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| Thread ID: 83714 | 2007-10-10 11:50:00 | $1 reserves on Trade Me | george12 (7) | PC World Chat |
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| 600276 | 2007-10-12 09:36:00 | So you put things up at random times - and pay an extra fee for changing the time? My solution was an Access database. List things in it at a time that suits then go on-line for a spot of copy and paste. Also have fields for date, selling price, buyer etc which I update randomly after stuff sells. Works well. |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 600277 | 2007-10-12 10:16:00 | 25c is nothing. I only $1 reserve one or two things a week. It would be much less convenient to go to the PC at the time of day I wanted it to close and list things then. The Access DB is a good idea, but I mostly just relist stuff as most things I sell are sets of identical PCs. Philip, currently I tend to have one with a buynow price and one running as an auction (no reserve in this case). Is this not a good idea? |
george12 (7) | ||
| 600278 | 2007-10-12 10:24:00 | One buy now and one $1 reserve is OK. Some people maybe hindered by the buy now price, and forced to keep an eye on the $1 auction. During the last minute bid war, they may actually bid close to or over your buy now price. Saw that a couple of times before. I even saw someone bid over $600 for a secondhand 8800GTS 320MB. It just goes to show that some people go crazy when they have only one auction to keep an eye on. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 600279 | 2007-10-13 22:33:00 | If I had worked out a model for selling items on Trademe which guaranteed maximum return, do you think I would tell you what it was? Sorry, but when it comes to business, sometimes its better to keep it close to your chest. Having said that, I don't sell much stuff through Trademe, most of the buyers are after a bargin (including me :lol: ). Good luck though. I think you will need to experiment. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 600280 | 2007-10-14 02:32:00 | I agree. I'll find out at 8.30 tonight how well 2-day $1 reserves work. My suspicion is that all the extra attention may have other benefits besides the selling price of what I'm auctioning. |
george12 (7) | ||
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