While that's probably a good suggestion, I don't know that it would have made much difference here. I appreciate that you had a concrete suggestion though.

Always good to chat, sir.

^^^^^ This ^^^^^^ as well as the weak title, a raw card described as better than it actually looks, and a holiday weekend. What could possibly go wrong?

I haven't sold on Ebay in a long time, having given up during their "rule of the week" phase.

I do know that some people make pretty decent money making things more likely to be found or ranked higher by search engines, it's become a whole specialty. And one I don't know much about.

What I did find when I was selling was that better pictures always equaled better sales.

Adding Clarence would definitely help. I search for Dots Miller cards. I don't search "Miller", that would be as ridiculous as searching "Walker" while looking for Clarence Walker cards. There are collectors out there looking for all old players, so putting their entire name helps. Putting team names also helps, because I search for Pirates cards as well, and obviously there are St Louis Browns collectors out there. The price sucks, but a better title would definitely help in most cases. You miss out on focused collectors

I think the $0.99 open auction will work great for commonly collected cards like Goudeys or T20xs. However for less popular sets it is very risky. Maybe a better title as others suggested would have helped, but I would not be surprised if it did not. For example I collect E121 American Caramels, I almost never see an auction with opening bid of $0.99. Usually it is buy-it-nows. The number of collectors collecting the more obscure sets is so low that if a few guys take a week off from looking at Ebay, you are not going to get your price. FWIW, I have an old saved search for M101-5s under $20. I don't get many hits other than reprints. I missed yours. Bummer for both of us :-)

Better luck next time!

Bob

Do you have anymore $6 M101'a for sale?
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beating a dead horse here
 

didn't you already say this at least once?

LOL - this is the kind of response I was expecting.
 

Thanks Leon - you'll be my first call when I do :)

yes, that's what I did
 

Offered them first on the BST, then moved them to ebay. I usually list on ebay with the selling price I would like to get, and if needed, go downward by taking offers or dropping the price. This time I tried an auction - obviously not the best approach...

Tim

I have noticed an uptick in prices realized with .99 cent auctions. I have recently set some high prices via .99 cent auctions. I believe with the absence of PWCC, buyers are hungry for people to fill their place. And yes, call it a dead horse or whatever, but you have GOT to do a better job of using keywords. Hopefully your next auctions (should you decided to do them) will look better.

Ok just saw the listing in BST

LOL. Thanks Tim. A true friend.
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