EBAY newbies......ARRGH

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 10:32am

sorry, have to vent

Sheesh, what do these people think. I've been an EBAY seller for years........and it always cracks me up, some newbie will see an auction, and email and ask if they can buy the item outright, rather than wait the length of the auction.
I just want to tell them.......sure, I was just waiting for YOU to email, so that I can make LESS money by NOT finishing the auction.........ARRGH, I'm trying to make money, people!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 10:36am

lol... you should just email them back with what you just said. be lucky people even bid on your auctions lol no on bid on mine yet.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 10:45am

abba, I politely tell them that. I've done well on ebay.
I look for close-outs, buy them cheap, and then sell......made a fortune (well not a fortune, but a good amount) when Fiestaware discountinued their chartreuse color, and a store here sold all off really cheap, I quadrupled my original investment.
Now I'm just trying to minimize my life, so am selling off a couple of collections of Nuns, and then ducks......I have too much stuff.....and I want GREAT BIG STUFF! hehehehe

[KelRel]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 10:55am

I need to go through my stuff and sell some things off. Elphie what is your ebay id?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 10:56am

kel, I PMed it

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 11:23am

Elphie - would you send me that too? Ebay is (unfortunately) one of my big weaknesses!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 11:39am

i'm kinda psyched because i might win my first auction... i just have to stay awake till midnight... lol.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 12:26pm

You have ducks? I collect rubber ducks. Have any of those?

PM me as well.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 2:50pm

I sell some original comic book art on ebay and people will always want to buy it out from under the auction.

A couple people have offered me amounts of money I would have been a fool to ignore.

And I am no fool!
Updated On: 5/27/05 at 02:50 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 3:11pm

john, she wanted them for my starting price.......

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 3:21pm

I am not a new e-bayer but I did that once to someone - it ended up paying off because that's how I got the item.

Not to mention this one time I accidently put in a bid of $4000 for a CD (meant 40.00).

Apparently the other person put in a lot more than 4000.

Updated On: 5/27/05 at 03:21 PM

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 5/27/05 at 3:26pm

I hope you didn't end up as the highest bidder Thenardier

I have a auction going right now... it's not to win the item, it's a fundraiser... it worked for my friend Viks but no one put a bid on mine so far.