Heartland

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!

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

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=1572

where have I heard that name before?

congratulations mrchris. Now youve totally obliviated my chances of getting a cheap sisters bootleg on ebay

Thats the name of the game - share and share alike.

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...

Theres a certain amount of naivety posting, "is this rare sisters item worth anything, it look really cheap?", on the HEARTLAND message board.

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

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.

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

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

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

i join with congratulations

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


for some reason when ppl see a high number of bids, they think it's a disirable item

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)

Ah, your the guy I hate

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?

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

Matt

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)

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)

nope, you haven't missed a thing. and yes, complete spanners

I think that it's better spend £30 in a old ticket (83-85) than £30 in a cd-r !!! isn'it ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=1572

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...

is that near meth boot a cd-r? is it the gig that i have on my ftp server?

You have an ftp server.... with sisters stuff..?

elguiri wrote:You have an ftp server.... with sisters stuff..?

oops. did i say that out loud?



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?)

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