What's your eBay IQ???

zipper68 · Post by **zipper68** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:14 am

I've seen many, many instances where books are bid up way above ebay store BINs. The heat of competition?

I was eyeing your EW 1 9.8 when it was 35. But I held off because I've seen EW 1 9.8 (and Rai 0 9.8) end in the mid $20s in no reserve auctions in the recent past.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:04 pm

They were both in my store at $25 (priced based on the $20's auctions you are referring to) until auction results higher than that occured. None of the underbidders would buy either book.

I certainly don't mind keeping them. If you (or anyone else) wants the pair for $65 postage paid (by check/mo) to the US, let me know.

damien308 · Post by **damien308** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:24 am

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)

good idea, but that is against ebays policy

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:27 am

Im not sure its against ebay policy is it?

Sending messages to ebay members to sell outside ebay is, but i think you are well within the rules letting them know you have something for sale they might be interested on and ebay make more money that way.

Of course i could be wrong and if so put up the link with that rule for us all to clarify it.

cheers

Ian

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:26 pm

Draco wrote:Im not sure its against ebay policy is it?

Sending messages to ebay members to sell outside ebay is, but i think you are well within the rules letting them know you have something for sale they might be interested on and ebay make more money that way.

Of course i could be wrong and if so put up the link with that rule for us all to clarify it.

cheers

Ian

There's nothing wrong with steering someone to one of your eBay listings.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:20 pm

Thats exactly what i thought.

It just couldnt be in the interest of ebay to not let you make them more money right.

damien308 · Post by **damien308** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:43 pm

i see nothing wrong with it either. but i did do that once. the person replied to me saying that it was against the rules. i then got a message from ebay a few days later saying that if i did it again that my account would be suspended temporarily.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:40 pm

Then in that case, to clarify this for the sake of everyone who is currently unaware of such a rule, can anyone shed some light on the whereabouts of this rule anywhere in the ebay pages?

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:33 pm

I believe it is only against the rules of you try to complete the sale outside eBay.

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:53 pm

ckb wrote:I believe it is only against the rules of you try to complete the sale outside eBay.

I thought so too.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:32 am

ckb wrote:
Draco wrote:Im not sure its against ebay policy is it?

Sending messages to ebay members to sell outside ebay is, but i think you are well within the rules letting them know you have something for sale they might be interested on and ebay make more money that way.

Of course i could be wrong and if so put up the link with that rule for us all to clarify it.

cheers

Ian
There's nothing wrong with steering someone to one of your eBay listings.

Draco wrote:Thats exactly what i thought.

It just couldnt be in the interest of ebay to not let you make them more money right.

damien308 wrote:i see nothing wrong with it either. but i did do that once. the person replied to me saying that it was against the rules. i then got a message from ebay a few days later saying that if i did it again that my account would be suspended temporarily.

Did you attempt to sell outside ebay on this?

JustCallMeAric wrote:
ckb wrote:I believe it is only against the rules of you try to complete the sale outside eBay.
I thought so too.

We are in agreement then that it is fine until someone shows otherwise.

all good