Need some help with Ebay

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:59 am

Sometimes when i place a bid on a item, it returns with "reserve not met"

I want to put some stuff on Ebay, but i dont know how to arrange that reserve not met part.

can anybody tell me how to do this.

Post by **Wakeup** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:13 am

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/reserve.html

I heard that you may not be able to set a reserve price if you haven't had many auctions before?! not sure tho....so that may be a reason why you dont have that feature...how many feedback ratings do you have?

Pedi · Post by **Pedi** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:22 am

Edit: Nevermind this post

Post by **smgreen20** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:31 am

Pedi, Martin's wanting to sell something on ebay w/a reserve.

I just sold some things a week ago, It might be true that you have to have 10 transactions or more- not sure, to use a reserve.

In the section that you enter your price, there's going to be a "file" like tab that says custom, IIRC. Click that and the other options will appear.

I've used the reserve feature a few times. Note though that it"s another fee to use it. $.15 I think.

Pedi · Post by **Pedi** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:08 am

smgreen20 wrote:Pedi, Martin's wanting to sell something on ebay w/a reserve..

Oh my god... Sorry, I had a little bugger here...

Post by **Wakeup** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:46 am

Ya I think the reserve price is definitely more money....I am not sure the exact amount...

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:09 am

Double the normal money (not double the 4% fee)

I found it, but still not able to do so, so i think i have to have more auctions to get it

444 FED · Post by **444 FED** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:37 pm

If that's true, that would just be another reason I won't use FleaBay to sell my wares.

There's no way in hell I'm selling ANYTHING without a reserve on it.

Post by **smgreen20** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:18 pm

You can still sell w/o a reserve and get what you want out of it. You just have to set your starting bid higher, which will cost a pinch more for the listing fee.

A few years back I kept getting things in the mail saying I might be involved in a lawsuit filled against ebay (I personally never filled anything against them) and that I may be entitled to monies of the suit.

A friend of mine was looking at an unclaimed site for our state, indianaunclaimed.com and he was looking up friends as well as himself. He found me on there and said it involved ebay.

I was confused for a bit till I realized about the suit. I needed to claim a $988.31 check from said suit. That was needed money as my wife had surgery done and 4 weeks off of work.

So I love ebay.