A trip to Ebay in my future, I guess

[kinzel]

Sigh...

I don't like Ebay all that much but it looks like the bet since we've come up with a few copies of some of the harder to find books, like I Dare and and Pilots Choice and the first edition Partner in Necessity among the miscellany I picked up ion Atlanta. We've had multiple requests for all this stuff...

so tell, do, what's the best thing for bidders? A 1 week deadline? A 24 hour deadline?
When I have multiple copies in different states (one signed/dated to a principal of the company, for example, and the others unsigned (but signable!) should I put them up at the same time or one after another...

Should I permit a "buy now" with some off-the-wall high bid?

Gah, can you believe someone's asking $127 for the Ace version of Agent of Change? Heck, I think I may have a couple Del Rey copies around here - should I put them up to?

Real questions: I find in these different boxes a couple of the out of print SRM chapbooks as well as some Meisha Merlin stuff. Should I just list one each of them as well? What kind of starting bids make sense -- don't want to scare people away...

We have a few odds and ends of other things around -- for example, I know have the (somewhat dinged up)cover - poster of Crystal Dragon and of Balance of Trade -- anyone interested in them?

Advice from experienced ebayers welcome, but as always we'll make up our own mind...

Comments

[missingvolume.livejournal.com]

I sold a set of the first 5 chapbooks a while back on ebay and it went for more than the Liadan Universe. Of course it was a bidding war. I do see writers selling on ebay and they get prices more than a seller like me can since you can personalize the copy to the seller and all I can offer is a presigned book. You could do a buy it now but remember that goes away once bidding starts unless you have a reserve price. You are welcome to email off LJ about stuff.

And one of the sellers of the $127 copy of Agent prices their books like that all the time. They find something that no one else has for sale on Amazon and price something silly. Some times they take it down once lots of lower end copies go up and sometimes they don't.