Re: [ARSCLIST] I put this up on eBay tonight.

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jsalerno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think a little differently - a penny to open is too low, for some 
records you might as well eliminate the bottom feeders if you know you 
don't want to part with it for less than $X. A penny gives the wrong 
message, that the item is without value to begin with.

I personally don't think you would get much response with a much lower 
opening bid, but you just don't know what something will sell for unless 
you offer it.

joe salerno


Andrew Hamilton wrote:
> If it's really worth about twice as much, or more, than 100 USD, you are 
> good to go.  However, 100 USD for one such disc(, which isn't of a well 
> known talent?), smacks to me as a bit high, or at least not far from 
> what one could hope to fetch in this era, where even 33.333... rpm 
> microgroove is considered by most of the bidding world to be charmingly 
> antiquated and, at best, retro (a la Steam Punk).   But a 1942 78 rpm 
> acetate?  Maybe Alan Lomax should inherit it?  Or,.if you don't mind, do 
> us all a favor and keep keeping it - for the Akashic records (of (wo-) 
> mankind).
>
> Furthermore, my studio landlord has what I consider to be a sage 
> viewpoint on eBay.  His strong opinion is that having a high "starting 
> bid" negates the unique feature that auctions posses.  Bidding wars can 
> play a remarkable role in both determining the actual (fair to both 
> parties) market value of an item as well as ensuring that the winning 
> bid will be as close to that pecuniary sweet spot as one could hope 
> for.   He maintains that if one uses a steep entry price, there will 
> less likely be any significant amount of bidding prior to the closeout 
> time of the auction, which keeps the ultimate winning bid amount lower 
> than if a "feeding frenzy" of visible, early outbidding can occuir.
>
> Always have the opening bid be 0.01 dollars.  Always use a reserve price 
> that is as low as you can "live with."  If you use the Buy It Now 
> option, make sure you won't be disappointed by the amount you get should 
> someone decide to purchase the item that way.
>
> As long as you follow those rules, just sit back and enjoy the show.
>
>
> _andrew
>
> .
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" 
> <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:56 AM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] I put this up on eBay tonight.
>
>
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360031789317&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=023 
> >
> >
> > Can anybody tell me anything about it ? Should I go back and lower the 
> > price ?
> >
> >                                       Roger
> >
> >
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