Every seller has his day, whats yours?

[rogueleader]

What day do you post items? Do you pay attention to what day and time they end? Do you think items that end on a specific day go for more? And does it matter what the item is? (for example in my mind a video game would sell better at night, when gamers are more likely on the Net where as classroom supplys (??) might sell better during late afternoon. Does anyone else put that much thought into their auctions?

[Cap5750]

I believe it just doesn't matter. There are ALWAYS people on bidding on the same items as me regardless of what time it is. And sometimes it's the same people...you just gotta wonder if we have lives other then searching for good deals?

 

Cap

[jetset]

I just lister a bunch of stuff myself tonight (non video game old junk)

I did tonight only because I finally got a round to it! I don't think I'd have my auctions end on Sunday though...I've gotten some awesome deals buying on Sunday. That seems to be by far the best day for a buyer. I would think ending them during the week between 6-10 pm when people are home from work goofing on the net would be best.....but that's just a guess.

[Kialan]

I list stuff a couple days after my other listings ended. When I tried to list things at a decent hour/time/day they ended up NOT selling for as much as I thought they would. Like remember this auction I posted here?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMESO%3AIT&rd=1

 

Did you know 10 people were watching that auction? And it ended at...$2.25! There are perfectly good wicos in there! (The trakball is even mint actually) so I don't understand what happened.

 

I still shipped it with each joystick individually bubble wrapped though. So I probably lost money instead of having a $2 profit (gas to get to the post office too) but hey I guess I got rid of it I guess. Super.

 

And then there was the atari 2800 adapter that had 7 people watching it (3 watching 20 minutes after I posted it, 1 watching from the first 5 min---I was surprised!) Yet it ended at $0.99 NO BIDS Someone contacted me after but hasn't replied whether they like the price I quoted.

 

Ok ok so maybe I've slid off topic but I just want to conclude that no matter what you do, ebay is unpredictable. You win some you lose some.

[rogueleader]

I try to list around 10 PM EST b/c I figure most 'recreational' browsing occurs between 7 and 10 PM so that covers all the time zones in the US. Don't know if it matters though. However I am still convinced that I made a sweet deal on an ALIEN arcade game once because it ended at 9:30 in the morning.

[holygrailvideogames.com]

I usually list on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights, but I have had a lot of luck selling on Friday and Sunday afternoons. I tried selling on Monday nights before and had horrible luck. It really depends on what you sell and how you sell it. So many buyers now snipe that it doesn't matter as much as it once did in terms of what time you start your auction. I remember years ago there was something that I really wanted that ended at 4:00 am. I ended up setting my alarm to bid on it and still was outbid at the last second. After that I said screw it and I just have a snipe set it place for something that I really want.