Yeah, it's important to make sure the auction ends at a high trafficked hour. But, unlike Bryson, I've been leaning toward the high initial bid + buy it now + 3 day + no reserve auction.
Reasons:
- Doing a low initial bid + buy it now makes no sense because the BIN option disappears once there's a bid.
- A high initial bid gives you time to tweak the description, pull the auction, etc. with the least amount of fuss.
- A 3-day auction will likely get the bidders excited.
- No reserve also makes bidders more likely to bid. And it costs less for you in the end.
In your description, like Bryson says, be chatty. I also like to point out the "competition" and say something like "I don't charge $50 for shipping" etc, because I'm sure that the same thing that frustrates me about ebay frustrates others.
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