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A head scratcher

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  • hubb
    hubb Posts: 2,501 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Yes, post worldwide.
  • mobile48
    mobile48 Posts: 745 Forumite
    edited 9 June 2011 at 7:39PM
    Two thoughts:

    If you are selling old items in as new condition do buyers either think they are cheap reproductions or perhaps prefer items that look their age.

    In actual shops some vintage products do not sell well at low prices but sell at higher prices. If I cannot sell something on ebay I find increasing the price can work here also.
  • Sketchly
    Sketchly Posts: 28 Forumite
    10 Posts
    Why not have a few on 99p start auctions? find out what customers are willing to pay.
    Generally its the other way around for me, I can charge a bit more then the competition as I an a specialist in my area and only deal within one sector but my competition (in most cases) sell everything and anything have have limited experience and knowledge in what they are selling.
  • macfly
    macfly Posts: 2,728 Forumite
    Ebay can be a baffling medium. I'm having trouble selling a popular phone on BIN, despitre auctions going for more. Sold loads of them over the year, but this one seems poison. But I also listed a designer brand golf top I had left over from last summer. I was annoyed to find a seller who had lots of them, same item, and was selling very cheaply. So I listed in clothing rather than sports gear and sold it for more in an hour. There's no logic.
  • hubb
    hubb Posts: 2,501 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I do state that they are NOT repro. As advised here I upped my price and it killed sales dead.
  • I find postage included in the selling price a real turn-off because I generally buy several items from the same seller at once and son't want to be ripped-off by having to pay full postage for each item even though they'll all be sent together.

    I also associate postage included in the selling price with slow shipping and shoddy packaging.

    Try listing with a reasonable postage charge, a choice of 1st and 2nd class and a good combined postage discount for multiple purchases.
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