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Slick · 04-10-2010, 09:44 PM

I think when you have a high interest item like that, you KNOW it's gonna get bid up, so the smart thing to do is start it at 1 cent and get a pile of bidders to follow it. Look now, it's up to $1.25 and it already has 8 bids, that's what you want.

Some people are boneheads and would start the bidding at $400, which would be stupid IMHO. For instance like this guy's ended auction - http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-package...item3a596ea78d

I guess doing that, you won't sell it for a lot less than you want, but nobody is ever gonna bid on that starting that high and you're never gonna sell it.

04-10-2010, 09:44 PM
Slick Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houghton, MI Posts: 7,338	I think when you have a high interest item like that, you KNOW it's gonna get bid up, so the smart thing to do is start it at 1 cent and get a pile of bidders to follow it. Look now, it's up to $1.25 and it already has 8 bids, that's what you want. Some people are boneheads and would start the bidding at $400, which would be stupid IMHO. For instance like this guy's ended auction - http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-package...item3a596ea78d I guess doing that, you won't sell it for a lot less than you want, but nobody is ever gonna bid on that starting that high and you're never gonna sell it.