posted on June 23, 2004 04:37:33 PM new
If you have more than one of an item and it is bid up quite a bit,do you relist that item again right after the auction goes off or wait awhile? Any thoughts?
posted on June 23, 2004 04:49:40 PM new
Wraaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrppppppp!!!!! Snap! I,,,, just go to their feed back page and click on their username and say, at your bid send a reply if you want one.
posted on June 23, 2004 07:36:45 PM new
I would make a second chance offer. That way your winning bidder doesn't know you have another one. Although it will appear in your sold page it never appears in the search. I have used that and it works like a charm. But don't wait to long after the originally auction closes because it gives your buyer a chance to change their mine.
posted on June 23, 2004 07:46:36 PM new
I've found from my own experience that most often it is not a good idea to re-list another of a "hot" item you have for at least one month after the first sells.
Too often I have something get hot action, then have followed it up with another, only to either have it sell low, or not receive any bids at all.
I think even when a particular item has numerous bidders in on the action, they must either be doing something else the following week, or simply have moved on to some other fleeting interest.
2nd chance offer is certainly worth trying, no loss if they don't take it.
posted on June 23, 2004 08:27:33 PM new
If I were the second-highest bidder on a "hot" item and saw it relisted right away, I'd just figure they're not as rare as I thought and perhaps I could wait a bit before going for one. In cases like these, I usually space out my listings. (This last year I had a lot of gorgeous Italian glass fruit. I listed two bunches together every 3 - 4 weeks, sometimes even longer between listings, and I was satisfied with the results.)
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posted on June 23, 2004 09:42:09 PM new
Contact the under bidders ASAP. Just because they didn't win your auction doesn't mean that they are not looking for your item. In most cases, they are now looking at your competitors items and will likely buy from them if you don't contact. And way before any relist of the item. I have a 90% success rate for second chance offers. That speaks for itself.
posted on June 23, 2004 11:08:55 PM new
If you know you're going the second chance route, try to get a screenshot of the bidders list showing their email addresses a few seconds before the auction closes. If the condition of the second item isn't exactly the same as that of the first, you will want to email the underbidder and let them know about it as you cannot revise the description on a second chance auction.
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posted on June 24, 2004 03:53:02 PM new
Thanks, for everyones input. I will give that a try. I seem to have some of the same people on my auctions who buy several items each.
posted on June 24, 2004 06:00:17 PM new
I know for a fact that when I sell an auction for a good price, other sellers jump in and offer that same item (in my case usually a book) to the the next bidder. Second place bidders have told me this.
posted on June 24, 2004 07:07:31 PM new
Gee, I always wait until no like items show up in a search of completed items. Then I make sure none are running at the time I launch it. Works well for me, but I'm not selling new stuff. With new merchandise, I can see how it would work well to do second chance offers.
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