Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote: I had some things listed there for a very long time before people bit...but in many cases it eventually did happen. For money? I was under the impression that gametz was for trading (although I guess money is an option for trade, I guess :) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:12 PM, Dan Chisarick wrote: I wish ebay charged by the exclamation point... It must work since a new eBayer bought that budget TES:Arena now for $70... -- Edward Franks -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
On Dec 18, 2003, at 2:09 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: [Snip] Is this particular time not the best time to be listing stuff for auction? Or is it just a fluke? I don't want to go through all this trouble only to sell 30 titles at $1 a piece... or should I just accept that the only items that will make any money at all are the Daggerfalls, Ultimas, etc.? Maybe you should give this guy's http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3067006420 strategy a whirl. ;-) If I'm not mistaken that's the budget re-release of Arena. -- Edward Franks -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
[SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
So I gathered up a lot of stuff that I was going to auction off with low starting bids, and like any good seller I did a Completed Items search to get an idea of what I should expect. Lo and behold, not a single thing I was planning on listing had been fetching over $1 (or even selling!). I didn't have *complete* turkeys: The Immortal, Zany Golf, Jetfighter III, Coaster, Quest for Glory II, Zeliard... geez, it's not like I was going to sell Keypunch shareware or anything... Is this particular time not the best time to be listing stuff for auction? Or is it just a fluke? I don't want to go through all this trouble only to sell 30 titles at $1 a piece... or should I just accept that the only items that will make any money at all are the Daggerfalls, Ultimas, etc.? Or would a better strategy be to just list stuff indefinitely on bidville and hope that somebody comes along? -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene:http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
In a message dated 12/18/2003 2:09:59 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is this particular time not the best time to be listing stuff for auction? Or is it just a fluke? I don't want to go through all this trouble only to sell 30 titles at $1 a piece... or should I just accept that the only items that will make any money at all are the Daggerfalls To get what you want takes time unless you get "lucky" at ebay. Free listing days with your minimum acceptable are good (they don't do those much anymore though), gametz as Stuart suggested or off a web page, link off Moby? Good luck, Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy?
Hi Jim, I seem to recall you expressing some reluctance at using MobyGames to draw attention to your auctions. Not sure if you still feel that way, but it'd be a great way to get people to notice. Use all resources available to you. Like Tom says, maybe wait for a free listing day (although eBay, cheapasses that they are, typically do half-price listing days anymore). - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 'Tis the season to be stingy? In a message dated 12/18/2003 2:09:59 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is this particular time not the best time to be listing stuff for auction? Or is it just a fluke? I don't want to go through all this trouble only to sell 30 titles at $1 a piece... or should I just accept that the only items that will make any money at all are the DaggerfallsTo get what you want takes time unless you get "lucky" at ebay. Free listing days with your minimum acceptable are good (they don't do those much anymore though), gametz as Stuart suggested or off a web page, link off Moby?Good luck,TomVisit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
