loosecannon
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posted on December 5, 2000 06:03:41 AM
After nearly a full 36 hours without one, I actually got a bid on my auctions!
Now if he doesn't retract it...
Make that "knock". sheesh
[ edited by loosecannon on Dec 5, 2000 06:08 AM ]
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corrdogg
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posted on December 5, 2000 06:10:37 AM
It HAS been crappy. I just had 38 auctions close and 12 items each had one bid. That really is not an auction - just a low-percentage-of-success retail sale. I currently have 60 auctions with 4 days to go and only 10 bids. I'm outta here until 2001.
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Freddy57
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posted on December 5, 2000 07:11:04 AM
My last auction of the year closed last night. After 7 days it had a whalloping 2 bids. Too slow for my blood, Maybe January will be better.
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rancher24
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posted on December 5, 2000 07:58:36 AM
I have 5 auctions ending tonight...All were run for 7 days....Not ONE bid on any of them....In my 2.5 years of selling, I cannot remember EVER having a "set" of auctions close with NONE sold!....
On the other hand, BIN is workin' for me...Just alittle TOO well!....I've got a ton of shipping to do today!....
~ Rancher
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heygrape
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posted on December 5, 2000 08:01:20 AM
Don't give up yet. Keep listing. You've gotta move the stuff NOW! After the 1st of the year, postage is going up and then things REALLY won't sell. 
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rancher24
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posted on December 5, 2000 08:05:44 AM
heygrape....I'm thinkin' I'll just lay off & actually have some Christmas fun with my family...Get a "real job" in January (I'd make one heck of a shipping clerk!) and then first sign of spring have THE biggest, baddest yard sale ever seen in these parts!!!...
~ Rancher
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Shoshanah
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posted on December 5, 2000 08:15:20 AM
Rancher I'd make one heck of a shipping clerk 
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Gosh Shosh!
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rifkah/
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loosecannon
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posted on December 5, 2000 10:52:56 AM
Things are looking better. Not one, but five bids this morning!
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brighid868
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posted on December 5, 2000 11:02:53 AM
I, too am thinking about quitting til the end of the year.....I had 10 auctions close last night, 9 with bids, 4 with multiple bidders, but the final bids are half of what I was getting even over the summer. I did have one item do nicely ($60) but I was sweating it---it was a seasonal thing and if I didn't sell it now it would be hanging around until next year! It's partly that I want to give myself some well deserved time off, partly the lukewarm bidding, and partly the fact that I'm going on a trip to San Francisco next week and I don't want to be rushing around trying to ship as I'm trying to make a plane. Still, I just *hate* it when I have nothing listed...I feel so bored when I can't check my auctions! And the point about postage going up is a good one. I don't want to have excess inventory that will be harder than ever to sell in the spring......arrrggh. Decisions.
Kim
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chococake
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posted on December 5, 2000 12:38:50 PM
I had one item that didn't get the opening bid of $9.99 until the last day. By the time it closed it was over $30.00.
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victoria
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posted on December 5, 2000 01:09:06 PM
I'm constantly surprised by what I offer that sells and what doesn't. I have 14 of 35 items bid on. Some with bids when I was taking a chance, some without that I am no so sure about anymore. Some I know will at least get the opening bid by the last day.
It's a crap shoot. Glad this is just a supplement to my pension. I don't have what it takes to live on risky ventures.
[ edited by victoria on Dec 5, 2000 03:45 PM ]
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msstone
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posted on December 5, 2000 03:06:58 PM
My sales results have gone from 95% of my auctions sold last year to barely 25% this year. Then I have 7 auctions that I have to cancel for newbies. I am so frustrated. I waste so much time with newbies but that should be another thread.
I know that after the first of the year I am going to be making some changes.
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