Not sure if this topic has come up but someone had an intersting thread about do you care who wins a unit and talked about a "whale".

Anyhow, do you think there's an unspoken rule or etiquete about if someone's taken half the days units they should call it a day and go home or is it more this is business every man for himself and may the best man win?

I suppose this question is more suited towards the circuit type auctiosn where everyone is spending the day following one auctioneer around rather than just bouncing around to random auctions.

Part of me says yes extend a little courtesy to your fellow buyers but I can also see the argument if someone has the money and can get rid of that volume more power to them. If they suck they will run out of money soon enough and if they are that good they deserve to win and take all the units

I will say that when I see this on a circuit where everyone is following all day and everyone knows one particular guy has gotten 12 of the 15 units or something like that everyone groans when he bids and you start to see the whole auction following as a whole start running that person up.

Just curious your guys thoughts

someone mind expanding on this story? been off the boards for a while and link is dead. guessing someone will go bid for you if your too lazy to go bid on your own stuff? lol wow is right if thats the story

Was having a debate with a friend over this very topic the other day. Her father has a bunch of tools and antiques he wants to sell, knows I used to be very into resale, craigslist, ebay, bikes, cars, etc and asked for my help selling. He doesn't really want to deal with people comming to the house all the time, especially for smaller or cheaper items and wants to ship.

I told him all over craigslist in big bold letters it warns DONT SHIP ANYTHING MEET IN PERSON and basically said it wasn't worth my time even helping if this is how he wanted to do things as everyone will want to meet up. My friend insists things will sell.

The one saving grace is he is willing to accept paypal for all sales so eessentially the buyer is fully protected through the paypal protection but none the less I dont see many people going for this.

I'm pretty sure the answers here will agree with me but was hoping to see what others think and maybe show this thread as well.

I agree shipping is more convenient as well as more ecnominical in some situations. I'll occasionally get someone wanting to meet up over a $5 item and I'll offer to ship and they want to meet. I always want to tell the person you really your going to spend $15 in gas and waste an hour of both our time to meet up for this $5 item but cl seems all about the meetups. Ebay is obviously the place to ship though your paying a hefty commission.

obviously we all know this was because of the times selling for 0.99 cents with $50 shipping but it amazes me people still list this way. they aren't saving anything on shipping as they are now paying a fvf on shipping as well so they arent saving money and they are pissing off an alienating certain customers who have a problem with listings that are listed that way. im always surprised by how many auctions i still see with low price high shipping. i suppose only advantage is in a dispute buyers dont get shipping money back.

you have a lot to learn if you think this is a legit response. if someone refers to your item as an item and not "I want the xbox" , "I want the 42" tv" etc its a scam.

If someone wants to pay by anything but cash money it's a scam. If someone wants you to ship it, its' a scam. If someone asks for your details, name, photo, etc its a scam.

It's INCREDIBLY EASY to tell what's a scam and whats not after spending a day on craigslist.

Don't get sucked into the flat rate shipping trap. I think alot of people do it becaus ethey are too cheap to invest in a postal scale but unless your selling heavy car parts, metals, etc 90% of the time your throwing money away using flat rate shipping or making the customer pay an exorbitant fee for shipping. Flat rate boxes really aren't all that big to hold larger items anyway. Invest in a postal scale, you wont be guessing and getting packages shipped back to you or the buyer paying the remaining shipping, You'll know exactly what to charge and you wont have to pay the extra for flat rate shipping

Like some others have commented, this practice has been in place for quite a while now. Not trying to be rude or a smart ass but honestly if you didn't know this you probably shoulnd't be selling on ebay. Reason I say this is because lots of people lose money selling on ebay because they don't understand the fee structure and best practices for shipping efficiently. Ebay is always changing policies and fee structures as well. You really need to keep abreast of ebay fees, policies, etc and read the forums on a regular basis or your going to constantly feel ambushed and taken advantage of.

if they are really older and would be a cool vintage collectible item maybe on the wall of a man cave with penants and stuff maybe you could get a few bucks, if not older they are pretty much garbage