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Texas MS Cobol 5 complete box set

Covers: Texas
Why don't you just start it at $1 if you want to get rid of it? And yes, chances are very high that you will be disappointed by the outcome by doing this, as no matter what you think, this is not worth a few hundreds bucks to anyone.
 
bchildress said:
If it doesn't work this time I may do that. I just need one person to pay $300.
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I checked out the listing on ebay and will follow it out of curiousity.

By having a starting bid of $300 with "make an offer", I think the listing conflates two different strategies and this will work to the disadvantage of the listing. The first is the traditional auction, where the price starts low and you're hoping competitive buyers bid it up. $300 is too high a starting point and there is probably little competition. The second is the fishing expedition where you start high and see what offers come in below asking price. People are going to assume your floor for offers is $300, so you may not get any offers below $300, and that may be where the action is.

Personally I don't mind fishing expeditions on eBay. There's a been a number of very high priced items on eBay that I've bought for a considerably lower price after I explained what I believed and item was worth. It's a good strategy when a seller has absolutely no idea what something is worth due to lack of comparable data. It gives you the opportunity to see the offers come in, and you avoid the risk of an uncontested auction selling for the minimum amount. If you put it up for $1, it may well sell for $1.
 
smbaker said:
so you may not get any offers below $300
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NOT may. He won't. eBay will not allow for offers below $300 in this setup because the assumption is if the seller was willing to take a lower offer he should have started the bidding at a lower price. A buyer can offer $300 to purchase at the minimum (currently) listed price or offer higher to avoid a bidding war.

Honestly, if there is a $300 buyer they will bid and get it at the minimum. If there isn't OPs options are to either relist or be more realistic with the price.
 
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Shadow Lord said:
NOT may. He won't. eBay will not allow for offers below $300 in this setup because the assumption is if the seller was willing to take a lower offer he should have started the bidding at a lower price.
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I thought I had made an offer less than the starting bid and got a snarky response back from a seller once before. Maybe they've changed it, or maybe I'm misremembering.

I don't think anyone is going to offer him > $300. I agree with you, the volume will be low enough that they will just bid. If they're an experienced bidder, it'll be a snipe at the end.
 
There is a change on eBay that has caught people unaware. By default it will send out offers to buyers without poster being aware, that may have happened in the example. I saw mine was setup like that and turned off those options but they should never have been on as a default in my opinion.
 
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