Well that sure was mean.....

kylehess10

There was this helmet that I wanted badly on eBay but I just don't have any money in my paypal account. So 2 days ago I listed one of my game worn jerseys on eBay to get some extra cash. The helmet ended today with no bids so I asked the guy if he planned on relisting it since I should be getting some money in this week. He was very kind enough to relist it after reading my e-mail, but he lists it $50 higher! LOL, I hate when auctions don't sell then the seller relists them at a higher price. What's the point?

halosfan

I know several sellers who do that -- if an item does not sell they relist it at a higher price. More often than not it will sell at the higher price for them. Who knows why other than timing of the listing.

onlyanumber

He figured he had a fish on the line...You just didn't take the bait.

storm888

"What's the point? "

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Many sellers do this; I often raise the price on unsold/ended listings. Those
items always sell, eventually.

The notion that any single shopper can be predicted to be the key to the sale
of an item is unfounded. Timing is a random factor, and no one knows who may
see the relisted item and grab it. Given X-days, any item will sell on EBAY; there
are millions of shoppers --- not just the few who may have been watching an item
when it was previously listed.

When bargain-hunting shoppers inquire as to why the "price went up," many
sellers BBL the questioners.

lawnmowerman

Just email him a day before the auction ends. Make him an offer for whatever it was listed at the first time.

Dont pay the more expensive price.

kylehess10

<< <i>Just email him a day before the auction ends. Make him an offer for whatever it was listed at the first time.

Dont pay the more expensive price. >>



He does have a "Maker An Offer" option, which I plan on using.

XanaduNow

I agree with storm.

There was an American Caramel James Jeffries in rough shape up for auction a while back with a SB of $49.99. It went unsold.

Item relisted for $39.99. It went unsold.

Item relisted again at $29.99 and it ended up selling for much more than the original $49.99. I guess it just all depends on how many people see the item and timing, as was mentioned earlier.

The worst part was that I actually had the card watched for both earlier SB's and for one reason or another I missed them both. I've since gotten a sniping service.

Arthur