posted on October 15, 2005 11:41:57 AM new
I have a mechanical collectible widget that I planned to sell on ebay. I bought the parts, fixed it up and it was ready to go. I knew it was worth over $300. I tried listing it with a low start price and a reserve. No takers. Then I tried it again with a slightly higher starting bid price with a buy it now. Still no takers. I tried it again, this time changing the start/end date to the middle of the week. Still no takers. I saw the local throw away paper was having a free ad sale. So I thought, what the heck! I listed it there and sold it for my asking price of $350 the first day it came out in the paper with many phone calls after that!
posted on October 17, 2005 08:22:53 AM new
Craigslist.org and the Recycler are FREE...CL has lotttttttttts of flakes...Do not get yer hopes too high that they will Actually show UP! and,,,,,have them come look at your whatever at YOUR convience, NOT theirs. IF,,,they show GREAT! If not, you lose nothing...
In other words DO NOT put yourself in a posistion where anxiety builds against YOU....
Get the phone number of the lookers too.....
I am selling a widget on CL with NO flakes. over and over and over and over ....They HAVE to have it.....
Keep on keepin' on.
[ edited by jackswebb on Oct 17, 2005 08:26 AM ]
posted on October 17, 2005 05:07:29 PM new
Sorry, I've been away from the computer. I should have stated is was a mechanical USEFUL widget. Not really collectible. It just needed the right person who needs something like this. Actually it was kind of cool for what it was.
I didn't even try CL. I didnt think it would work. I tried selling something similiar to this item before and never got any takes. That little throw away paper was the best!
