd Lehman
     (...) By their very nature of bidder competition and visible urgency, auctions always obtain higher prices than straight sales or trades. (Well, almost always.) It's just the nature of auctions, and one of the main reasons why auctions are so (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
    
         Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —Scott Arthur
      Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:Ft0Lvu.F1J@lugnet.com... (...) eBay (...) far (...) said (...) it (...) which (...) I suppose it depends on the buyer. I know what I want, and, to a certain extent, what it is worth to me. The (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
   
        Re: High Starting Price, or High Reserve - Which is Best? (was Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay) —John Hadd
   (...) From my experience at Ebay,I have followed one piece of advice they offer,I usually start my auction at the lowest reasonable price I am willing to accept.I have sold nearly everything I posted the 1st time and if not I lower the bid and it (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
 

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