132bpm Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Hi Due to health reasons, I'm selling all my boards (Nidecker 161 Proto, Prior 167 WCR, Donek 179 freecarve wide, F2 169 Eliminator LTD) except one and a set of Catek non step-in bindings. Anyone have an opinion what the best moment to put these on ebay is? Regards Frank PS: I'm in Zurich, Switzerland and shipping to the U.S. etc. is cost prohibitive so I'll be restricted to buyers nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Houghton Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Why not put them up now? If they don't get any action, cancel the sale and try again in a month or so. I see a lot of equipment that keeps coming up, eventually it sells. Most people would be looking late in October or November, but they are normal people, not carve fanatics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamran Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 Chris, You and the virus sun look "mean" in this pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dold Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I don't know what time of year to choose, but my stuff seems to have more bidders if the auction closes sometime after dinnertime, like around 7 pm. I think a lot of people look at auctions with the default sorting set to view the auctions that will close the soonest, and they get caught up in bidding at the last minute. In other words, don't time the auction so that it ends when everyone's asleep, or at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 In other words, don't time the auction so that it ends when everyone's asleep, or at work. Don't time it to end on a Friday or Saturday night, either. Sunday through Thursday, an hour or so after the evening meal, whenever that is wherever you are - North Americans tend to eat early. Have you ebayed much before? If you don't have a feedback rating yet, you might bide your time by buying and selling some small stuff (books, CDs etc) to get your number up. Lots of people won't buy from anyone with no feedback, even better get your rating over 10. Also, why not put it up in the For Sale section here? There's a few Europeans who look here, and you might save yourself some Ebay charges. Costs nothing to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Dude. I suggest to try sell 'em here, catek, carve sites, first. when all fails, post 'em on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132bpm Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Thanks fellas. Putting the stuff in ebay now would not work for me. I currently see tons of snowboard auctions on the Swiss ebay that end with 0 bids. We don't have reserve prices and withdrawing an auction after bidding has started is rude for the bidders and against the rules I'm sure. For now, I've put 7 items in the classifieds here on Bomber. If the stuff doesn't sell I'll put them on ebay sometime later, which brings me to the original question :-). What ya think, late October, or late November, or some other time? Regards Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 You can't just start the bidding at what you want the boards to sell for. If no one buys it, wait a week and then try again. Or do one round now and if no one buys, do one in september, and repeat again in November. If people keep seeing the same board for auction, it'll be in theire heads and they'll be more likely to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I think Jim meant to say that you can just start the bidding at what you want. Everyone hates reserve auctions anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Stupid typos... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak_rider Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 i've found that snowboard stuff on ebay sells the best in nov and esp around christmas in dec. so for a timeframe i'd say early/mid nov-late dec/early jan is the best time frame, areas are opening, christmas is nearing, people are realizing their stuff is kind of old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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