You HAVE to try this!! EBAY your way to DISNEY!!

[DMRick]

Can you explain how to do the second chance offering? And also, the one that sold for the highest amount - I have quite a few - so I assume I would offer one to the highest bidder

Go back to your completed auction and you can either go to your bidders list where they have second chance offering next to their name, or go to where you would relist your auction right under your name on the main page of the auction and click where it says Second Chance. Follow the leads, until you finally get to the place wher eyou see what they bid, and you have a chance to offer it to one of them (as long as they didn't shut this feature off in their pref's, you should see them all). Be careful..dumb ol eBay alway has the lowest already clicked off. Go to the the highest, and offer away. You can pick 3-7 days (although they just started 1 day too). Once each offer is over (the time ran out, or they accepted) you can then offer it to the next person if you are happy with their bid. I sold the same item (I have as many as I want, since I make 'em) 4 times this week..other items 2 times each. No ebay listing fees, just an end of auction fee if they accept.
Doris

 

[C.Ann]

Oh - one other question - and I know I may have asked it before, but I STILL don't understand it..

I have an item up for bid.. Someone emailed me with questions about it, I answered, and she placed a bid.. She then emailed me with another question, I answered again, and she placed a HIGHER bid..

Hers are the ONLY two bids.. Why is she driving her own costs up?? I just can't grasp that..

 

[DMRick]

She then emailed me with another question, I answered again, and she placed a HIGHER bid..

Her higher bid shouldn't show up..and in fact you shouldn't be able to see either of her bids..just that they were made. You can't make the price go up if you are the only bidder..unless there is a reserve..and even then, it will only go higher, if my bid would hit the reserve. If not, it serves no purpose to go higher. For instance, I bid on something that is up for $2.00. I bid $5.00, and $2.50 shows as the highest bid..until someone else bids. Then it will go up according, to beat them, or until I run out of bid. If I didn't want to sit around to see if my $5 was high enough, but decided I had to have it. and after asking questions, found out it was prob worth more to me..I might go back it and rebid $10.00. Nothing would change, except if someone bid $5.50. My bid would then go up to $6.00, or higher up to $10 if they kept bidding or put in a higher bid to begin with. I'm now covered up to $10.
Does that help?.

 

[cindala]

I had a buyer that took month to pay me. I finally received the M.O. and mailed her items.

She emailed me to say she received them and to thank me. Also to let me know that she can't leave feedback for me since eBay suspended her. GEE I WONDER WHY?

 

[Nik's Mom]

I have a question for DMRick or anyone else hanging around here. Someone e-mailed me today and asked if I would like to end my auction today for $X amount of dollars. What should I say? I'm thinking to say no, but how would you politely say no? Does anyone have any advice? DMRICk and C.ANN, I appreciate what you have been doing here!

 

[C.Ann]

Originally posted by Nik's Mom
I have a question for DMRick or anyone else hanging around here. Someone e-mailed me today and asked if I would like to end my auction today for $X amount of dollars. What should I say? I'm thinking to say no, but how would you politely say no? Does anyone have any advice? DMRICk and C.ANN, I appreciate what you have been doing here!

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I think I would just say something along the lines of "While I appreciate your interest and your offer, it wouldn't really be fair to the other bidders.."

Actually, I don't even know if you COULD do that without getting in trouble with eBay.. DMRick would have a better idea of that 'cause she knows all the rules..

 

[nuke]

You can end items early for certain reasons. For example....I was selling a dress and after I listed it I was folding it up to put it in a box for shipping. I noticed a stain that I could not get out so I ended the auction.
I know you can end for reasons like, item was destroyed, item is no longer available. I can't remember the rest.

 

[C.Ann]

Originally posted by DMRick
Does that help?.

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Ummm...no.... LOL

I can't see WHAT her bids are, but I can see that they are both from her - and the reason I know she went higher is because it showed up on my selling page at one bid - and then awhile after her second email to me the bid went higher - and both bids were placed by her..

I know.. I'm "dense" - but what can I tell you? LOL Personally I don't care if she bids it up to a hundred bucks, I just don't understand WHY she would place another bid.. Are you saying that maybe she's bidding by proxy - and that's why it went higher?

Oh well - just more money for my trip!! LOL

 

[DMRick]

I can't see WHAT her bids are, but I can see that they are both from her

Her first bid was prob lower than she was willing to go..so she "added" to it by bidding again. eBay will protect her though..she can not bid against herself..she's just added to the first bid, which would have been lower than the second bid. It will become clearer when the auction is over and you can see what she actually bid. It should not have gone higher, unless someone was bidding against her. I just looked and someone bid against her..so although it looks like she had two bids in a row..eBay was just raising her bid to beat the other person. Looks like she still didn't go high enough. I only see one that has mulitple bids by the same person (I didn't look around that good)..so I assume that is the auction you meant. If not, private email me, and I'll look closer. It will become more obvious though, when it's over..you'll see the "inbetween" bids then.

 

[DMRick]

Actually, I don't even know if you COULD do that without getting in trouble with eBay..

You can..and eBay seldom does anything about it, because when you end it, you have reasons to pick from. Essentially you have to lie, if you are just ending it for a bidder vs as mentioned, a stain found after you listed, you broke it, you lost it, (it happens) etc. : )

Usually..not always, but usually, when they want me to end early, it means I have something up that is worth more than I think LOL. I just say sorry..each of my buyers is special to me, and I want to give everyone a fair chance. Thanks for your interest.

 

[cinlee3]

I everyone. Well I finally got a bid on one of my four items listed. I'm a little concerned on this one though because the bidder emailed me with a question in very poor English and is new with 0 feedback (I know I'm new too).

Aso what do you consider a lot of views?

I have to get my hands on a digital camera because I am itching to get more things listed and I don't want to have to rely on anyone else to take my pictures.

This is such an informative group - I love it!! Thanks

 

[DMRick]

Aso what do you consider a lot of views?

Another of those who knows? questions. Last week I had an item that had 2 views and then a buyer..the week before 68 people looked at the item and no buyers...but I sold it off eBay to someone who missed the auction..(guess she wasn't one of the views LOL..or so she says..but what do I care..once the auction is over, it's mine again to sell or not). So far this week 11 views. In December, I get about 50-75 views per item (unless it sells fast)..but that's in a couple of days, and then it usually sells (I do all buy it nows).
Take a look at items similar to your items and see what kind of hits they are getting.

 

[candylover]

Wow!!
All of you are doing so well!!!
Keep posting, I love to read all about your great buys.
I have a question and I know this may get "hot"
I have some Meal Vouchers and I was thinking of listing them on ebay.
I have looked and I have also bought them on ebay so I can see they can get some higher bids.
However, I want to be fair.
Is it better to list them as a "lot" or use a dutch bid...
I have never done a dutch bid so I am not so sure I understand how it works.
Any help????

 

[DMRick]

It won't get hot here...this thread is about selling. Hey, if you have them and don't need them. why not sell them on eBay. I think, though that things may get interesting with the new ones that don't allow the Kitchen Sink, since that was a big draw. Without that, they really aren't a great value because of shipping, and how expensive they end up.

I need to rejoin and get some for my next trip.

Why not look at completed auctions and see what is the best way to list them. Also, some have sold on Disboards auciton..but not for as much.

To do a Dutch bid you must by ID verified or have a feedback of
30 or more, and be registered for 14 days on eBay. Here is eBay's explanation for how it works:

Sellers start by listing a minimum price (greater than $0.99), or starting bid for one item, and the number of items for sale.
Bidders specify both a bid price and the quantity they want to buy.

All winning bidders pay the same price per item — which is the lowest successful bid. This might be less than what you bid!
If there are more buyers than items, the earliest successful bids get the goods.

Higher bidders are more likely to get the quantities they've asked for.

Proxy bidding is not used in Dutch Auctions.

Bidders can refuse partial quantities. For example, if you place a bid for 10 items and only 8 are available after the auction, you don't have to buy any of them.

The only exception to the requirement that all items be identical relates to trading card listings. Lots of trading cards need not be identical due to the nature of these sales in the trading card arena.

Multiple quantity listings (Dutch auction, fixed price or store) may offer a choice of color in otherwise identical items. However, the seller must be able to fulfill the entire quantity of every listing in any offered color even if every winning bidder makes exactly the same color selection. This exception for choice of color does not apply to single quantity listings.

Here are some examples of how Dutch Auctions work:

A seller has 10 pens for auction at $1 each. 10 people bid $1 for one pen each. In this case, all 10 bidders will win a pen for $1.

OR

Let's say that 5 people bid $1.25 for one pen each and 10 others bid $1. The minimum bid for the pen will be raised to $1.25 because demand exceeds supply. Because the $1.25 bidders bid higher than the $1 bidders, they will be guaranteed a pen. The other 5 pens will go to the earliest $1 bidders. The final price for each pen will be $1 (even though someone placed a high bid of $1.25) since all winning bidders pay the same price — which is the lowest successful bid.

 

[wdwpluto]

Originally posted by C.Ann

And yes - I most certainly AM the "Queen of the Pack Rats" and I worked darn hard to get that title!! LOL

I think C.Ann needs a new tag... now where are those darn tag fairies when you need 'em?

Last night I asked my dh if he'd come to the PO w/ me today (because I have a lot of packages and I wanted some help carrying them). And he said "What, did you sell me on eBay too? Where am I getting shipped to?" Silly man!

 

[JohnTigger'sMom]

Someone just e-mailed me about shipping to Canada...is there anything special that I would need to do? Would my s&h (which I stated in my listing) need to be higher? Any special instructions? Sorry, if this has already been answered...but this auction is ending soon and I didn't have time to go through the entire thread. Thanks so much!!

 

[wdwpluto]

Originally posted by JohnTigger'sMom
Someone just e-mailed me about shipping to Canada...is there anything special that I would need to do? Would my s&h (which I stated in my listing) need to be higher? Any special instructions? Sorry, if this has already been answered...but this auction is ending soon and I didn't have time to go through the entire thread. Thanks so much!!

Do you know the weight of the package? If so, go to usps.com and click "calculate shipping", then pick international shipping. Enter the info (weight of pkg, etc) and it'll give you a shipping cost. You will need to fill out a customs form when you ship the package - they're available at the PO and are very easy to fill out.

HTH!
Lori

 

[Robinrs]

Aso what do you consider a lot of views?

I check the counter stats offered by Andale, the company that sets up the counters. They will tell you if your amount of views are below, near or above the average for your type of item. I've had a "near" on ONE view and a below of 20 views on another item! It depends on the research.

Has anyone noticed the new version of Bacon Butties Watch list? It's great! Padme linked us to this a few days ago and I added it to my latest lists. It's so nice to see who's "watching" your stuff! I have people watching where there are very few views.... it at least lets you know that someone is interested!

 

[cinlee3]

I did register for the Andale counter (the free service) and I have one item that is above and the others that are below.

I have a question about the counters. When I look at my item it will show only 4 views and then when I go into counter stats it shows 24 views. Does it keep track of my views - is that how many times I have checked it Just curious.

Still only have one bid but I'm hoping as the auction end gets closer I will get more.

 

[DMRick]

It's so nice to see who's "watching"

It lets you see "who" is watching? As in their eBay ID's or email addy's??? Or did you mean that it's nice to see someone is watching?

Counters are funny. Some only show unique watches..others show each time your page is hit. So only four unique (different) people may have visted your site 5 times each to get 20 "hits"/.