posted on June 24, 2007 07:50:00 AM
Could you please give me some guidance re July 4th.
Our Canada Day is on July 1st and is a Sunday so people will have the Monday off for a long weekend. It is always one of the busiest Holiday weekends in Canada.
Your July 4th is on Wednesday so would it be rolled into a weekend somehow and if so then which one? Do people historically go away for July 4th or stay home?
I don't really want to end auctions on a long weekend but then again...sales are quiet so it may not make much difference!
What are you doing regarding ending days for the next week?
posted on June 24, 2007 08:01:36 AM
There is not real answer to this question. Some people will take the first weekend and wrap it around the 4th, some people will go away for the whole week so that they will have an extra day at the beginning or the end and some people will just relax at home since the holiday is on a Wed.and they don't want to have a hassle with traffic. No real guidance as to what people will do.
posted on June 24, 2007 08:17:35 AM
The odd thing about this year - since it is on a Wednesday - it makes it more difficult to add it to a weekend because employees have to take 2 days of vacation to do that - rather than one.
If they want to add it to a weekend without taking the whole week, I'd bet it would be the weekend following July 4, because I can't see many people wanting to take Mon. and Tues. and then have to go back to work for 2 days after July 4.
As far as travelling, you would think the high price of gasoline would keep more people at home, but I heard a few weeks ago that gasoline consumption was up 2% over last year, so, go figure.
This is going to be a tough one to predict, but then again, we don't try to predict and just list according to time rather than days people will be on vacation. We do try to steer clear of big events on TV, because the average consumer on eBay is much more likely to be watching TV than taking a trip...
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
posted on June 24, 2007 08:30:18 AM
Most of my family and friends are taking off the first Monday and Tuesday. Towns around me are having fireworks and festivites on Tuesday. I do not know why since this is not a holiday that varies, it is always on the Fourth, but I guess they know people will have off on the 4th, so they can sleep in on Wed after staying up on Tuesday night. Doesn't make much sense to me.
As to TV, I have as many people bored with high hype TV shows as watch them. Many buyers flock to the internet during Super Bowl because football is not their thing. I have never watched American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, etc and I am not the only one. Right now TV is the dead zone, so if that is your barometer, you should be listing, listing, listing!!
posted on June 24, 2007 08:44:12 AM
In our little tourist town in the mountains (So. Calif.), we have a grrreat small-town 4th of July parade, and it's ALWAYS held right on the 4th, unless it comes on a Sunday. Our local businesses and B&Bs are planning for people to come up and stay the two days after the 4th, for a very long weekend. On the other hand, people who have cabins up here will probably come for the entire week with two weekends bookending it.
(Pssst. If any of you live in So. Calif., you'd love our parade. Of course, no fireworks; too much fire danger.)
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posted on June 24, 2007 10:16:36 AM
Thank you all for your input...
It really doesn't seem as though there will be a good time or a bad time to list for that week except I do usually have quite a few auctions end on a Wednesday but will avoid the 4th!
All we need now is for the EBay Search to work and find our listings we may even make some money!
Happy Sunday to all of you and again thanks from your northern neighbour!
posted on June 24, 2007 10:19:40 AM
Here in the hot central valley of Calif, our lakes are quite busy. Lots of people go on the 4th just for the day. We also have parades and various organized fireworks shows at colleges, etc. With the 4th being a Wed., lots of people won't go away at all.
I, for one, will be waiting til Friday the 6th and Sat the 7th. We're going to a local Indian casino in Coarsegold (just below Yosemite) because my birthday this year is "07-07-07" and I'll never be seeing that one again! Just have to be playing a "Blazing 7" slot machine or some such!! Friday night we have tickets for Creedance Clearwater which fits right in with our era. I'm going to be 62!! Ouch - seeing it in writing is worse than just saying it. I don't really feel 62, at least, not most days.
posted on June 24, 2007 11:44:11 AM
My son-in-law's birthday is on 07/07 and so is my friend's. One is 34 and the other is 59, so I don't think it has anything to do with being 62 (But congratulations!!) Everyone born on 07/07 will have a birthday this year!!Now babies born this year on 07/07/07, that is unique.
Next year it will be 08/08/08. We could go on but...
posted on June 24, 2007 11:58:49 AM
4th of July-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Roadsmith, would that be Big Bear?? We used to live right on the coast, a town called Cayucos,jut north of Morro Bay, it has a pier and fire works off the end every year plus a super dupper parade,BBQ and ??
It was a total Zoo, our population was about 4,000 but on the 4th it was 40,000.
We did not even open our antique shop.
I am not listing anything that end that entire week, I think most will take a couple of days off and roll into a mini vacation!!!!!!
In our little tourist town in the mountains (So. Calif.), we have a grrreat small-town 4th of July parade, and it's ALWAYS held right on the 4th, unless it comes on a Sunday. Our local businesses and B&Bs are planning for people to come up and stay the two days after the 4th, for a very long weekend. On the other hand, people who have cabins up here will probably come for the entire week with two weekends bookending it.
(Pssst. If any of you live in So. Calif., you'd love our parade. Of course, no fireworks; too much fire danger
posted on June 24, 2007 12:18:50 PM
GASOLINEGUYS: Nope, not Big Bear! Idyllwild, in the high mountains above Palm Springs. (We're all ever so grateful that we'll never BE Big Bear or Arrowhead--too big, too civilized, too crowded. Idyllwild is surrounded on all sides by national forest and wilderness, landlocked, thank goodness, so we'll never have rampant and spreading growth.)
Edited to correct spelling.
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posted on June 24, 2007 12:57:37 PM
62 must be the favorite age on this board. Today is my birthday and guess what...I am 62 today and next month I will get a Social Security check. That sure makes me feel old!!
posted on June 24, 2007 03:28:55 PM
Merrie...of COURSE everyone who was born on 07-07-07 will have a Birthday! I feel so silly...must be something to do with me being 62 and maybe I'm a losing it!
Parkman...Happy Birthday to you!
I passed from 62 to 63 this month. Must say though that my favourite age was around 55. Loved it and had a whole lot of fun!
posted on June 25, 2007 08:39:26 AMI don't really want to end auctions on a long weekend
C'mon guys, listen up this time.
No one knows for sure who is going to be glued to their computer or when. It's all guesswork. At any rate, it only takes two people (out of 180 million in the U.S. and the handful of you up in woolen underwear country) to drive up an auction price. Two people. Stop worrying about it.
It is true that sometimes there are more people bidding on eBay than at other times. You can dampen this effect by running at least half your auctions as Fixed Price/Best Offer. Doesn't matter when they end, or at least it doesn't matter very much.
posted on June 25, 2007 10:27:13 AM
I agree about BIN. I sit and look at my single bid auction items, the ones I know won't get another bid. Why didn't I run them as fixed price? When I listed this AM, I checked to see which cards were fungible (thanks for the word, cashinyourcloset), didn't list the ones that were listed in many stores. The items that aren't unique but not prevalent on eBay, I'm listing at fixed price. I don't want them to find mine, watch it and then look for a seller that has it cheaper.
