I will never understand people. We discussed this car, a Mondial listed on eBay last week:...
I will never understand people. We discussed this car, a Mondial listed on eBay last week: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=013&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=230081809913&rd=1,1 It was up with a starting bid of $13K and a BUY IT NOW of $15K. No bids at all. He relisted it with no reserve and it's over $15K with 3 days to go!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=013&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=230085552786&rd=1,1 D'oh!! Birdman
Good point. It's that reverse psychology thing, you see a "buy it now", hmmn, must be iffy but unleash the competitive spirit and everyone wants it.
I find that when you start with a reserve people are much less likely to bid. I have been placing most of the items I sell at $9.99 and they have all bid to where I was happy with the result. But on the other hand I have paid too much when I can't stand to lose and get carried away.
There was a 328 a couple weeks back that didn't meet the reserve. The funny part was the high bid was less than $1k below the buy-it-now price. Why would someone bid that close and not just finish. Doesn't seem like right place to pinch a penny!
Schill bidding? owner bidding up the car? I've seen it happen (and had it done to me during an auction) in the Parts area of Ebay. I dunno, just a guess. Then again, this is one of those "cheap" Ferraris, people look at it and go "Look Vern, I'm gonna buy me won of them there Ferraris they dun talk about." -shrug- James in Denver
