When "No Reserve" means $200 reserve.

[Joe Stella]

Huge Atari 800 XL Computer System LOT Very Rare! NR

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Atari-800-XL-Comp...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Call me crazy, but when you start an item at price XX, THAT'S a reserve.

 

And $100 shipping. Sure, why not.

Edited September 11, 2005 by Joe Stella

[txsizzler]

Huge Atari 800 XL Computer System LOT Very Rare! NR

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Atari-800-XL-Comp...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Call me crazy, but when you start an item at price XX, THAT'S a reserve.

 

And $100 shipping.  Sure, why not.

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Well.. it IS Priority Mail...

[taxman]

Hate to see what the price would have been if the seller's name was longislandretail

[davepesc]

Huge Atari 800 XL Computer System LOT Very Rare! NR

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Atari-800-XL-Comp...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Call me crazy, but when you start an item at price XX, THAT'S a reserve.

 

And $100 shipping.  Sure, why not.

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By that logic, then EVERY auction has a reserve. In essence, that's what the opening bid is/should be, right?

[Joe Stella]

Huge Atari 800 XL Computer System LOT Very Rare! NR

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Atari-800-XL-Comp...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Call me crazy, but when you start an item at price XX, THAT'S a reserve.

 

And $100 shipping.  Sure, why not.

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By that logic, then EVERY auction has a reserve. In essence, that's what the opening bid is/should be, right?

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Just curious, are you the seller, or a bidder?

 

Is there a difference between a $1 starting bid, and a $200 starting bid? What's the definition of a reserve?

Edited September 12, 2005 by Joe Stella

[video game addict]

Reserve auctions are usually unknown pricing for one thing. The opening bid could be $1 or $200, and you could bid $500 and still be wasting your time. Unless you are willing to bid high enough on an unknown sell point that only the seller knows.

[Joe Stella]

Reserve auctions are usually unknown pricing for one thing. The opening bid could be $1 or $200, and you could bid $500 and still be wasting your time. Unless you are willing to bid high enough on an unknown sell point that only the seller knows.

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I'm not even sure how to reply to this. I think I'll just say the intelligent majority gets it.

Edited September 13, 2005 by Joe Stella

[video game addict]

What you as a bidder are willing & able to pay for an item, has little to do with what a seller wants to start his auctions at.

 

To you $200 is high, but the seller doesn't seem to think so. In his mind that might be a $1000 lot he's sacrificing for $200 and he is offering it with no reserve as he states.

[Joe Stella]

What you as a bidder are willing & able to pay for an item, has little to do with what a seller wants to start his auctions at.

 

To you $200 is high, but the seller doesn't seem to think so. In his mind that might be a $1000 lot he's sacrificing for $200 and he is offering it with no reserve as he states.

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It isn't without a reasonable reserve. That's the point. Without a reserve, in most peoples mind, will be at the minimum starting cost. Ask around.

 

Personally, I don't care what the seller is asking. That's not my point.