Monday, October 03, 2005

Grrr....

eBay problem

I had a bunch of stuff listed on ebay. So did Tori. I sold 3 things....a set of xBox videogames (which I actually did really good on) and an autographed Falcons football, and a small coin collection. (I know, I know, how did my Civil War bullet and metal matador statue not sell?! I have no idea.)

But what really gets my goat is my SNES stuff. I had it listed, and other listings similar had plenty of bids. What happened to mine? I'll tell you. I did a scheduled listing. For 9PM. Unfortunately someone else did too. But they offered 13 games instead of my 10. And the auctions ended literally on the exact same second. So the other dude got all the bids, and before they could go to the next auction (which was mine) mine ended. With 0 bids. Unbelievable.

I learned a lesson. If you do scheduled listing...do a random time...like 9:03 or something. Unbelieveable. So I relisted it again for a 1 day auction. We'll see if I do any better.

BTW...Tori sold every single thing she put on. And she had like 10 things on. Her items appeal to that small "Stay at home mom" crowd, while my items appeal to that large, well-known "I love to collect small strange statues from someone's attic" demographic.

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