Had one of those old time aluminum 6 cup coffee makers on eBay earlier this week. The auction ended Wednesday evening with no bids and 3 watchers. Shortly after the auction ended one of the watchers sent an e-mail saying they got home after the auction ended and offered to buy it at the $2.99 listed auction price. I thought to myself, 'Good.' My first thought was to list it as a buy it now item. Then I thought,'If I do that, it will cost me another 35 cents to list it that way. If I re-list it as a one-day auction, I'll get the second 35 cent listing fee refunded when it sells.' So I ended up re-listing it as a one day auction & emailed the interested buyer. The buyer made a bid right away. Last evening shortly before the auction ended, I got 3 more bids on it. It ended up going to someone else for $6.89. The first bidder didn't get the coffee pot but by going the auction route again, I saved a 35 cent additional listing fee and more than doubled my money.
Stopping to think through what I was doing paid off well this time.
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