Re: ? Starting bid and no reserve question

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:55:53 GMT, clara bow <down@xxxxxxx> defied the
laws of time and space to say:

What is your rec. for selling

I don't really have one; I'm mostly a buyer, and have only sold a few
things over the years. The few things I did sell, I packed 'em up before
I listed them so I could get a final shipping weight (and get them right
out the door as soon as I was paid).

A few more experienced sellers have sites with more info; Dave's got one
on ebay myths at <http://www.auctionmyths.com/>, and Don Lancaster has
extensive suggestions for more hard-core sellers at <http://tinaja.com/>.

In my experience, the yard-sale type stuff I was getting out of my
basement wasn't selling for enough to make it worth doing; I would really
have had to do a LOT of it to bring in a profit. Nowadays I either take
it down to the local thrift stores or, if they might actually be worth
five or ten bucks, sell them on Craigslist.

-Bertha
--
Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes.
Now, although the room grows chilly
I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy.
-- Col. D. Streamer, "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes"
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