What's your eBay IQ???

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:07 am

Can anyone explain this?? Humor appreciated...

(Auction) Listing 1:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0197084434

(Store) Listng 2:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0163825215

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:10 am

By the way, I just "revised" the price from $35 - $41....

Someone bid on the other one so I can raise it again!

Jrdawg · Post by **Jrdawg** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:16 am

Maybe its because his font is more flashy

Also, not that you don't have a stellar rating but his is higher with a smidget higher percentage. Some buyers are stingy about that I suppose.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:23 am

Since he's charging twice as much for shipping, he is probably putting it in a really nice box.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:26 am

I would imagine many of the books from this seller should have "razor sharp" in the description, given how much he seems to enjoy taking razors to his comics.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:34 am

No humor, here, but I think that a lot of eBayers don't look at the eBay stores listings, and even ones who do often get caught up in the heat of a "bidding war."

Plus, it depends on what the bidders searched for:

"eternal warrior cgc 9.8"? then they're fools for not taking yours
"valiant cgc 9.8"? a little harder to find yours
"valiant cgc?" fuggeddaBOWDit!

the other seller has a gallery pic, too.

depluto--what is Primagen doing to Adon in your pic?

BoH

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:53 am

BloodOfHeroes wrote:depluto--what is Primagen doing to Adon in your pic?

Taking her from behind.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:06 pm

depluto wrote:Taking her from behind.

Ah. I thought it was the Heimlich.

Carry on, then.

BoH

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:55 pm

Well, that's bizarre.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:16 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:No humor, here, but I think that a lot of eBayers don't look at the eBay stores listings, and even ones who do often get caught up in the heat of a "bidding war."

Right on the nose there, a lot of people don't even know to look in the eBay stores. I usually get my best eBay deals out of the store area.

Valiant_1 · Post by **Valiant_1** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:13 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:
depluto wrote:Taking her from behind.

Ah. I thought it was the Heimlich.

Carry on, then.

BoH

Truly one for the "Post of Posts"

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:36 pm

This is madness and makes no sense.

Though so much on ebay makes little or no sense.

When i first started to use ebay i would go to the ending first stuff and scan ten or so pages till i got to 24 hours ahead. I would once a week buy something with no thought as to what i was doing.

I got over this after a while

and now i make sure theres no cheaper copies or better postage price etc.

I wonder though how many people impulse buy still and never bother to check what else is out there?

There must be hundreds maybe thousands worldwide who do it wrong( if you can have a right and wrong on how to spend your own money).

This item would surely only sell to Valiant or CGC high grade collectors right?

So they would know to keep tabs on similar auctions and switch from one to the next according to the price they are willing to pay right.

I had a situation last year when i sold some Spawn in untouched 9.6 9.8 IMO.
I started then at 99p and some sold but none went for more than the start price.
The # 1& 2 never sold for 99p but i thought no big deal it happens ill burn em instead and have some fun still ( not really although spawn is old toss).
The next morning whilst scanning a few pages about to finish right there in front of me was a copy of spawn # 1 about to finish and was currently at £13+.
I was shocked and really taken back.
This auction was a ten day one and the offending high bidders ( 3 of them) had all bid the item above £5 after mine ( 7 day auction) started.

Of course i could have messaged them to say hey you guys check my re listed 99p beauty but thought nah they'll never reply if they cant even be arsed to check if the comic they are bidding up is cheaper amongst the 10,000+ items currently on auction.

Which was about the same time it dawned on me there are a lot more idiots in this world than i thought.

Which im afraid is the only logical answer i can offer here.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:44 pm

Draco wrote:Which was about the same time it dawned on me there are a lot more idiots in this world than i thought.

And thus the weight of truth presses heavily on Draco's mind.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:26 pm

dude it hurts

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Crushing, isn't it.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:43 pm

It will only get worse.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:45 pm

A lot of times peaple forget about e bay stores in general, they relly need to promote them better somehow.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:22 am

Raised my listing to $42.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:11 pm

eBay IQ not improving....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0204771163

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0022013620

Upping price....It was $24.99 what I wrote this...

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:30 pm

I think depending on what level of store you have, it only shows results contained in the store sometimes. Like if you pay the highest fee/month for your ebay store, I think your items will always come up in the search results. If you have the lowest level store, your auctions only come in the search sometimes. I think this might be the case, but am not exactly sure.

daydreamscomics · Post by **daydreamscomics** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:34 pm

ckb wrote:eBay IQ not improving....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0204771163

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0022013620

Upping price....It was $24.99 what I wrote this...

i would suggest doing the following:

when the auction ends, message the 2nd place bidder and say "hey, i have this EXACT same graded comic in my ebay store for $xx.xx. it's right around your high bid, so if you are still interested in one, you're all set"

it's a little bit more work for you, but i've made a lot of sales doing that.

good luck

(people are stupid)

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:30 pm

daydreamscomics wrote:
ckb wrote:eBay IQ not improving....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0204771163

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0022013620

Upping price....It was $24.99 what I wrote this...

i would suggest doing the following:

when the auction ends, message the 2nd place bidder and say "hey, i have this EXACT same graded comic in my ebay store for $xx.xx. it's right around your high bid, so if you are still interested in one, you're all set"

it's a little bit more work for you, but i've made a lot of sales doing that.

good luck (people are stupid)

I did that with the EW1 listing and it was met with crickets...

But I'm sure I will give it a shot. Again.

eternalwarrior · Post by **eternalwarrior** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:13 am

word. (just wanted to see if my new avatar is on lol)

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:16 am

eBay stores are like Babu Bhatt's Dream Cafe.
(Which, ironically, also featured the IQ Test.)

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:58 am

greg wrote:eBay stores are like Babu Bhatt's Dream Cafe.
(Which, ironically, also featured the IQ Test.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cafe