[78-L] Doing something wrong?

[Thomas Stern]

A few observations:
Some of the material I watch on eBay has, in the last couple of months,
shown sluggish or no bids.
  A few items continue to command a premium,
but others, which have in the past gotten hefty prices, are not getting
them anymore.  I think the economy is impacting sales.  Also possible
that the market for some niche genres is saturated - i.e. those who wanted
these items got them, sometimes at excessive price, and there is no further
market.
  A lot of vinyl from the 50's-60's has become available as that generation
downsizes,
or dies.
  Shellac seems to be getting a new audience (lots of stuff you could not
give away 10 years ago is now getting bids), but also may be experiencing
a downturn for the same reasons.
  It is also possible that more bidders are becoming aware that you have a
better chance of getting an item at a reasonable price by sniping - so you
won't see any bids until closing.
  Best wishes, Thomas.


-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com]On Behalf Of Ron L
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:21 PM
To: '78-L Mail List'
Subject: [78-L] Doing something wrong?


Listmates,

I occasionally try to sell a record or two on Ebay.  One of my listings is
for a Pre-dog Victor with no bids so far and the other, Item 190306306185
is for a couple of Hebrew recordings.  I've only had 13 views  (and no bids,
of course) of this in 5 days.  There are not even any watchers.   So what am
I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Ron L

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