Ebay madness

You pay your final value fee based on the closing auction amount, not on what you discount it for. Granted the FVF system has a credit system but you have to know it's there and go thru the motions with it. If they put a crazy amount up in proxy then they should be prepared to pay anything between the bottom and top of that. If you want a cap on price you can also post it as a buy-it-now (same as beginning bid) and that way you tell them from the beginning that you just want that amount, not anymore than that. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Mike Ford -> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 1:41 AM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: Re: Ebay madness -> -> -> >I actually posted my first object on ebay (YES ME!) recently and I was -> >ashamed a service manual for a Heathkit signal generator (1962) sold for -> >$17.50US. -> -> The important point is that you didn't want the manuals, and someone who -> did now has them PLUS you get some compesation for the time and -> expense of -> shipping. You don't have to charge the person the full winning -> bid amount, -> several times I have informed winning bidders that the bid was -> too high and -> offered a lower price. -> -> If you want a simpler transaction just box up like items and sell them a -> box at a time. -> -> ->