[78-L] ePoo Reserve Prices (was Q.R.S. discs)

[Cary Ginell]

A scanner makes a huge difference. You can buy them for less than $100 and it will serve you well. Most buyers won't bid on something that they can't see, and if you use a boilerplate image that you scabbed from the internet, you could be accused of fraud if there are imperfections not shown in the image you used. For images that don't fit in the scanner (10" and 12" LPs, oversized sheet music, posters, etc.), I take a picture with a digital camera and then upload that to my Windows editing program where I can crop it and adjust the brightness/contrast (Monkey Ward 78s don't scan well and need brightening).

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:00:12 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ePoo Reserve Prices (was Q.R.S. discs)
> 
> Yeah, I couldn't steal images of the Brown (which has sold) and Rainer (which 
> hasn't). I'm still not set up to scan. Anyway, Luise probably had mustaches 
> drawn on her billboards once or twice. Just about to list Travis & Bob on 
> Barrel (Canadian 78).
> 
> dl
> 
> On 6/19/2011 10:57 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> >
> > You'd better check your Joe E. Brown and Luise Rainer listings. Both of them look suspiciously like John Barrymore...
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:43:23 -0400
> >> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] ePoo Reserve Prices (was Q.R.S. discs)
> >>
> >> Thanks for the reminder!
> >>
> >> http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200621729765
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> On 6/19/2011 10:31 AM, agp wrote:
> >>> I have never quite understood the purpose of reserve price. If that
> >>> is the minimum you are willing to sell for, the make it your minimum
> >>> bid starting price. Past that I see it as a time waster.
> >>>
> >>> Here's a case in point: A recent listing of the Canadian pressing
> >>> (and rare as all hell) Decca 45 of the Beatles' My Bonnie (Decca
> >>> 31382) was listed with a starting bid of 99 cents, with a reserve. By
> >>> end of auction time it went to $4,500. It didn't sell, because even
> >>> at this price, the reserve was not met. The record was then relisted
> >>> with a minimum bid of $14,500 (ten grand more). Generally speaking,
> >>> this item has sold for about $5,000 in the past. So what was the
> >>> point of the reserve, in particular if it was as high as 14K.
> >>>
> >>> There was a similar go round with a rock'n'roll 78 that generally
> >>> commands a price of around $50. Highest  bid that came in was about
> >>> $45. It never sold, and the guy still re-listed it and still used a
> >>> reserve, as it didn't sell the second time around either
> >>>
> >>> T
> >>>
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