posted on May 16, 2004 06:30:21 PM new
Saw this auction featured on the front page and was curious ..... now I'm just flat out baffled. Why in the world would someone pay to have this auction a front page feature?
posted on May 16, 2004 10:07:47 PM new
My guess is that they are testing the effectiveness of the featured option by putting a mediocre item up. They may have plans for something bigger down the line and they are paying more attention to the counters than they are the bids.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on May 16, 2004 10:17:30 PM new
Sparkx - I could buy that excetpt wouldn't you at least launch an item that had a showballs chance in hell of recouping some of your costs? This is a reproduction t-shirt that retails for an incredibly exaggerated $30 and they decided to pay nearly 3 times that for a featured listing? If that is their rationale, they still exhibited a bad coice of items as test subject.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 16, 2004 10:28:30 PM new
Fenix...You and I would both try to make a few bucks off this item, but I think they are making this item a sacrificial lamb and intentionally chose a low cost item to list. They are only interested in how many bidders will be drawn to the auction through a featured listing. An attractive item would have an adverse effect in this situation. It's a simple market study. Look for them to come up with something on a big scale in the next 2 weeks if they are satisfied with the results. Right now they have 350 hits in 6 1/2 days on this item. I think that's what they are interested in. Personally, I wouldn't pay the extra .20 cents for a ten day listing if this were my auction.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on May 17, 2004 02:28:51 AM new
I agree- an additional $40 charge for market research is silly. Unless you are researching the respose you are going to get to a blue version of the shirt it's wasted money. I had 250 hits on a 3 day auction last week... cost me an additional basic gallery fee.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 17, 2004 09:33:32 AM new
What is even more stupid is this person has listed the same items a few more times at the cheap price. Anyone that does any research will know this and the seller is going to be out some serious cash.
I just had one other thought. About 3 1/2 years ago, ebay had a glitch in the system if you listed in a certain way, it would charge you zero dollars for home page feature. It did charge you, but it was for zero dollars. Do you suppose this person found a glitch like that?
Just a thought.
