Critique my EBay ad
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Critique my EBay ad
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-...item3a62997f12
Whaddaya think? Is there more info or different pics that I should have posted?
Thanks!
Whaddaya think? Is there more info or different pics that I should have posted?
Thanks!
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It looks like you covered all of the bases. GLWS.
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Good job. Im usually pretty critical of ads, but its complete and actually spelled correctly. Nice car, too.
I wouldnt call the Custom Autosound a factory lookalike but we get it. What is that wood stuff on the shifter plate????
Oh, and this isn't important but I've always wondered why people put the arm rest cushion in backwards?
I wouldnt call the Custom Autosound a factory lookalike but we get it. What is that wood stuff on the shifter plate????
Oh, and this isn't important but I've always wondered why people put the arm rest cushion in backwards?
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That's hand carved Bolivian Rosewood - straight from the South American rain forest...or a top quality plastic simulation of it. Not sure which one. 
Never realized the armrest was backwards. If I wind up not selling it, I will definitely correct that.
Never realized the armrest was backwards. If I wind up not selling it, I will definitely correct that.
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Ive never seen anything on a 68 shift plate... 69+ sometimes added the 70+ design Deluxe wood inserts , and of course the later C3s had some pretty bad kits. 68 looks a little more difficult to one-off something with the lower design.
Just grab the arm rest pad and turn it around. As it is, the zipper that goes in the back will be showing. The "bigger" end goes behind the seats, up against the panel.
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ebay ad for a very, very nice car!
Very, very nice car!!!
Great writeup and through description and lots of pictures, can not have too many pictures!
Two items I would suggest to consider is the following:
1. When you have an unstated reserve price with a lower starting price, the reserve price is a mystery to the bidders. Some bidders will play ebay "chicken" to see how close they can come to the reserve price but not meeting that amount.
I like putting as the starting price the absolute minimum price that I will take with no reserve price and letting the bidding go. Or in other words, put the reserve price (assuming that is the lowest you will go) as the starting price with no reserve.
If it does not sell, then I lower the starting price and run the ad again.
This mystery reserve price is very common on ebay, but IMHO it is not a productive way to sell.
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
My 2 cents, and everyone has their own theories on the psychology
of transactions. Good luck on your sale!
Great writeup and through description and lots of pictures, can not have too many pictures!
Two items I would suggest to consider is the following:
1. When you have an unstated reserve price with a lower starting price, the reserve price is a mystery to the bidders. Some bidders will play ebay "chicken" to see how close they can come to the reserve price but not meeting that amount.
I like putting as the starting price the absolute minimum price that I will take with no reserve price and letting the bidding go. Or in other words, put the reserve price (assuming that is the lowest you will go) as the starting price with no reserve.
If it does not sell, then I lower the starting price and run the ad again.
This mystery reserve price is very common on ebay, but IMHO it is not a productive way to sell.
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
My 2 cents, and everyone has their own theories on the psychology
of transactions. Good luck on your sale!
Last edited by 20mercury; Jan 25, 2011 at 12:40 AM.
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Very, very nice car!!!
Great writeup and through description and lots of pictures, can not have too many pictures!
Two items I would suggest to consider is the following:
1. When you have an unstated reserve price with a lower starting price, the reserve price is a mystery to the bidders. Some bidders will play ebay "chicken" to see how close they can come to the reserve price but not meeting that amount.
I like putting as the starting price the absolute minimum price that I will take with no reserve price and letting the bidding go. Or in other words, put the reserve price (assuming that is the lowest you will go) as the starting price with no reserve.
If it does not sell, then I lower the starting price and run the ad again.
This mystery reserve price is very common on ebay, but IMHO it is not a productive way to sell.
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
My 2 cents, and everyone has their own theories on the psychology
of transactions. Good luck on your sale!
Great writeup and through description and lots of pictures, can not have too many pictures!
Two items I would suggest to consider is the following:
1. When you have an unstated reserve price with a lower starting price, the reserve price is a mystery to the bidders. Some bidders will play ebay "chicken" to see how close they can come to the reserve price but not meeting that amount.
I like putting as the starting price the absolute minimum price that I will take with no reserve price and letting the bidding go. Or in other words, put the reserve price (assuming that is the lowest you will go) as the starting price with no reserve.
If it does not sell, then I lower the starting price and run the ad again.
This mystery reserve price is very common on ebay, but IMHO it is not a productive way to sell.
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
My 2 cents, and everyone has their own theories on the psychology
of transactions. Good luck on your sale!
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Very, very nice car!!!
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
2. I also say something like: "the winning bidder has the right to refuse the purchase, if after inspection, the car is not as advertised and deposit will be refunded". My belief is the buyer wants to minimize surprises, or minimize risk and so the less risk the buyer is forced to assume will translate to more money in your pocket. As a buyer, if you make me take more risk in a purchase, then I want a cheaper price.
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Good question and thanks for asking this.
I agree with this, but if the auctions ends with reserve met, then EBAY wants their commission. What lengths do they go to force the sale and get their commission? Somewhere along the line in this scenario, EBAY will force the seller to declare a non paying bidder in order to absolve himself of the commission. then all sorts of things can happen.
Excellent question and thanks for asking this. I just did some digging at ebay to find out how ebay would handle this. In the event, the buyer won the auction, made an unsatisfactory inspection and so did not want the car, then ebay still wants the ebay listing fee paid by the seller.
So, what I will now say is "the deposit will be refunded minus any nonrefundable ebay listing fees that the seller is required to pay"
After ebay gets their nonrefundable fee, ebay does not care what happens next.
I owe you a beer (or beers!)
Last edited by 20mercury; Jan 25, 2011 at 10:04 PM.
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Mercury, I think you make a great point. I went ahead and added the statement about refunding the deposit. I would also want an out if I were the buyer putting down tens of thousands of dollars for a car - sight unseen. We'll see what happens.
