Vintage Asylum

Why?

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Can someone PLEASE tell me why people on eBay will only bid the minimum bid just to make the "buy-it-Now" go away?

With all the "new" stuff I just bought over the weekend, I thought I would make someone happy and sell my Yamaha CA-810 for a $77 buy-it-now price on eBay with an opening bid of $9.95....within hours someone bid the $9.95 even though they must know it is worth around $150 on eBay. (The last CA-810 sold for almost $150)

Why do these people even bother? Is it really just to make the buy-it-now go away?

About a year ago, I was in a cash crunch and put an item worth around $200 at minimum for a buy-it-now of $125, and even said in the listing I needed a quick sale....well, some bonehead bid the $19.95 opening bid and when the next bid came in at $20.50, I knew the first guy was just pullin' my chain. I e-mailed him and he even said he likes to make buy-it-now's" go away on no reserve auctions.

Even happen to you?

Follow Ups:

Low openning bids attract bidders - Feanor 06:12:33 04/09/08 (0)
RE: Why? - Neff 15:53:17 04/06/08 (0)
RE: Why? - JANDG 20:47:38 04/01/08 (0)
Use a reserve price - Ross 19:42:04 04/01/08 (2)
- RE: Use a reserve price - Phil D 20:27:07 04/01/08 (1)
  - RE: Use a reserve price - Ross 15:31:51 04/06/08 (0)
RE: Why? Well if you get lucky... - Bigromano 09:37:19 04/01/08 (0)
RE: Why? - thymanst 06:23:46 04/01/08 (0)
What I don't understand is why E-bay eliminates 'Buy it nows' after the first bid.... - Cut-Throat 06:14:24 04/01/08 (6)
- ....and the answer is......... - AudiophileINRecovery 17:35:04 04/01/08 (0)
- depends on whether there is a reserve or not (or used to, at least) - caffeinator 11:47:23 04/01/08 (0)
- EBay's resppnse - Phil D 08:55:14 04/01/08 (3)
  - RE: EBay's resppnse - groove 17:49:09 04/01/08 (0)
  - RE: EBay's resppnse...Really? - Bigromano 14:39:11 04/01/08 (0)
  - LOL ! - Cut-Throat 09:01:18 04/01/08 (0)
It's never been a problem for me when selling on eBay - soundnut 05:28:36 04/01/08 (1)
- Makes sense to me - Feanor 16:45:45 04/07/08 (0)
RE: Why? - Door Nail 04:01:48 04/01/08 (1)
- You Nailed it, Door....nt - Conductor 04:15:32 04/01/08 (0)
RE: Why? - Jim in Blacksburg 03:03:29 04/01/08 (0)
RE: Why? - hakka26 23:58:21 03/31/08 (0)
RE: Why? - scrooie looie 23:36:49 03/31/08 (0)

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