usedto
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I recently started selling on the bay, getting rid of some of the government surplus I've been saving since the 80s. Sales have gone surprisingly well, but sometimes I don't quite understand buyers.
In the 90s, I ended up with a pallet of "items" that would be classified in the stationary/office/school supplies category. I offered to give it to some of the local institutions that might have use for them, but to no avail. I put the pallet up on the top of some pallet rack in my warehouse. The only reason I haven't thrown it away is because it was too hard to get to with all the other crap I stacked in the way.
Shortly after I started sell in the bay, I grabbed "one" of these, took a photo, put a starting price about 1/2 of what others were selling it for, and let it go. It sold, so I listed another, then another.......and so on. With shipping, they sold for between $14 and $18 dollars. Wanting to dispose of all 150+ of them, I decided to let everyone who needed one to get the opportunity, so I did a B.I.N. for $16.00 and free shipping.
They sat for almost a month and a half with no takers, so last Sunday I cancelled the BIN and put one back up for auction - $7.50 starting bid plus $6.50 shipping.
As of right now, it's sitting at $20 plus the $6.50 shipping, with 18 hours to go.
Can't say as I can figure that one out.:scratch2:
In the 90s, I ended up with a pallet of "items" that would be classified in the stationary/office/school supplies category. I offered to give it to some of the local institutions that might have use for them, but to no avail. I put the pallet up on the top of some pallet rack in my warehouse. The only reason I haven't thrown it away is because it was too hard to get to with all the other crap I stacked in the way.
Shortly after I started sell in the bay, I grabbed "one" of these, took a photo, put a starting price about 1/2 of what others were selling it for, and let it go. It sold, so I listed another, then another.......and so on. With shipping, they sold for between $14 and $18 dollars. Wanting to dispose of all 150+ of them, I decided to let everyone who needed one to get the opportunity, so I did a B.I.N. for $16.00 and free shipping.
They sat for almost a month and a half with no takers, so last Sunday I cancelled the BIN and put one back up for auction - $7.50 starting bid plus $6.50 shipping.
As of right now, it's sitting at $20 plus the $6.50 shipping, with 18 hours to go.
Can't say as I can figure that one out.:scratch2: