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offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 10:52 [#02400048]
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i was making a test for my first selling on ebay,
but my item doesnt appear when i make a search for it...

any ideas in why it happened or any other tip to make a good
selling on ebay?

and its hard to find a contact mail to ebay...


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 11:00 [#02400049]
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could anyone search for analogue bubblebath 5 and tell me if
it shows?


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2010-12-04 11:18 [#02400050]
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this?


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2010-12-04 11:19 [#02400051]
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o wait, that's 4. so no, i don't see it.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 11:34 [#02400052]
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yea, same as me... shit...


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 11:38 [#02400053]
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shit it only appears on spanish ebay (ebay.es)...


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2010-12-04 12:37 [#02400054]
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jesus fuck, 3000 euros is a bit stiff


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 13:00 [#02400069]
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hahahaha indeed!
i dont really know if i want to sell it,
just testing ebay for selling,
i thought i would only sell it just for such amount...



 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 13:01 [#02400071]
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but well, you get to find it... was it in ebay.com or you
had to go to ebay.es?


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2010-12-04 13:04 [#02400072]
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i had to go to ebay.es


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 13:11 [#02400074]
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shit. im hating ebay. i think ive already solved the country
problem, i hadnt allowed international shipping, but not it
doesnt let me log in, it returns me to logging page without
any message (name and password are correct)... grrrrr


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 14:03 [#02400093]
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holy shit not working yet
how im supposed to sell worldwide if it doesnt show at
.com?!?!


 

offline khrimson from the fridge on 2010-12-04 14:26 [#02400097]
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it's visible on ebay.it but not ebay.com


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-04 15:02 [#02400117]
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nicely priced...lol


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-04 15:03 [#02400118]
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and yes: ebay sucks


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 15:12 [#02400128]
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;)

only todays offer : 50% of discount for xltronic users, and
you also get a free 303 for making your own acid lines*















*offer only applied if afx releases a new album in 24 hours


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-04 15:17 [#02400135]
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Let me think about it...mmmm: no, but tnx for the offer.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 15:33 [#02400148]
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what if i add some candies in the box?


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-04 15:33 [#02400149]
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richard-faced candies...


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-04 18:45 [#02400158]
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I still got those chocolat coins from richard...so no tnx


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offline KovalainenFanBo on 2010-12-04 20:42 [#02400169]
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http://forum.watmm.com/topic/61932-ab5-on-ebay/page__pid__1
469545#entry1469545

Alguien te está haciendo publicidad gratis :)


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 00:26 [#02400179]
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lovely :)

im gonna try to put it on best offer also,
oscillik is a nice guy, i loved his hair thru the years...


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 00:40 [#02400180]
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"(...)
I hope I've explained everything clearly. If your item still
doesn't
appear in search results in the next 24 hours, please let us
know.

you've been part of the eBay community for 8 years now and
I'd
like to take a second to let you know how much we appreciate
your
loyalty. I do hope that all of your future endeavors with us
are not
only pleasant, but successful as well.

Thank you for choosing eBay. We value your business. Have a
great day
ahead, "


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 10:29 [#02400223]
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thats pretty fun XD

Precio de la oferta: 1,00 EUR
La oferta caduca en: 41 horas 43 minutos
Mensaje del comprador: I'm also willing to throw in a CD
single of 'Windowlicker', and some ginger pubes which I have
on good authority (some guy on eBay) are belonged to Richard
D. James, if the Euro (Vatican issue!) doesn't seal the
deal. I'm open to negotiation


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-05 11:51 [#02400230]
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it's all fake, in the end you end up paying instead of
earning money.


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2010-12-05 12:36 [#02400242]
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NEVER SELL ANY RECORDS YOU WILL
REGRET IT LATER.

damm i wish i would have eaten a chocolate RDJ coin
in my life.


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2010-12-05 12:40 [#02400245]
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Mudvayne-s-t-self-titled-NEW-12-LP-18...
except i did get a promo of one of these, i opened it up,
and black lighted it, waht should a guy do-


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 13:03 [#02400265]
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yea, i know what you mean... im not really giving ab5 away,
im very fond of having it, but ive got it forgotten in a box
and never play it, so maybe i would sell it if i get an
interesting offer...


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2010-12-05 13:08 [#02400268]
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$5.00 + shipping mate.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 13:13 [#02400271]
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are those 5 dollars analogue?


 

offline recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2010-12-05 13:15 [#02400274]
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NO!


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 13:18 [#02400277]
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oh...
not even a little bit of acid on them?


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2010-12-05 13:21 [#02400279]
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as you've already said yourself, "im very fond of having
it, but ive got it forgotten in a box and never play it, so
maybe i would sell it if i get an interesting offer...
"


so what you're saying is that to you personally, the only
value it has is as a money making item that you can profit
greatly from. the only reason you have it in your possession
is so that you can profit from it's sale at an extortionate
rate.

i don't give a fuck if i've offended you. you've offended me
by asking such a ridiculous price for a piece of polyvinyl
chloride.

making comments about my hair over the years doesn't detract
from the fact that profiteering scum like you will continue
to piss off vinyl listeners the world over.

and notice that i specifically said vinyl listeners,
not vinyl collectors.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 13:40 [#02400286]
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:(

oh come on oscillik,
dont go that angry please...
its obvious im not gonna sell it for such price.



 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2010-12-05 14:07 [#02400290]
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hey, music is serious business. i've boycotted Eno over his
latest atrocity against vinyl listeners (only offering a
vinyl version of the album at a ridiculous price of £60),
and if Warp try any funny stuff with the next releases for
Aphex / Boards of Canada / autechre i'll be boycotting those
too.

if you really are so very new to eBay that you didn't
realise that such a ridiculous asking price would be lauded
amongst many people as 'taking the piss', here are some
honestly helpful tips:

1. set a low starting bid - this will garner interest from
people and encourage bidders. starting at €1 is too low,
set it to something that a lot of people would consider an
absolute bargain, like maybe setting the starting bid at
€30.

2. if you have an idea of a rough figure you'd like to get
for the item, set a reserve price. this way, if bidders do
not meet what you think is a reasonable price, then you are
not obligated to sell. of course, if you set a reserve of
€3000, then you're not really going to get very far.

fact of the matter is, you either got this record direct
from Rephlex (in which case you paid €0 for it), or you
bought it from someone else (and there's no way in hell that
i'm going to believe you paid anything more than €500 for
that). €3000 for it is just...not happening.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 14:41 [#02400298]
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thank you for the tips, oscillik.
my real situation is that im in a critical economic
situation
and i dont really know if selling it or not.
as you can imagine, its very special for an aphex lover to
own this album and i would be very sad to sell it.
the only compensation would be to get money enough to pay
the rent (and maybe buy a new record player as my old one is
broken),
but i dont know, i guess i could get other ways to get
money...


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2010-12-05 15:45 [#02400304]
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i know how it is to be in a bad financial situation. i've
sold all of my music hardware at a great loss compared to
what i paid for the items (303, 606, 808, 909...they all
went for way below what i paid).

invariably, with music hardware and with vinyl it's a case
of 'what the buyer is willing to pay' that determines the
inherent value of anything. for example, i'm sure a lot of
people would say that i was crazy to spend £1000 on the 808
i had (extremely awesome cosmetic condition, with Groove
Electronics MIDI retrofit). i personally was ok with
spending that much. what i wasn't ok with was having
to let it go as a job lot with the 303 and 909 for £2000.
but i needed the money.

same with vinyl. i've spent, what would be considered by
some, as a ludicrous amount of money on records, but value
is subjective with such things. although there are some
pretty universal expectations.

if you have something of great value, and you most certainly
do, the worst thing you could do is alienate your
prospective buyers by asking such a high price. like i said,
if you play it smart you could actually entice a lot of
interest in the item simply by using a fairly conservative
starting bid. you'll get people thinking "AB5 for €30?
this guy mustn't know what he's got hold of! this is a
bargain!" and you'll soon get many watchers.

be warned though - you may have to relist a few times,
inevitably you get people watching an item but they forget
to bid.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 15:55 [#02400307]
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what you mean relist?
and what if i just get 30 euros for it, id be very sad...


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2010-12-05 16:03 [#02400316]
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that's why i said to put a reserve price on it. the bidders
wont see the reserve price.

and by relist i mean exactly that - you may find that you
get no takers for the first couple of tries, it happens


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2010-12-05 16:09 [#02400317]
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oh, i didnt know about that reserve price thing,
thank you oscillik!
i should seriously think about it,
althought im already tired of all the ebay shit...
dunno dunno
thank you for tips, anyway,
and sorry if i made you angry with the 3000e shit!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2010-12-05 16:13 [#02400318]
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yeah i get annoyed with eBay too - i just had to put some
stuff up there, and i really didn't want to have to.


 

offline KovalainenFanBo on 2010-12-05 18:06 [#02400342]
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How did you get AB5 melack?


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2010-12-05 21:54 [#02400396]
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I didnt eat it


 

offline wavephace from off the chain on 2010-12-05 22:42 [#02400401]
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reserve price is dumb!!


 

offline chassis from the bottom of a pint glass (Heard and McDonald Islands) on 2010-12-06 00:31 [#02400413]
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5 euro + I'll have sex with you (I am Richard D James).

Im the pitcher, you're the catch. I aint gay like.


 

offline chassis from the bottom of a pint glass (Heard and McDonald Islands) on 2010-12-06 00:40 [#02400414]
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Actually scratch that.

Tomorrow Im going to sit on santas lap and tell him my
christmas wish is for Richard to release 6,000 copies of
this, therefore rendering you and your stupid fucking
record, virtually worthless.


 


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