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eBay and Buy It Now NCR, maybe a newbie tip

If you see what could be a very good deal on eBay with the Buy It Now option, jump on it quick. I listed these with a starting bid of $149.95 and a Buy It Now price of $250. After the auction got a bid at the starting price, two people sent me messages asking me to end the auction if they'd pay the same Buy It Now price that they had seen when the auction started. With the first one, I tried to reset the BIN, but found out you can't do that once the item receives a bid. I apologized to the guy, and told him that was the only action I'd take to end the auction early, because to just end it any other way would have been unfair to eBay and the other people who were interested in the auction lot. I had to tell the second guy the same thing, this lot had 26 watchers (the most any auction I've done has had). One of them missed out big time by not going for the BIN. He was the second-highest bidder. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140187696435

I would have been happy getting the BIN price, as I knew these things have some value, but I wasn't sure of how much. They've been sitting around gathering dust for a couple years. My home is a townhouse, and the playing of loud music will only p.o. my neighbors and bring the police to my front door, and these were made to played loud! I don't have a retail store anymore, so that is no longer an option for selling this type of equipment.

The guy who won the auction paid via PayPal before I could send an invoice, and that was super quick, as I was monitoring the auction as it closed. I was going to be working this evening, but I think I'll take the rest of the night off. grin

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eBay and Buy It Now NCR, maybe a newbie tip
grin Congrats, Bob....nice sale!! grin

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