Roadsmith
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posted on January 25, 2004 10:29:27 PM new
Good golly! 75% of my sales tonight came from newbies, some with no feedback yet. I've never had such a swarm of them on one evening. God bless 'em, they're bidding when others aren't. So far I've had good luck with newbies. We shall see about this bunch.
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"I have resolved to allow my friends their peculiarities." -- Samuel Johnson
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mcjane
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posted on January 25, 2004 10:35:13 PM new
It's the after Christmas rush. They all got computers & have now discovered eBay. 
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sparkz
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posted on January 25, 2004 10:44:28 PM new
A lot of sellers shudder at the thought of a 0 feedback newbie bidding on their auctions, but I've had an overall favorable experience with them. They tend to start bidding wars and they are usually the last ones left standing when the dust settles. I love them because I was once one myself 
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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auctionACE
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posted on January 25, 2004 10:58:16 PM new
Overall I like the ( 0 ) feedback bidders. They do not know how to search or look on Half for the best price and they are prone to engage in bidding wars.
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neroter12
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posted on January 25, 2004 11:34:20 PM new
And in most of the country, it is very cold. People must be home on their computers not going out much. Newbies are usually pretty nice and very innocent about the whole processs. Sometimes I worry if I am *too* nice to them, they will get the wrong impression and think that is the major reality on EBAY, which we all know it isnt. But I remember the first couple of sellers I bought from were real nice and helpful to me. I was so thrilled to receive my first postive feedbacks..ya know?!! lol
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stopwhining
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posted on January 26, 2004 07:17:17 AM new
they could be ebay sellers using another id for buying,or they could be naughty bidders who have been naru'd and manage to resurrect themselves under a diff id.
-sig file -------the lobster in the boiling pot of water who tries to prevent the others from climbing out.
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Libra63
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posted on January 26, 2004 07:29:04 AM new
Maybe I shouldn't say anything as my luck might change but, I have quite a few new buyers and also international sales and I can't complain a bit. They at this stage are great and I hope they stay that way. It doesn't matter to me what the feed back rating is, if they bid and win that is great. I wish I would have kept track of my NPB so see how many I have had but in 4 years it is under 5.
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reamond
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posted on January 26, 2004 10:08:46 AM new
I think there is something to what stopwhining said.
Used to be when I got a 0 FB bidder, he/she would email with all kinds of questions.
I had a 3 FB bidder the other day email me with all kinds of suggestions about my action. I know he wasn't a newbie.
Multiple user IDs seems to be growing quite popular.
I now use a different user ID for each type of thing I sell. And yet another ID to buy.
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neroter12
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posted on January 26, 2004 10:17:30 AM new
reamond after i read stops post, i was going to say, in effect, yeah i know.
But i dont really care if its oldbies disguised as newbies long as they pay, they can play it anyway they want to.
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reamond
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posted on January 26, 2004 12:06:59 PM new
If I had low or no FB NPBs or even paying and there were in fact secondary IDs from a veteran eBayer I would be very suspicious why they were bidding on my items.
Their bidding could be a competitive move to take your product off the market or do business with you to try to find out more about your product.
I have used secondary IDs to make purchases from competitiors to get their product and look it over without them knowing who I am.
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 26, 2004 01:16:05 PM new
Reamond: I have a question. How can I go about getting a "secondary ID" for Ebay selling? I have a very nosy relative and I don't want her to see what I'm selling these days in one particular category.
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"I have resolved to allow my friends their peculiarities." -- Samuel Johnson
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kiara
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posted on January 26, 2004 01:27:43 PM new
Roadsmith, you can register another ID quite easily. You go through the same motions as when you registered your first one.
All you require is a new screen name and a different e-mail address than the one you are using for your current ID. You can use the same credit card for all IDs.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/new/registration-overview.html
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rozrr
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posted on January 26, 2004 08:33:51 PM new
I've noticed something else of late, with my father's vintage books on model railroading and also the "how to" railroading videos, which are desirable at a discount. I'm getting a noticeable number of bidders who've been on eBay for a while, but they have low feedback - they don't buy very often. So, either my father has good stuff that is appealing to people who don't find much on eBay appealing, or it's the "time of year" when people stay indoors and have more time for this.
Previously, when I was doing my father's collectible beer cans, about half the time, my bidders were relatively new to eBay, and they were some of my best bidders - very gung-ho and very polite and responsive.
Roz
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Roadsmith
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posted on January 26, 2004 08:47:54 PM new
A day has gone by, and I have to say my Darling Newbies have nearly all paid, while the nonchalant Oldtimers are sitting on their hands, smokin' ceegars or somethin'. I love newbies--they're always soooo grateful for that first - or second - rave review feedback. I always tell them they're doing everything right (when they are, of course).
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"I have resolved to allow my friends their peculiarities." -- Samuel Johnson
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LATTEFOR2
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posted on January 27, 2004 06:24:20 AM new
I usually include a little note to a 0 feedback buyer stating that I see by their ebay name they may be new and if they have any questions about this process please feel free to email me. Sometimes by the time I press send they have already paid by paypal, and yes sometimes they really do email and ask a question or two. Like some posters have said here we were once all at 0 and all my sellers that I first purchased from were exceptionally nice to me, and I still buy from one of them. I remember it was my very first purchase and it was from a power seller, it was for a Norman Rockwell item. My daughter-in-laws parents have an enormous collection of Rockwell. I thought I would purchase it and bring it over to them. Well I wrote this seller a real long email explaining it was my first purchase and I am so excited and I even went to the depth of mentioning all the items they collect and I must tell you I went on and on. She wrote me back and thanked me for the purchase asked if she could be of help etc. This is the seller I still buy from, She was also my first positive feedback. When I started selling I sent her my sellers list asked her if she could give some tips, her only comment was never write the auction in caps, which I had done. she died purchase something from me, and also this past Christmas.
Reenie
I don't get even....I get even better Jimmy Hoffa
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