posted on June 26, 2002 08:29:44 PM
I went to the goodwill today and they had 4 items that looked really good. Instead of buying them I thought I would search eBay to see if anyone had it for auction and if they got any bids. It was a closed auction with no bids. At the top of the page it said it was relisted so I went to the relist and it was for something else. Did they do that so they didn't have to pay the fees? Is that done often?
posted on June 26, 2002 08:42:32 PM
Yeah, that's one way to avoid the listing fee altogether, provided the second item sells of course. I suppose the seller thought the market was so soft for the first item that they bypassed relisting it, so they probably figured they may as well get some use out of the free relist (probably a good reason for you to NOT buy whatever you saw at Goodwill).
I think ebay may have a rule against completely switching a relisted item. I find it to be too much of a hassle to edit the relist, so I usually just lower my price and relist the same item. Sometimes I combine items in the relist into one lot, but I don't swap out the item entirely.
posted on June 26, 2002 10:47:20 PM
The possible free relist option helps make eBay money and a great place for buyers. Many buyers lower the price of the item that didn't sell the first time and that's good for buyers and many sellers think the second listing is totally free, which it is not if the item fails to sell on the second go round.
posted on June 26, 2002 10:59:33 PM
A couple of years ago a seller came onto this very board and bragged to all that he relisted items with something else. ebay suspended him.
Does anyone remember him? He shipped an item in a pizza box with ants.
posted on June 26, 2002 10:59:54 PM
Don't give up on the items just because they didn't sell in June. My sales generally tank in the summer so I almost never sell anything then. It is, however, a good time to buy stuff on ebay to RE-Bay.
I once had two items listed in July that started at $5 each. Didn't even get the starting bid (no reserve). Relisted the items- No bids the second time around either. Couldn't offload them in July so I figured that I would keep them and try later. October came around, and the bidding was hot. One went for $35, the other $40.
posted on June 27, 2002 02:23:36 AM
kiara, I remember him well. There was a really long thread at the time where everybody ganged up on him over his bad practices.
not only did he recycle a used pizza box, it had ants in it when the buyer got it.
he was known not only for relisting with an entirely different item, he also only left retaliatory negative feedback.
I wish we could revive that thread, it was a goody.
posted on June 27, 2002 12:49:07 PM
kiara, thanks for the link. do you remember the vase he shipped with dirt and old cigarette butts still inside? what a piece of work.
he had very creative ideas on how to get a free ride from ebay, too bad it backfired in his face finally. lol
