karlkuehn
Banned
Thought I'd be smart and start a 10 day auction at a penny on Ebay - reasoning that there'd be plenty of time for people to look at it and bid, bumping the price up nicely. Whoops. As I watched in agony Saturday night, the clock ticked down and somebody got in in the last 10 seconds.
Instead of the 8 bidders I was hoping for, I ended up with 8 'watchers'. I don't think anyone actually bids on Ebay any more. Everyone snipes. Oh well, lesson learned.
The real kicker is that it sold for a penny, the shipping was 4.60, so the guy made a 4.61 payment to me through Paypal, and then Paypal took their cut of .43 cents. So I ended up paying the guy 42 cents to let me ship him my pen. Ugh...I think I'm about done with Ebay. heh
Here's the pen I had to pay someone to take:
Of course, it probably didn't help that I had the pen listed using my 'old style' of picture, with the hokey shell pile:
During the auction, I had every intention of updating the photo file to a new one, then I got busy and forgot. Whoops again. So, before I boxed it up tonight, I took the new pictures to remember it by.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go get a tissue.
*sobs and runs off* [
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Instead of the 8 bidders I was hoping for, I ended up with 8 'watchers'. I don't think anyone actually bids on Ebay any more. Everyone snipes. Oh well, lesson learned.
The real kicker is that it sold for a penny, the shipping was 4.60, so the guy made a 4.61 payment to me through Paypal, and then Paypal took their cut of .43 cents. So I ended up paying the guy 42 cents to let me ship him my pen. Ugh...I think I'm about done with Ebay. heh
Here's the pen I had to pay someone to take:
![MidnightExpressAcrylic1_3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fkarlkuehn.com%2FLE%2FImages%2FEbay%2FPens%2FMidnightExpressAcrylic1_3.jpg&hash=99728da2831ed2705b496f73d698cfca)
![MidnightExpressAcrylic1_4.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fkarlkuehn.com%2FLE%2FImages%2FEbay%2FPens%2FMidnightExpressAcrylic1_4.jpg&hash=aa03aeda11c30ca789c99fd93fe2574a)
Of course, it probably didn't help that I had the pen listed using my 'old style' of picture, with the hokey shell pile:
![MidnightExpressAcrylic1_1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fkarlkuehn.com%2FLE%2FImages%2FEbay%2FPens%2FMidnightExpressAcrylic1_1.jpg&hash=8129bb9977027feaa4c1e6a4d2d6a53b)
During the auction, I had every intention of updating the photo file to a new one, then I got busy and forgot. Whoops again. So, before I boxed it up tonight, I took the new pictures to remember it by.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go get a tissue.
*sobs and runs off* [