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Re: "Bundling" sets for auctions doesn't work well.
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Tue, 25 May 1999 00:14:54 GMT
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Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net> wrote:
> > Then again, the Launch Command triple pack I just auctioned off sold
> > for just over $36, which I consider to be a fairly low price
> > considering the fact that I've seen some people sell the largest set
> > in that pack for about that much, more than once.
> >
> > The 1967 went for around $26, about average based on what I've seen
> > them go for before. Luckily I still have several of those, so I have
> > the choice of either selling off some more of them or breaking them up
> > and keeping the BK set and selling the other sets individually, which
> > will probably bring less money.
>
> I've been told (and I've found it to be true in my own auctions) that
> "bundling" things together for auction usually does not increase the bid
> value very much, and sometimes even makes it go down (people only want
> one set, and figure someone else will bid high for all the sets
> together).
Well, I've rarely seen the 1967 broken up, but I have seen people
break up copies of the Launch Command triple pack before. I just
figured since I had one left that was unopened I would auction them
that way in case someone else wanted them that way. I probably could
have done better by auctioning them separately, but I was satisfied
with the return.
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