[78-L] Doing something wrong?

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth at attglobal.net>
>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.
>
In fact, one can now buy "autosniping" applications, which makes it 
impossible
for mere humans to win anything on eWotsit!! I'm not sure what happens if
two instances of these programs wind up competing against each other...?!

...stevenc