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Anyone else have a slow Friday evening selling on eBay?

I normally have eBay auctions on Friday and Sunday evenings, mostly selling raw vintage baseball cards from the 60's and 70's. This last Friday was extremely slow and not very profitable. I know that this is Easter week but could that make that big of a difference? All of my auctions have a 79 cent minimum bid and 79 cent shipping. Six of the 14 auctions didn't get a single bid and 7 of them sold for their initial 79 cent bid. Only one sold for above that, at $4. Even Views were way down.

So, anyone else have a similar experience? Thanks in advance for your input.

Jim

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  • I have definitely noticed the views/bidding is dramatically lower then normal the past few days. Some cards I have had up for a couple weeks typically getting 20-40 views ended with only 2 or 3 views. Was wondering what was going on glad I'm not the only one!

  • RufussCkingstonRufussCkingston Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1968forEver said:
    I normally have eBay auctions on Friday and Sunday evenings, mostly selling raw vintage baseball cards from the 60's and 70's. This last Friday was extremely slow and not very profitable. I know that this is Easter week but could that make that big of a difference? All of my auctions have a 79 cent minimum bid and 79 cent shipping. Six of the 14 auctions didn't get a single bid and 7 of them sold for their initial 79 cent bid. Only one sold for above that, at $4. Even Views were way down.

    So, anyone else have a similar experience? Thanks in advance for your input.

    Jim

    Well, what are the comps?

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    passover, kids spring breaks, traveling, easter weekend & opening day. prolly not the best week to start or end auctions. also sunday night might not be the best night to end anymore. too many people doing it. a few months ago before i quit selling on ebay for the most part, tues/wed night endings seem to work the best..

  • Klif50Klif50 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭✭

    We were at church Friday evening for Good Friday services and were out of the house from 5:30p - 9:30p so I didn't do anything on ebay from about 2pm on Friday until Saturday morning when I was stirring around about 10a. Will be going to sunrise service and morning service tomorrow and will be spending time with family so won't be check ebay at all tomorrow.

  • weaselpuppyweaselpuppy Posts: 218 ✭✭✭

    Nope, everything started popping late last night, sold more lots in the last 15 hours than last weekend

  • pab1969pab1969 Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have several auctions ending tonight. They have watchers so I am hoping that they will bid.

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