Thread: Quandary

So guys I have a problem. I really need money, and I have a few NOS blades that could get me a fair sum of money. I want to list them on ebay, but I'm scared if I put a reserve on it they won't get enough bids, or if I don't that I'll sell them for lower than I want to. It's killing me to sell even one of them but I have to. What are your thoughts on reserves?

Also- I know you can't do best offers in the classifieds so I won't post there- I want to get as much as I can for them if I am going to sell them. Any empathy or suggestions out there?

Y'know Karl, if they are 'hot' blades..... as in Filly or dubl duck 'hot', they will bring a good buck if you do a good listing with nice photos and a comprehensive description. I've seen some Pumas in NOS condition bringing close to $300 here lately.

Sorry to hear you have to get rid of some razors. If you know what you want out of them then put a reserve on them. It will be the safest way. If they don't sell then at least your not out anything. It's worth a shot brother.

Sell it BIN or Best offer. Make the BIN something you can live with, and if someone offers less it's your option.

The issue with reserve is even if it doesn't sell your stuck for the reserve fee as if it did sell. You could always do what many other's do- ahem. List it for $1 and let it go from there and if you don't appear to be getting what you want cancel the auction.

I like to put the BIN price, at about the 75th to 80th percentile, for similar items. Sure, I don't get the highest price, but I don't get average either. I don't sell much on the bay, but this has worked for me the two or three times I tried it.

Take plenty of big photos, and host them somewhere that lets buyers see good resolution (not eBay) Tiny defects affect the value of a razor greatly. I can't speak for other buyers, but I like to see what I'm getting.

well, there's no recipe for getting the most money as then everybody will just do that and life will be straightforward.
every time you don't put a reserve or minimum bid you're not happy with, you are accepting the risk that your item will sell for much less than you want to accept.
listing a razor with a price you like will cost you few dollars more and if it sells you'll have to pay few more.

that's just how it is, there's nothing guaranteed.

also think about when you were buying the same razor you now want to sell. would you consider the asking price too high? it's quite common to value things differently depending on whether you're buying or selling them, and sometimes the gap appears to be enormous.

In my opinion, you can list and then watch the bids, usually the razors that will fetch nice money get bids early and often what kind of bids you got 24 hrs before the end of the listing can tell you what to expect. Example a NOS Filly yesterday was @ 170 12 hours before the end of the listing and sol for 220. Why do I mention the time frames, because you can pull the listing if there are at least 12 hours left till the end.

Give some thought to when your auction ends as well. You will get more money from snipers on a weekday in the early evening (but after people would be off of work) than you will at 3:00 am on a Saturday.