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Has anyone else noticed how much the description of an item on Ebay can effect the price? I missed out on the Silence is Platinum boxed set a few weeks ago, went for about £30, perhaps because it had a glowing description and lots of photos. But I've just bought another one with a very brief description for under £10! Likewise, a copy of Postcards From Above the Chemist with a really glowing and detailed description recently sold for something like £45, but there's another one going for about £15, last time I looked...

Can buyers not see the wood for the trees? Moral - if you're an Ebay seller, DO go to the effort of filling in an extensive description, you could double your price for a minute's work!
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MrChris wrote:Has anyone else noticed how much the description of an item on Ebay can effect the price? I missed out on the Silence is Platinum boxed set a few weeks ago, went for about £30, perhaps because it had a glowing description and lots of photos. But I've just bought another one with a very brief description for under £10! Likewise, a copy of Postcards From Above the Chemist with a really glowing and detailed description recently sold for something like £45, but there's another one going for about £15, last time I looked...

Can buyers not see the wood for the trees? Moral - if you're an Ebay seller, DO go to the effort of filling in an extensive description, you could double your price for a minute's work!
Like this one - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... tegory=307 :?: :roll:
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=1572

where have I heard that name before? :innocent: :wink:
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congratulations mrchris. Now youve totally obliviated my chances of getting a cheap sisters bootleg on ebay :P :eek: :cry: :)
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Thats the name of the game - share and share alike.
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Lol, well, case proven I guess. Sorry if I made anyone miss out. Recently I asked advice on an item here myself (a rare book), and I got the advice but someone read the message and nabbed it. All's fair in love and ebaying, I guess...
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Theres a certain amount of naivety posting, "is this rare sisters item worth anything, it look really cheap?", on the HEARTLAND message board. :-)
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Jim wrote:Theres a certain amount of naivety posting, "is this rare sisters item worth anything, it look really cheap?", on the HEARTLAND message board. :-)
that thought had occured to me too :twisted: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I've learned my lesson, anyway. Besides, I've banned myself from Ebay for a month. No dosh. Moving house. Leaving England, actually. Having a baby (well, I'm not, but I provided some essential reproductive material, so I'm helping to deal with the consequences...). New job. New house. Ergo no Ebay.
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MrChris wrote:Having a baby (well, I'm not, but I provided some essential reproductive material, so I'm helping to deal with the consequences...). New job. New house. Ergo no Ebay.
Congrats on all counts :)
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MrChris wrote:Lol, well, case proven I guess. Sorry if I made anyone miss out. Recently I asked advice on an item here myself (a rare book), and I got the advice but someone read the message and nabbed it. All's fair in love and ebaying, I guess...
nope, quite the opposite- Ebay isnt fair :lol:
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hallucienate wrote:
MrChris wrote:Having a baby (well, I'm not, but I provided some essential reproductive material, so I'm helping to deal with the consequences...). New job. New house. Ergo no Ebay.
Congrats on all counts :)
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best way is to bid just high enough not to win what you don't want, as a distraction for a last minute bid on what you really want :twisted: :twisted:


for some reason when ppl see a high number of bids, they think it's a disirable item :roll: :wink:
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i prefer not bidding until the last 10 or so minutes of the auction. That way, they dont see it coming and you end up scoring (provided it dosnt end at a undesirable price)
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Ah, your the guy I hate ;-)
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Haha, I may second that. Time difference, poo. Sometimes you can nab things at 5 or 6 on a Sunday evening GMT, though. Seriously, though, I don't think we can complain about people poaching things at the last minute. I used to feel cheated, but if I was willing to pay more, I should have bid more originally, shouldn't I?
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Talking of Ebay, theres some rather nice underneath the rocks and some tickett stubbs here ;)

http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... co.uk&rd=1

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Ticket Stubbs!!!!.....People actually pay money for ticket stubbs...Man there must be some right spanners out there....or have i missed something..(besides saving my old ticket stubbs) :urff:
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elguiri wrote:Ticket Stubbs!!!!.....People actually pay money for ticket stubbs...Man there must be some right spanners out there....or have i missed something..(besides saving my old ticket stubbs) :urff:
nope, you haven't missed a thing. and yes, complete spanners :urff:
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I think that it's better spend £30 in a old ticket (83-85) than £30 in a cd-r !!! isn'it ? :evil: :twisted: :evil: :twisted:

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I can't imagine anyone would want to spend £30 on a plain cd-r, unless they were conned. A fiver, yes. £30, no. Most of the CDs on Ebay at least have nice spangly covers and things, though. Which makes them worth ooh, at least £9. Seriously, the only things that could be worth £30 up must be Damage Done / Body Electric, an extremely collectable vinyl bootleg or poster that you REALLY want, or something signed. But obviously, the world is not short of spanners...
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is that near meth boot a cd-r? is it the gig that i have on my ftp server? :evil:
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You have an ftp server.... with sisters stuff..?
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elguiri wrote:You have an ftp server.... with sisters stuff..?
oops. did i say that out loud? :urff:

:innocent:

err, i might do. 'cept its not up today.

but it's not for public use. it's for my own personal use. so that i can download stuff on my home pc while i'm in work.

so there.

*gulp*

(sh*t. think anyone believed me?)

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Oh riiiiiight.....I understand :innocent: :kiss: :kiss: there doesnt apper to be one for kissing butt :innocent:
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