Ebay watchers...

[shogun700]

It never occurred to me to view watchers as a negative-I've always watched a lot of items myself, and I like to see the numbers go up as time goes on. I get people (when I sell suspension forks they come out of the woodwork) who will, after winning an auction, wait 5 days to contact me-only to say they are just now transferring money to paypal....several more days pass and I end up having to relist. AAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH! I hate selling forks.

One thing I've noticed, when trying to figure out the value of some item, is that a google search will pull up ebay listings that are a lot older than what can be viewed on ebay itself. It can be handy.

I'm a US ebayer, and they keep changing the way the search results come up-checking completed listings is now a four-click affair, and it's buried in an odd menu. I am currently opting out of it, but I'm sure it's a preview of silliness to come.

I'm waiting for them to charge extra to see completed listings, actually shocked they haven't mined that for profit yet. There are plenty of antiques websites that make you pay to see the value of stuff-but all they do is compile a record of what sold on ebay, and for what amount. I wonder if there is a legal reason they aren't already doing it?

 

[stuey]

I watch too - and Doh at missed 'bargains'.
The biggest mistake I make is putting down 'sympathy bids' that I end up winning.

 

[lowe1677]

alot of people will forget as ebay moved your watched items onto a seperate page (k**b heads)i have missed out on a few things in the past due to this.

 

[drcarlos]

Saves posting an idiotic 'what's my dodahbizniz worth?' thread doesn't it though

Carl.

 

[Nader]

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Anybody else been selling kit on ebay and having a stupid amount of watchers :?

my salsa stem had last week 112 watchers but in the end only one bidder! :?
..I think all these people are those who dream of these parts but have no money for