AtariLeaf Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've only recently started selling a few things in the past couple of months and did ok. I've got some things up now that aren't even getting looks hardly - Atari 8 bit games, TG-16 games, PS1 games, that I've never had a problem selling before. With Christmas hangovers and bills, is this a bad time of year to sell? I'm thinking of just cancelling all these auctions that I have up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah it is, I sold so much stuff over xmas and you always sell stuff for about a week afterwards as people spend their xmas money but after that ebay just floods with people selling unwanted stuff and nobody has any money after getting in debt over xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I don't ever list anything this time of year. Not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpubba Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I concur. Very bad time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Out of curiosity, does that mean that on the flipside, now is a good time of year to buy on eBay? I've always wondered about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've only recently started selling a few things in the past couple of months and did ok. I've got some things up now that aren't even getting looks hardly - Atari 8 bit games, TG-16 games, PS1 games, that I've never had a problem selling before. With Christmas hangovers and bills, is this a bad time of year to sell? I'm thinking of just cancelling all these auctions that I have up. what the link or your seller name? Im curious in the tg 16 games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Out of curiosity, does that mean that on the flipside, now is a good time of year to buy on eBay? I've always wondered about that. You'd think so eh? Maybe I'll look around myself as a buyer instead. Chris - I responded to your PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 When is a good time to sell again? after tax refund checks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I'm at the point now where I'll just list something at a BIN price and keep it up there until it sells. Stuff will eventually sell and this way, you don't have to bother with relisting, etc. Cost is super cheap too to list that way. But yeah, as far as running a real auction goes, this is the worst time of year to do so. People are broke and getting back to work. Tax time... definitely better than now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I usually stop listing December 23rd and then list things past February. Most people start getting unburied and they either know or have in hand their tax refunds. I tried to list a laptop recently. The girls want to upgrade so I have to sell the old ones. No bids. It's not a bad system - couldn't even get $149 opening bid. I'm going to wait until March to sell them and bite the bullet and dish out the money now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 It's never a good time to sell on eBay. AX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 It's never a good time to sell on eBay. AX That's why I mostly use Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleconut Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 It's never a good time to sell on eBay. AX That's why I mostly use Amazon. Amazon Canada sucks big time. The only way you can sell something is if someone else is selling the same thing, i.e. you cant create a new listing for something not selling already. Sheesh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anakedg Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I have had mixed success the past few weeks, sold a few items, had to list 2 times for two of the 3 sales I've done for the beginning of Jan. Also have had 2 items go unsold after 2 listings. I do the BIN sales though, so like what has been said already its cheap to list multiple times this way. I generally make the BIN price slightly higher than I think I can get and accept 10-15% lower via best offer. As a buyer I found a few good buys recently, not much people bidding on actual auctions it seems. I got a 2600 Jr. with a 7800 and a bunch of games for like 45 shipped about a week ago, only had one other bid. Of course, my girlfriend is going to sleep unfulfilled as a side effect of all the time I spend searching ebay these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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