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Re: Bulk Listings On Ebay
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lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:04:32 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> > I'll be so bold as to assume that you were referring to the batch of my
> > auctions that ended on the 12th, based solely on the date and number of
> > auctions that I had closing at the same time.
> > ...
> > And it is my belief that doing it this way actually aids those people
> > looking to save money on shipping, as they can see when browsing that I
> > usually have a large selection of pieces all ending at the same time.
> 
> I saw these auctions when they ran, and even though I wanted
> some of the pieces I didn't bid because of the ending time.
> 
> Oftentimes I don't know what I'll bid on beforehand.  If I win one
> auction, I may want another set of pieces from another auction to
> compliment it.  In those cases I won't bid on the second item until
> I know that I won the auction for the first item.
> 
> Things also depend on the ending price.  If I won an auction for
> less than I expected, then I might go ahead and bid on something
> that I would have normally ignored.
> 
> Finally, there's the issue of shipping.  Even if you're not a
> sniper, you may still want to increase your bid at the end of the
> auction (just like a real auction -- everyone doesn't drop a bid
> into a hat beforehand and hope that theirs is highest).  I'm
> not going to bid on items that will cost me more to ship than
> the items themselves unless I can ensure that I win enough auctions
> to make it worthwhile.  In many cases bidding an extra $2.00 to
> win an item is still cheaper because shipping costs were defrayed
> by another auction.
> 
> Can't "Mister Lister" put a one minute delay between auctions?
> Otherwise I'll just keep ignoring them...

I think the only way is to submit the bundles in smaller amountsand wait a few
minutes between each upload,that woul do it.

> Chris (who hopefully made sense but isn't feeling particularly
>       lucid tonight).
> 
> --
> Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal
> reply.



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(...) I saw these auctions when they ran, and even though I wanted some of the pieces I didn't bid because of the ending time. Oftentimes I don't know what I'll bid on beforehand. If I win one auction, I may want another set of pieces from another (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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