I am an even bigger fan of the "make offer" option. I've gotten some real deals that way, with no fear of sniping.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:39 AM, dave walton <walton.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's how the online GSA Auctions work. They do have a weakness, > however. I suppose you could make the smallest incremental bid > repetitively over several hours which would cause the auction to end > in the wee hours of the morning when no one else was awake or > motivated enough to bid against you. > > For online parts auctions, it would be good if the item remained > listed for months instead of days. List a Buy-it-Now and accept > offers. I have at least a hundred items that I would gladly trade for > cash well under what a new one would cost, but which are too obscure > to put on eBay in hopes someone who needs it looks it up in the next > couple days. > > -Dave Walton > > On 11/22/09, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > > Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > I believe the market is overripe for some serious competition to the > > > Bay area whackos' fleabay. I think there is enough talent on this > > > list to launch it. > > > > > > Do you think the auction format is still the best? I always thought a > > neat alternative to eBay, to get rid of the sniping type behavior, would > > be to have the auction end time be flexible, like in a real auction. > > That is, each time a bid comes in, the end of the auction is extended by > > some minutes. Only once no bids have been received for some amount of > > time would the gavel be dropped and the item sold. > > > > But for parts, I'm not sure an auction makes sense. There may not be > > enough interest in any particular part to get an acceptable price by > > bidding. In this case a fixed price (maybe with a option to make a > > lower offer but this would not be binding on the seller to accept) might > > be better. > > > > Allan > > > > -- > > 1983 300D > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
