Can Lightning Strike twice! How do I play this???
thedutymon
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Good Morning,
4-5 weeks back I posted on here about my once in a year E-bay bonanza where I took a $9.99 win and flipped it for over a thousand (Yes 1K). (Insert: Nick could you please provide Link to that thread)
So anyway, I did end up having to sweat out getting paid, the buyer took took 2 1/2 weeks to finally pay me and I am still a little worried about a SNAD scam. But that's not what this thread is about.
Last week I won an auction with another 8 of the same cards in it: Auction # 110408958163 (Nick Again Please), look at pictures #7 & #8, So my question is how do I maximize my return on this, IE: Milk this cow for all its worth!!! Cards should be here today.
Do I try and contain my greed and contact the underbidder on those last auctions and try and make an off E-bay deal for $20-30, 40, ??? bucks a card (The underbidder has very deep pockets and back when you could see E-Bay ID's consistently outbid me on specific Non Sport stuff). The underbidder is also a difficult read, I have sold to several times, but other times has put a tiny bid and never followed up and also has not responded in the past to solicitaion to do deals, other times has.
I don't think that the actual winner is an avenue due to the problem with slow payment and no communication. I have also been contacted by another Seller who sold to him before me who still hasn't gotten paid, so going there isn't an option. Do I list them low start with Reserve, or do I just list them low start and let the chips fall where they may??? I could see them selling for next to nothing...which of course is what I would like to avoid.
Any suggestions?? Ideas?
Thanks
Neil
4-5 weeks back I posted on here about my once in a year E-bay bonanza where I took a $9.99 win and flipped it for over a thousand (Yes 1K). (Insert: Nick could you please provide Link to that thread)
So anyway, I did end up having to sweat out getting paid, the buyer took took 2 1/2 weeks to finally pay me and I am still a little worried about a SNAD scam. But that's not what this thread is about.
Last week I won an auction with another 8 of the same cards in it: Auction # 110408958163 (Nick Again Please), look at pictures #7 & #8, So my question is how do I maximize my return on this, IE: Milk this cow for all its worth!!! Cards should be here today.
Do I try and contain my greed and contact the underbidder on those last auctions and try and make an off E-bay deal for $20-30, 40, ??? bucks a card (The underbidder has very deep pockets and back when you could see E-Bay ID's consistently outbid me on specific Non Sport stuff). The underbidder is also a difficult read, I have sold to several times, but other times has put a tiny bid and never followed up and also has not responded in the past to solicitaion to do deals, other times has.
I don't think that the actual winner is an avenue due to the problem with slow payment and no communication. I have also been contacted by another Seller who sold to him before me who still hasn't gotten paid, so going there isn't an option. Do I list them low start with Reserve, or do I just list them low start and let the chips fall where they may??? I could see them selling for next to nothing...which of course is what I would like to avoid.
Any suggestions?? Ideas?
Thanks
Neil
Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
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Won't they do well for you listed correctly? Are there more unique bidders on these when listed properly? Search some older listings (hopefully there are some) that had properly worded titles and see if there are other active bidders.
<< <i>..........I took a $9.99 win and flipped it for over a thousand (Yes 1K). (Insert: Nick could you please provide Link to that thread)................. >>
As you wish Neil. Neil's big flip