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

From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:18:52 -0700
Message-ID: <468bf6050909271218x676d0c38q79f7c168b8a061ed_at_mail.gmail.com>

I have always thought that the item is being watched while the
potential buyer tries to talk his or her spouse into the purchase.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Greg Catterton
<star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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