eBay really stinks, I think. I had the W220 up there last week, and it was a real comedy of errors, some of which were my fault.
First of all, I forgot the the Sunday night it would end on was a Super Bowl Sunday. Duh! The best possible ending time is Sunday night, the highest time for watchers and users in general. Not last Sunday, though. Then, a couple of days into the auction I realized I set the reserve $1000 lower than I had intended. Dang it! No raising of reserves, only lowering once the auction starts. So I figured I would let it run up until close to the close and pull it before the reserve hit and I had to pay the listing fee ($125). Meantime, I was getting deluged with PMs on what my reserve was, what I would take for it, etc., etc. I also found a rather insidious practice I hadn't seen before - people bidding outrageous amounts to expose the reserve price, then retracting their bids. You can see if they do this a lot by looking at their feedback profile as a buyer - there is a field that shows the number of bids they have retracted. It was not a pleasant experience, and I wouldn't do it again, I think. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Anyone BTDT recently? > > I found a local MB that I may try to flip. No show car, but a solid runner > 87 diesel wagon. > > Not sure if I should just get the parts I want for my wagon, or try to make a > little money. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
