your highest # of ebay watchers that never placed a bid?

drfish · May 31, 2009 3:33AM

For me -20.Maybe they're going to sell or just own the same coin?Then you have a auction with 5-6 watchers amd most of them bid.Whats your experience?

MORGANHUNTER2 · May 31, 2009 4:25AM

I have 25 watchers on a knife I'm selling as I write, and 29 watching a purse!

go make it 26 please, and then watch the rest of my stuff and the stuff I'm adding this week and next week and so on, and so on.....

GFourDriver · May 31, 2009 4:28AM

I've had as many as 200+ watchers on a 10th anniversary set I sold on eBay.

mach19 · May 31, 2009 4:31AM

I had a bunch of people watching a blank planchet on the first G.W. dollar / 70 to 75. Final selling price was around $700.00

jdimmick · May 31, 2009 4:36AM

I had like 24 watchers once and not a single bid

touche · May 31, 2009 6:06AM

My early UHR's had 135.

rbf · May 31, 2009 8:24AM

<< <i>I had like 24 watchers once and not a single bid >>

Me too... frustrating. You have to figure, out of all those watchers, at least ONE of them must have been genuinely interested, but simply forgot to place his bid on time. As a buyer, I admit I've done that myself a few times. Ebay should add a feature for sellers where if your item has watchers but ends with no bids, you can send a 'buy it now' option to all of your anonymous watchers -- sort of like a 'second chance' offer. I'm surprised eBay hasn't implemented something like this by now.

RaginsteveK · May 31, 2009 11:10AM

Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1929-D CHOICE UNC? BETTER?
{GEM OBVERSE, Dinged REVERSE: MS62 OVERALL by "outlaw" TPG}

294 WATCHERS, 17 BIDDERS- 277 non-bidders
good action, bidding- but I actually lost some money
(was betting on an upgrade: local guru talked me out of re-submitting- so I bailed: low opening/ no reserve & scared "witless" throughout the entire process)

lordmarcovan · May 31, 2009 11:12AM

28, I think.

Edit, no, maybe fiftysomething on some of the nice consignment stuff I had up a while ago.

RaginsteveK · May 31, 2009 11:18AM

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<< <i>I had like 24 watchers once and not a single bid >>

Me too... frustrating. You have to figure, out of all those watchers, at least ONE of them must have been genuinely interested, but simply forgot to place his bid on time. As a buyer, I admit I've done that myself a few times. Ebay should add a feature for sellers where if your item has watchers but ends with no bids, you can send a 'buy it now' option to all of your anonymous watchers -- sort of like a 'second chance' offer. I'm surprised eBay hasn't implemented something like this by now. >>

THAT is a GOOD IDEA!
(did something similar; contacted bidders- with inadequate bids; told 'em I was resubmitting under slightly different conditions. We'll see what happens)

291fifth · May 31, 2009 11:32AM

I once had 75 watchers for a piece of used camera equipment ... but only a few actual bidders. Many watchers are individuals and dealers with a similar item who just want an idea of what it is worth. For coins, the highest number of watchers was around 20. Again, few actually bid.

bolivarshagnasty · May 31, 2009 11:58AM

My highest was 35 watchers on some 32 Ford hood side panels. Never that many on any coin
auctions. Shag

Obiwancanoli · May 31, 2009 12:14PM

I'm curious... never sold anything on Ebay (will soon be changing this, as I have some coins I want to sell), and was wondering about sellers keeping tabs on "watchers...

Evidently, sellers can see how MANY are watching... but can they see WHO is watching? What else can a seller determine about those watching a coin? Or even several of their coins?

Thanks!

drfish · May 31, 2009 1:41PM

with watchers you only get a count -no id's-you only get id's with actual bidders.

eyoung429 · May 31, 2009 2:02PM

445 for a restored gas pump that was a very rare model....no bidders. Sold it the day after the auction close via email for almost $200 more than the listed price.

your highest # of ebay watchers that never placed a bid?

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