i was investigating more ways to try and make a few bucks and ive seen a ton of dutch auctions on ebay. what do you think of these and are they a good idea?
i have about 100 gu/auto cards coming in and i was thinking of putting the auctions up on ebay with a BIN of 2 bucks and shipping of 1.5. the cards are mostly lower end gu and auto cards. there are good players in the lot so its not like im sending out 100 elmer dessens cards.
i was going to put all the cards in seperate envelops so its totaly random and putting 1 gu/auto in each envelope ( and possibly some of my base cards around here as a way to get rid of those) and then have one nice card such as my dimmagio gu card as the main prize that most dutch auctions have in one of the envelops. that way when someone buys an auction i just pull one of the envelopes out of my box and send it off.
my question is what do you think of the idea? now i know i will get some negative ebay feedback by people being upset by not getting the card and thats fine because from what ive seen most people leave positive feedback. but other then that. do you think a bin of 2 bucks is fair? shipping 1.50 is pretty good i think. and just in general do you think its a good idea or a bad one and do you like dutch auctions. i like the idea of them but i dont buy them often because i dont have the money to toss away
and one last question. what do you do after the big hit in the lot has been sold? do i continue running the auction or take it down if i find out its been sold? i wont know when it goes because i would make 101 envelopes and put them in a box and just take one out when someone buys so i wouldnt know if its sold or not.
i have about 100 gu/auto cards coming in and i was thinking of putting the auctions up on ebay with a BIN of 2 bucks and shipping of 1.5. the cards are mostly lower end gu and auto cards. there are good players in the lot so its not like im sending out 100 elmer dessens cards.
i was going to put all the cards in seperate envelops so its totaly random and putting 1 gu/auto in each envelope ( and possibly some of my base cards around here as a way to get rid of those) and then have one nice card such as my dimmagio gu card as the main prize that most dutch auctions have in one of the envelops. that way when someone buys an auction i just pull one of the envelopes out of my box and send it off.
my question is what do you think of the idea? now i know i will get some negative ebay feedback by people being upset by not getting the card and thats fine because from what ive seen most people leave positive feedback. but other then that. do you think a bin of 2 bucks is fair? shipping 1.50 is pretty good i think. and just in general do you think its a good idea or a bad one and do you like dutch auctions. i like the idea of them but i dont buy them often because i dont have the money to toss away
and one last question. what do you do after the big hit in the lot has been sold? do i continue running the auction or take it down if i find out its been sold? i wont know when it goes because i would make 101 envelopes and put them in a box and just take one out when someone buys so i wouldnt know if its sold or not.