I wish everyone would read the "How to Sell" manual. He writes a good description of what he offers, attach clear visual aids (pics) and he always leaves something on the plate for the other guy. You know that you can buzz whatever he offers with a guarantee of making a profit when you resell. That's why when he lists, his stuff flies out of the door. Selling isn't rocket science. Making your customer jump through hoops with too many conditions, wasting their time by getting them to do unnecessary research or trying to trick them into paying more than the going rate just won't produce the results you hope. Especially when there's so much competition here!
I just ignore sales that say offer. Always up to the seller to set a price,in my books. Ignore also mostly when people do not say where they are for f to f.
I follow the Renne Rivkin approach, which is essentially that he refused to enter into any potential purchase on 'OFFER' type deals. He always insisted in knowing what the price was prior to looking into it's purchase.
Totally disagree with not being allowed to receive PM's privately for an item as long as PM offers are the only form of bidding and everyone understands that.(there is a time when Privacy is preferred) I don't like mixed bidding, some private some public as this disadvantages the public Bidder. However saying the above i have run into many difficulties when running my private PM sales..Low ball offers,time wasters,extremely difficult trading conditions and criteria and unbelievably! many mistakes made on my part! I agree with the above post about OZCOPPERS auctions.clear,concise,great pictures and quick sales..So i can only follow Ozcoppers great example and in future restrict my auction format to emulate his or follow the format of public offers only with a definite clear finishing time. So i am going to improve the way i do things and walk the talk. REDBACK
