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No bids on my lovely wardrobe, is ebay not good for big furniture?

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:08

I'm trying to sell a gorgeous shabby chic white wardrobe. Had a starting price of £45 and no reserve. It cost me £190 (second hand) and I thought it was a bargain at that price it is so nice. I had 4 watchers and no bids.

Had a nice photo, detailed description with measurements, etc.

Is it worth relisting or do I give up and try the newsagents. Local paper is crap and charge £10 an ad and nothing ever sells anyway so not doing that.

I can see me having to skip it which would be criminal.

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CoffeeIsMyFriend · 29/05/2011 18:09

dont skip it, freecycle it.

to be honest, I dont think bank holiday weekend is very good for selling items.

cyb · 29/05/2011 18:10

Did you have it ending on the right day and time? I mean at the weekend?

Perhaps your start price was too high

I woudl start at £10 and have a buy it now price

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:11

Ah, never thought about it being BH.

Might try it again then.

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:12

I had a buy it now price of £195 and it ended this morning at about 10;00am. I didn't want to put the start price any lower as I'd be very annoyed if someone got it for £10.

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cyb · 29/05/2011 18:15

But you only paid £190 and now its third hand

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:17

Well there's not really any difference in second hand or third hand - its solid wood, not some flakey flat pack so condition is exactly the same. And the starting price was £45 so someone could have had it for that.

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:17

I think its antique, I bought it in an antique shop.

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:19

Well old anyway. The link is here, btw how do you turn ebay photos round?

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250824116524&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSU:GB:1123

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cyb · 29/05/2011 18:20

I think you might need to be a bit more realistic about what folk are prepared to pay on ebay

It's a buyers market. I personally look for bargains on ebay and £190 sounds a lot for even an antique wardrobe

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:24

I get what you're saying and I do agree that £190 might not have been very realistic but surely £45 is? I just hoped that someone might see it and love it so much that they'd pay the BIN price. But if not then I'm suprised noone went for it at £45.

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cyb · 29/05/2011 18:24

Well you need to relist and turn the pic in your photo mangement online before you post it. The sideways pics might have deterred some potentials

From the picture that looks like a 1940's wardrobe that someone has put a bit of chicken wire and gingham in to shabby chic it up
this is more shabby chic IMO

personally I think you are asking a bit too much for the style of wardrobe and might have paid too much in the first place....

cyb · 29/05/2011 18:25

Did you see it says £200 delivery in the ad too? Altho at the bottom you said pick up only

noddyholder · 29/05/2011 18:25

I think that is worth about 50 second hand. It is an old wardrobe repainted and tbh a lot of people DIY that sort of thing. Don't skip it give it to someone who would love it x

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:26

I maybe did pay too much in market value terms but to me it was worth every penny as I really like it. I like it more than the one you posted which is £!99 starting price. But I guess noone else felt the same. Will relist, thanks.

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hallowedbethyname · 29/05/2011 18:26

You really need to put more (and better) photos on. I wouldn't bid on anything that I couldn't see properly.

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:27

I put £200 delivery to deter people asking me to post/sort out a carrier. Ebay said I had to offer postage and specify a price. Thats why I put in the ad pick up only.

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cyb · 29/05/2011 18:27

Good Luck! You must have got a few £££ worth of use out of it, so forget what you paid in the first place and just try to make a bit of money on it

SycamoretreeIsVile · 29/05/2011 18:29

You need to put a better photo in and the right way round. More angles etc.

You'd be surprised how much that would put off a buyer. It's not just the fact that you have to crick your neck to look at it, it's the psychology of who you think you're buying off (sorry) - I might think if you can't upload the photo properly you might not be the kind of seller who will make the sale go smoothly. Not entirely rational, but this is how people make decisions subconsciously. Put it back on with a £30 quid starting bid and no buy it now as £195 is too high and also psychologically puts people off (they don't bid as they imagine other buyers know something they don't and it will reach near that price).

cyb · 29/05/2011 18:29

If you type in delivery £0 at the bottom when it asks you for postage costs you list your ad it lets you do pick up only

I'm no ebay expert btw..I sold a trampoline and listed it as 10 ft only to be told by the girl who bought it that its actually an 8 ft!!

She discovered this fact as she was assembling it after her elderly Dad had driven 200 miles to deliver it to her.

So I'm sending her her money back

SycamoretreeIsVile · 29/05/2011 18:31

And also yes, amend your delivery price. It looks like your trying to rip people off so they have run a mile. They don't know your reasoning behind that whopping great price. You can definitely put an option of FREE and make it clear in your advert that it's for sale as a collection only item. Good luck.

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VivaLeBeaver · 29/05/2011 18:35

Great, never thought about putting £0 for delivery price. Duh. Will definetly sort that and do a betetr photo and a lower buy it now price.

It probably doesn't help that I'm gutted to see it go but DD has her heart set on a triple wardrobe and I have nowhere to put this one.

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Curiousmama · 30/05/2011 13:22

That's a really bad listing sorry. Can you get someone to help you? You need a few pics the right way round. Do you know anyone who sells on ebay to help?
I find Ad trader good for furniture btw. Plus it's free to list afaik?

ninedragons · 31/05/2011 14:22

I think you need lots of photos - close-up of the fabric, configuration of shelves/drawers/rails inside. If possible, take them in natural light - your photo looks a bit dingy. And you must rotate the photo, as everyone else has said - I find sideways photos irrationally annoying and think the people who do them are either lazy or incompetent.

You might consider putting your town or the first half of your postcode in your listing title, too, so anyone near you is at least tempted to click on your link. And add the height, too.

If you can, get everything else out of the shot (is that a toy hanging thing beside it?). You need to go for clean, uncluttered, professional mood in your photos.

PinotGrigiosKittens · 31/05/2011 14:25

With the greatest of respect, you need to reassess your bids/BIN. It is a 3rd hand wardrobe with no distinguishing features. I'd start at a tenner personally.

Checkmate · 31/05/2011 14:33

Yy agree with 9 dragons; you need photos of the inside, close up of the fabric, etc. I bought 2 wardrobes on eBay last year. Both " proper" antiques, oak, shipped in from France, which had then been painted really well with f&b. Each was about £200.

On that basis I think yours is worth around £100.

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