Dunno. Maybe it's because of Mars coming so close or something, or maybe the marketplace is always like this and I've just never known it.
I listed my first season Bab 5 tapes on eBay a few weeks ago, listed it at $15 and got no bids, so I waited a week or so and listed them again at the same starting price. Now they've been bid up to $46, which is a lot more than I ever expected them to fetch. Bidding is going rather briskly on the old iBook, too. I would have thought the fact that it doesn't run on batteries would be a big detracting sales point, but apparently there are more than a few people who don't care, or who think they can fix it, or something.
Not complaining, obviously, since it does mean that I'm getting stuff out the door and extra cash in my pocket. I just think it's rather odd.
Posted by Zathras at August 12, 2003 03:19 PMdon't shake a stick at a gift horse...
or something like that
Posted by: Shaw at August 12, 2003 05:26 PMPeople that sell on a regular basis have commented to me in the past that there are regular "peaks" for sales. I believe it's the 1st and the 15th, as those are the dates most people's bank accounts are at their high point from paychecks. It could also be that your second set is harder to obtain for some reason...
Posted by: Moggy at August 12, 2003 05:29 PMShe's right, I think. You could also wait until the holiday season to generate more interest . . .
Sorry about the messy double post above - $!#@ computer's sick, and I am too apparently with some summer flu. Time to rest...
Posted by: Shaw at August 12, 2003 05:54 PMstill sick - ate a $!#!# burger at a diner "medium rare" - bad idea. dont trust diner food...
Posted by: Shaw at August 12, 2003 09:11 PMI usually think of it as being mostly random, with a few peaks here and there. Ebay says time your auctions so that they end on a Saturday or Sunday - you will have more people online and looking for stuff. The 1st and 15th is something I never thought of...
Does anyone know if there are any analyses of ebay bidding behavior we can look at? There are probably a bunch of different things to do to enhance the bidding.
Posted by: Matt at August 16, 2003 03:41 AMHmm, that's interesting. I didn't know any of that, I'll have to keep it in mind in the future. As to eBay bidding patterns, I'm sure someone has studied them. I think I'll try googling that later today.
Posted by: Zathras at August 16, 2003 07:24 AM