posted on May 19, 2001 08:41:57 PM
I would very much like to hear opinions on ending Memorial Day weekend. Does it stink or not? Is Monday night less of a risk than Sunday? Not bother and end on Tuesday?
We have our holiday this weekend in the Great White North and I am curous about other sellers experiences with holiday weekends.
posted on May 19, 2001 08:48:10 PM
Last year, I thought it would be busy...NOT!!! All the Holiday weekends were super slow. I'm not listing any extras for sure.
posted on May 19, 2001 10:03:19 PM
Posted items to end during easter 4 day weekend and what a diaster!. I am listing today and tomorrow for a 10 day auction to end after the holiday weekend but I find things don't pick up even right after the holiday so I have be doing some BIN and got 2 items sold today ( listed today) but am crossing my figures as some of my auctions haven't done well and others that I thought would do poorly did well. I find ebay rather unpredicable! I am also going to try some listings at night say around 5:00 6:00 pm pacific time but I would say all my items ( books ) do poorly over holidays except if I do bin which still seems to work over holidays.
posted on May 20, 2001 08:47:05 AM
Yes list but run 10 day auctions this way the people who are shopping can bid but there is no danger of haveing the auction end due to a slow holiday weekend.
I have found its also good to work it out so that items from the week before dont get shipped so they are in the PO hands over a long weekend 90% of damage complaints I have had were the result of shipping on a friday or saturday when monday was a holiday. http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
posted on May 20, 2001 09:25:57 AM
My thanks to all who responded. I keep thinking there must be some logic or science to listing or if I turn three times and spit on the floor... and I end up being confounded
by items that I think will sell for 20 going for 150 and vice versa. Based on the posts however, I will hedge my bets, end a few on Monday, a few on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thanks also for the tip on not shipping before the long weekend. I have enough postal claims at this point (hooligans!)
posted on May 21, 2001 05:31:50 AM
>I would very much like to hear opinions on ending Memorial Day weekend. Does it stink or not? <
I would say more 'stink' than not. The only things that we will have listed over the holiday are 10 day auctions that cover two weekends. Maybe a couple little "Buy it now" deals too, but nothing of any value.
I don't plan on being around the computer very much over the coming weekend, so I doubt very many buyers will be either.
I WILL, however, spend a moment ot two looking for a deal!
posted on May 21, 2001 05:51:35 AM
I'm going to go against the flow here. I've usually had pretty good luck on holidays. Easter was one of my best days this year.
I figure by late in the afternoon, they've had all of the "relatives" they can stand, are too sore & sunburned to do much more, so why not chill out (or HIDE out from the relatives) at the computer.
Don't recall how I did last Memorial Day but Thanksgiving was good, even the week before & after Christmas & New Years were good.
So I'm just a holiday person! Maybe they buy my stuff because there's nobody else on there.
