mingotree
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posted on March 11, 2007 08:04:35 PM new
...after two days..
I just read the terms of a seller who says they will cancel their auctions if, after the first two days, they have no bids. Isn't that kinda dumb? Why would a seller do that? Is there any benefit?
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pixiamom
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posted on March 11, 2007 09:38:58 PM new
Very dumb, Sounds like an anal seller.
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amber
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posted on March 11, 2007 09:58:37 PM new
If I did that, 95% of my auctions would be closed.
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roadsmith
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posted on March 11, 2007 10:24:33 PM new
Me too, Amber. I suppose this guy thinks his warning will cause people to bid early.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on March 12, 2007 01:58:06 AM new
I'm sure your are right roadsmith.
Does he really do it or does he just edit that out on the third day.
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digitalbruce
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posted on March 12, 2007 07:09:27 AM new
What a dumb policy. I bet his fees are out of this world. I know it is frustrating if someone watches your auction for a long time and then never bids but geeze apparently he doesn't get the whole idea of bidding. It would be interesting to watch his auction and see if he really does close it after two days with no bids.
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mingotree
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posted on March 12, 2007 08:25:54 AM new
The funny bit is that the seller has good feedback in the high hundreds....I guess some buyers don't mind being bullied...but I would have to want something awfully badly to bid with a seller this goofy.
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digitalbruce
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posted on March 12, 2007 07:35:38 AM new
It would have to be something I absolutely cannot live without
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sthoemke
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posted on March 12, 2007 02:13:33 PM new
It just sounds like they are encouraging early bidding.
If they actually end early, they would be better off raising prices after 2 days instead.
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mingotree
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posted on March 12, 2007 11:48:59 PM new
This seller also said that if no bids after two days the auction would be canceled and the item NOT relisted....sounds like a petulant child....
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 12, 2007 10:55:30 PM new
It's really hard to tell without looking at the auctions. This seller may simply be fed up with getting a large number of watchers and no bids.
Or he may be seeing a big slowdown in bidding in his category and doesn't want to give the item away for one bid. I can sympathize with that. Several summers ago jewelry was so slow that I cancelled auctions that went six days without bids. Then I took the rest of the summer off. If the bidders aren't there, you can't force it. Maybe this seller needs some time off, too.
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mingotree
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posted on March 13, 2007 12:42:31 AM new
Don't want to sell the item for the opening bid?...fine...have a reserve.... you don't know if you'll get bids until the END of the auction. Cancel an auction after two days and there's a whole lotta buyers who aren't even going to SEE IT!
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 13, 2007 07:25:30 AM new
Don't argue with me; send him (or her) email.
It's all hypothetical anyway since you've failed to provide a link.
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neglus
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posted on March 13, 2007 07:37:45 AM new
Does he start the auction at a fair price or is he/she opening with low start? Fluff's argument would make sense if opening is low - otherwise I can't think of an explanation. Did you check back - did he/she really end the auction?
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kraftdinner
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posted on March 13, 2007 03:03:47 PM new
Mingo, Fluffy is right. The seller doesn't want to take any chances that their item won't get the price they want, so they end the auction early to avoid it selling for their starting price. P.S. These people are usually Republicans. 
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irked
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posted on March 13, 2007 03:18:42 PM new
LOL kraft,
I was disappointed with my sells but would not dream of ending an auction early unless it was about 12 hours before it ends, which I did only once due to my stupidity in not reading what I put on it very well to begin with, I wasted all my time and effort and days by not catching my goof until about 15 hours before it was to end and then someone wrote me about it, sure enough I needed to end the auction as all my lookers thought I was doodle headed. I learned my lesson I think from that but you just never know why people do the things they do.
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mingotree
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posted on March 13, 2007 10:53:13 PM new
Kraft  You are so naughty! Nice to see a sense of humor when SOME don't possess one.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 15, 2007 02:38:44 PM new
I just ended a 7-day auction that had been up for 36 hours with no bids. It started at 99 cents. Bidding should have been in the $25 to $50 range by now. Something is wrong.
I'm happy to eat the 20 cent listing fee and try again in a few weeks, probably after April 15.
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Damariscotta
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posted on March 16, 2007 04:36:40 AM new
I wish eBay would add this as a seller option - no bids after x number of hours=cancel auction. In live auctions, if the auctioneer does not get a reasonable starting bid quickly, he will pass the item. This keeps the audience alert and the tempo active (assuming a good auctioneer). Now that we know how many people are watching an auction, the excuse that "bidders didn't notice auction" just doesn't wash.
Just one more reason why eBay should split into multiple sites - a retail operation, and an auction operation.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 16, 2007 07:40:18 AM new
I wish eBay would add this as a seller option - no bids after x number of hours=cancel auction.
Good idea. Since eBay wants more core listings, this could be a way to get them. One might even have a countdown clock to add some urgency to the front end of the auction, rather than the last 10 minutes.
Good thinking!
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mingotree
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posted on March 16, 2007 08:49:26 AM new
Damariscotta, at a live auction all the bidders are there together at the same time....if there's no bids the auctioneer knows there won't be any.
But with ebay people aren't all viewing at once...
I mean, ebay could have one or two hour auctions but not many people would see them.
Aren't BIN and ebay stores for people who don't want to wait to buy or sellers who can't wait to sell?
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Damariscotta
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posted on March 16, 2007 11:12:20 AM new
My last batch of auctions had many, many watchers within the first two days of the run. I wasn't thinking of two hour auctions (although that might also be an interesting idea if run correctly), but if you didn't know whether the auction would run a full seven or ten days, it might turn watchers into bidders.
I understand that eBay is a whole nuther animal from live auctions. Yes, all the people are in the same room at the same time for a live auction, but they also know that they can't show up the day after. They have to bid while the auction is on. Letting eBay auctions run for days without activity, I feel, just creates apathy except for those hoping to snag at a bargain price. Yes, BIN is fine for sellers of certain items (but I have always said that many (if not most) of the items currently on eBay are not really suited for auction, and should be fixed price.
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sthoemke
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posted on March 16, 2007 11:27:04 AM new
I miss the good old days, before the watchlist feature, when you could always expect to get actual bids during the first day of an auction.
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pixiamom
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posted on March 17, 2007 08:10:08 PM new
I wonder if you could use Vendio Reviser to automatically end listings with no bids after a certain period of time.
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mingotree
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posted on March 17, 2007 08:34:01 PM new
Well I sure hope that sellers with the same kind of junk I sell ALL end their auctions early!!! YEEE HAWWW!!!
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on March 18, 2007 08:52:04 PM new
I just read the terms of a seller who says they will cancel their auctions if, after the first two days, they have no bids. Isn't that kinda dumb? Why would a seller do that? Is there any benefit?
Sounds like something the Demomoron's like bigdopa would do.
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pixiamom
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posted on March 25, 2007 10:19:51 AM new
I got to thinking about it and I have one auction item I would rather give away than let go to a sniper for opening bid. I revised the auction to say I would end it early if there were no bids in the last 24 hours. It got a bid in ten minutes.
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crowfarm
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posted on March 25, 2007 10:31:53 AM new
"""I got to thinking about it and I have one auction item I would rather give away than let go to a sniper for opening bid."""
?????
If you don't want to accept the opening bid...why didn't you make the opening bid higher????
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on March 25, 2007 10:57:42 AM new
I revised the auction to say I would end it early if there were no bids in the last 24 hours.
That adds tension and therefore makes it more interesting. I like it.
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birgittaw
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posted on March 25, 2007 11:08:06 AM new
Very creative. I like it too -- adds some urgency. I've occasionally just ended auctions without activity with a day to go; your approach is much better than just having it disappear (and you can pretty much tell if it's just a dud of an item that no one likes, or if it has lots of interest but no bids).
Thanks for the idea!
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