Re: shipping procedures of the experienced wanted.

Kris Baker wrote:
"Dave Busch" <moc.toofgib@eriafresal> wrote in message news:hefla2hr1jh936ftp3qmvaj0jj5d5b19ak@xxxxxxxxxx

On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:05:12 GMT, "Kris Baker"
<kris.baker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


It's good we all do things differently. For me, the most fun is finding
something cool and watching it sell (or not).

Kris


Fun is right. I once picked up a 1950's-era brochure about the Bok
Tower ("The Singing Tower") in Florida for a couple cents and it sold
for $45.00 to the son of the carilloner who played there during that
era. Another time, I had a very old copy of a book by James Fenimore
Cooper that sold for about $50 to a descendent (named something like
Irving Fenimore Cooper.)

The most interesting part was trying to figure out who the
second-highest bidder was who drove the price up that high.

Another time, some eBayers were having a garage sale to get rid of
junk they were unable to sell online, and they gave me an old Kent
State University collector plate from 1970. I sold it the following
May for $30, and ended up being interviewed by phone by the Kent
newspaper which was doing a May 4/EBay story.
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Those are great.

I recently had a coffee mug up, from a Vermont college. Picked it up for no real reason for 50-cents, and it sold for $127.50. I checked out the bidders, and found the recently-retired college president, and past alumni were fighting it out.

I had a Bok Tower souvenir item once, and it sold quickly (and well), too. I guess there's not too many things from that place.

The daughter of one of the *** and Jane editors used to helpfully drive my book prices up, as she was amazed I could come up with books she didn't even know her father was involved in producing.
She finally got them all, and sent me a charming note that I've kept.

Kris


Kris



I think it is those unique items that keep eBay on the map. As many have noted here, to sell merchandise, you must be able to sell at below wholesale, and I seriously doubt many shoppers start shopping eBay to buy something that is mass produced and currently available. My guess is that they come to eBay looking for something hard-to-find, start looking around and find other items that pique their interest, then as long as they're already on the site, and have a search box handy, they check to see if there is a good deal on a toaster, a TV, a coat, or whatever.

If the MBA-run corporation drives out the antique-collectible-weird items, why would anyone shop eBay? Why not go to the manufacturer's site, or a major source like Sears, Macy's, etc.?
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