<VV> Re: Best way to sell a Vair on Ebay?

[Bill Elliott]

It costs $40 to advertise a car on Ebay... and another $40 if it sells there. So there's little motivation to 
have someone buy the car online.

Many folks have figured out that the Ebay listing is a very good deal for targeted advertising... and that 
many more cars sell due to the Ebay listing than actually sell on Ebay.... 

I personally prefer a low opening bid (gets more folks involved and thinking about the car) with a reserve 
near what I'd sell the car for... and a "Buy it now" at a premium... but all of this is pretty unimportant if 
you're just getting the ad out there.

Bill Elliott

>It seems that cars on ebay ofthen have an unrealistically high
>reserve.  I think they do that because they figure they are only
>spending whatever the posting fee is (plus whatever they charge for
>"reserve not met", if any) to get an idea how many people are willing
>to spend how much.  Then they can relist with a lower reserve, change
>their ad, tart up the car a little, whatever.

>Call it "Market Research."

>On 11/30/05, UltraMonzaWest at aol.com <UltraMonzaWest at aol.com> wrote:
>> WELL......  gggg
>>
>> I'm still waiting to hear about using a "reserve",  "High Initial Bid", "Buy
>> it" [ fixed price],  ETC..