For sale or what?

[bigk]

Call me cranky but how can anything be "for sale" without a price? Seems to be a lot of listings like this recently and you can't expect potential buyers to be the buyer & the seller at the same time. If it doesn't have a price, it's not for sale IMO.
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[oldyzman]

I agree Michael,

Brett

[JohnnyO]

I'd have to agree with that.. If it doesn't have a price i move on to the next item that does. The seller needs to make it as easy as possible for a buyer and by not having a price he's sending me a message that it's either very expensive or he's not easy to deal with.

[Simo63]

I'd have to agree with that.. If it doesn't have a price i move on to the next item that does. The seller needs to make it as easy as possible for a buyer and by not having a price he's sending me a message that it's either very expensive or he's not easy to deal with.

Spot on.  I usually find the seller is "scared" to put the price in because they have doubts over whether it's on the money .. pardon the pun 

[oldfart]

Same basket as .... Reserve not met  scenario. Why not make the reserve your starting price  or is all about ebay fee's

[frank jnr]

Was that Old and Cranky.. ..But I do agree, if you are selling something, I thought you would have thought about how much you want for it, before advertising...

[James Lee]

It pisses me off too,if it doesnt have a price it really isnt for sale,seems these people are looking for an auction,best they go to ebay I reckon.

[CRTAD313]

Same basket as .... Reserve not met  scenario. Why not make the reserve your starting price  or is all about ebay fee's

Exactly. Some get the sads when u ask the reserve? Sorry for being interested in your bike mate just didn't want to waste your or my time!

[TM BILL]

What shits me is the " make an offer " brigade  you make an offer and they pack a sad 

Its not rocket science that the buyer  wants to pay as little as possible and the seller wants as much as possible 

when i advertise somthing i have to add 25% just so we can go through the bullshit ritual of letting him negotiate 

State the price if you want to sell 

[DJVGXL]

Nearly as bad as "advertised elsewhere,maybe withdrawn at anytime" crap!

[Slider29]

I'm with you TM

[09.0]

Same basket as .... Reserve not met  scenario. Why not make the reserve your starting price  or is all about ebay fee's

Exactly. Some get the sads when u ask the reserve? Sorry for being interested in your bike mate just didn't want to waste your or my time!

I'm a believer in the reserve system. It does tend to get people bidding and sometimes before they know it they own it. I can't see it being a waste of time either. Bid what you are willing to pay and if it isn't enough it's too dear for you. You have to push a lot more buttons to ask a question than to just put your bid in which makes me think those that ask for the reserve are just tyre kickers.

Nearly as bad as "advertised elsewhere,maybe withdrawn at anytime" crap!

That is one way of saying that they are negotiable outside of eBay and if an agreed value can be struck it will be sold before auction end.

[Taka 100]

most people ask the reserve to see if they can fit it into their budget , yes some people work on what they can shuffle around to get what they would like, clearly mark a price then there no confusion or banter or bullshit, happens in every form of selling , why not in these circumstances , might stop the speculators look where it got the econpmy - over inflated bullshit made to profit only some who just happened to be the people who pushed it up, banks real estate etc etc  to the mess weve got today and are we (the punter) better off , have a look around , I dont think so , 

maybe it should read
how did you feel after:

A.. you sold someone you pretend to know or a friend  an item and ripped them off

B...you passed on a good deal , made nothing and covered you cost

c.. you conned someone by them not knowing what something is worth and then gloted about it

D..you bought an item off someone and then realized they stuck you with a dud you will eventually loose on

E.. you gave something away

i know what i'm going to strive for - what makes me feel good - ride for life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_T41kJm-PE&feature=channel&list=UL

[Nathan S]

Same basket as .... Reserve not met  scenario. Why not make the reserve your starting price  or is all about ebay fee's

Exactly. Some get the sads when u ask the reserve? Sorry for being interested in your bike mate just didn't want to waste your or my time!

I'm a believer in the reserve system. It does tend to get people bidding and sometimes before they know it they own it. I can't see it being a waste of time either. Bid what you are willing to pay and if it isn't enough it's too dear for you. You have to push a lot more buttons to ask a question than to just put your bid in which makes me think those that ask for the reserve are just tyre kickers.

Nearly as bad as "advertised elsewhere,maybe withdrawn at anytime" crap!

That is one way of saying that they are negotiable outside of eBay and if an agreed value can be struck it will be sold before auction end.

Agreed on both counts, although a lot of sellers set ridiculous reserves.
If the reserve is set low or sensibly, then its no drama - but as a bidder, you and the other bidders are actively involved in setting the sale price - particularly the whole process of working out how much you can/want to spend on a particular item - and its annoying when you discover that the seller is a time-wasting dipshit with a reserve price that's well beyond the market value...

[huskibul]

  imo reserves are just a time wasting bullshit tactic that stuff people around and dont work in the real world