[meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:47:53 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <417586.24972.qm_at_web46410.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Watchers are funny. I have some items with up to 12 watchers, but no buyers.

Greg C.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwanderingstarmeteoritesQQhtZ-1




--- On Sun, 9/27/09, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to work
> To: "Mexicodoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, nwa482 at comcast.net
> Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 2:37 PM
> Hi Jim, Doug and List,
>
> eBay is a fickle mistress.
>
> I have heard one well-known dealer describe eBay as "a hell
> for
> sellers and a heaven for buyers."
>
> I've been selling collectibles on eBay for about 10 years -
> since the
> days before PayPal (remember BillPoint?) and the behavior
> of other
> eBay members has always confused me.? I try to make
> sense of the whims
> of the market and just when I think I have it figured out,
> the bidders
> (or the sellers) throw me a new curveball.
>
> I concur with Doug's conclusions about watching a cheap BIN
> item.
> There are many reasons behind this phenomena - some
> financial and some
> that are quirky at best.
>
> I have a cheap $10 USB Wi-Fi dongle on watch right
> now.? Why?? Well,
> it's a little complicated, but here goes - I have a
> backburner project
> right now that involves building a "Wok-Fi" parabolic
> amplifier to
> boost my wireless internet reception.? I discovered
> this need for this
> while staying at a rental beach cottage whose promised
> "high speed
> internet connection" was slower than dialup and more
> sporadic than
> Robert Downey Jr.? The project requires a few
> ingredients - a
> parabolic dish (or facsimile there-of), a USB Wi-Fi dongle,
> and a USB
> extension cable.? I searched the web to find a
> suitable dongle (hold
> your jokes) and found this one on eBay.? I am not
> ready to buy it yet,
> because I don't have the other parts rounded up yet.?
> My wife's
> birthday (and our wedding anniversary) are both next week,
> so I am in
> a cash pinch at the moment.? I put the dongle on
> watch, so I can go
> back and easily find it in a couple of weeks when I am
> ready to
> assemble the amplifier.? Why don't I just BIN because
> it's only $10?
> Because, as sad as it sounds, $10 makes a difference to me
> right now -
> money is that tight.
>
> But, I do have to agree that if money is no object, then it
> makes
> little sense to put a BIN item on a watch list.?
> Either use the BIN or
> move on to something else.? But, who is to say what
> motivates each
> watcher?
>
> Best regards and clear skies,
>
> MikeG
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/27/09, Mexicodoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> wrote:
> > "I have a question that has puzzled me for some
> time....... On a cheap
> > item, $20- buy it now, why would anyone bother to
> watch it? "
> >
> > Hello Jim !
> >
> > Maybe the IRS.
> >
> > $20 is more money than 2/3 's of the current eBay
> prices in the
> > collectibles category.
> >
> > Maybe they debate between (grocery shopping and
> cooking a romantic home
> > cooked steak dinner for two), or (some old rock or
> 40-kopeck (USD
> > $0.01) postage stamp).... so they put it on a watch
> list so it doesn't
> > get lost.
> >
> > Or maybe long on bids and with a fixed perk budget.
> Losing other
> > auctions, he would pounce on the $20 thingy.
> >
> > Maybe she is 11 years old and $20 is her week's
> allowance and she is
> > waiting for her "paycheck". Or ditto, retired, fixed
> income, unemployed.
> >
> > Do you happen to have several of the same items for
> $20? Maybe one of
> > your competitors thinks $10 has been the standard for
> whatever the item
> > is, and he may be thinking, let's see how quickly Jim
> sells these at
> > $20 !
> >
> > My money is on the latter,
> >
> > Kindest wishes,
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Strope <nwa482 at comcast.net>
> > To: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 11:51 am
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] AD... Time to get back to
> work
> >
> >
> >
> > After playing all summer, I find that I must get back
> to work. So I
> > have
> > started listing on ebay again. All items so far are
> buy it now listings
> > with
> > some of them accepting reasonable offers. Noteable
> items are a complete
> > Portales Valley Stone, nice Esquel slices, complete
> Millbillillie,
> > Gibeon,
> > Planetaries etc, Link is below:
> >
> > http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=catchafallingstar.com
> >
> > I have a question that has puzzled me for some
> time....... On a cheap
> > item,
> > $20- buy it now, why would anyone bother to watch it?
> It is only $20-
> > and not
> > an auction where you would want to know where it ended
> or wanted to bid
> > at the
> > last minuite? What is the logic behind cluttering your
> watched item
> > list with
> > this kind of cheap item?
> >
> > Good luck to all as I have some exceptional items
> offered and plan on
> > adding
> > more in the next few days.
> >
> > Jim Strope
> >
> > http://www.catchafallingstar.com/
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