How SHOULD I have listed this?

Nicki

soolin wrote: »

I have to say I think you are very brave selling large collection only items for your first ever sales!

Glad to see you got a reasonable amount for the sofa though, well done.

I do tend to jump in at the deep end!

Thanks for all the advice and tips. I guess the biggest lesson today was to hold my nerve and the auction isn't over until it is over. The last 4 bids came in in the last 10 seconds of the auction moving it up from £10 to over £60!

Will wait a few days I think before listing the last few bits to give my nerves a chance to settle and to digest everyone's good advice.

Contains_Mild_Peril

Since you're in London, which of course is very heavily populated, I'd say listing collection-only items with a low start price is worth the gamble, especially if you want to be (virtually) sure of a sale because you need the item out your house PDQ. Collection-only items which sell for peanuts tend to be those located in sparsely populated areas. I looked at the listing after it ended, and the only thing I would say was "wrong" with it is the 17:09 end time: a lot of people are on their way home from work at that time (possibly on the tube, where they can't access the internet). I'd say evenings are generally better.