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Originally posted by Saturn Ray:
Year of the Bastard is a good example of a pretty good Ebay seller,he sells his in lots or sets and most of his books are desirable, although his starting bids are a little high for me.
Thanks for that but, I always thought my opening bids were fair...I never started all that high considering the lots I was selling. Typically, I started at about 50 cents a book, never more than a buck unless is the lot was for Hardcovers or something really good...even when I knew they were worth more. And I almost always offered bonuses with my higher priced lots.

I always researched similar lots before making my prices. I think it's cool that some people star their bids at 1 dollar to stimulate bidding but, I needed to make the selling of the lot worthwhile to me. I wasn't trying to get rich off eBay but, I needed to make money that was worth parting with some of the books.

Fer instance, I sold the full run of Preacher including all the specials for about 200 bucks shortly after it ended. At the time I needed the cash and I got a good price after starting the bidding at 75 bucks (about a dollar a book). I had sellers remorse a couple of weeks later and found the same lot on eBay for less than 100 bucks. That guy started his bidding at 10 bucks. After I collected all the trades, I sold that lot for around 150. I made money both times and I made more than the guy with the low starting bid.