clearly you don't see why this is annoying. Are you trying to sell an item? yes! either list it elsewhere or list it on ebay. with multiple listings everywhere you are of course increasing the odds of selling and even getting your price. the issue here is how to run a business. a smart business man can meet his customers needs/wants and still satisfy his own. you are obviously covering your needs but not theirs. by listing an item on ebay - it is understood you want to sell an item. its expected you will do just that, bids are made, most are waiting to the end to try and win at the lowest they can. NO ONE EXPECTS YOU TO PULL THE AUCTION!!!!!!! if you put on the listing that you would not sell if the amount you desire is not met- guess what nobody would bid. so by trying to work around the fees you are changing the way the auction works and creating a problem with meeting your customers needs. if you needed new tires and called to see if I had them in stock and could install them today and I told you I did, would you be pissed if you showed up and I said sorry - I knew you wanted em but I didn't get my price or I sold it to another buyer- full well knowing you were coming for em. sorry dude. and then you later see them for sale again!!! you would be livid.
from the sounds of it four things may be happening here.
1) you pay too much for skis/parts and therefore are forced to get a higher price. not easy to sell parts for higher than what the rest of the world is selling for.
2) your research for a given part is based on sales in a period where parts were selling for more than they currently are and you are under the impression you have set a good price but in fact are not.
3) you base your price on half of what new is- this is what most used parts places do. may work for people who are not using this and other sites. but if you are here you realize you can often get parts for half of that still. That is what having friends is all about. thanks everyone!!!!
4) you have some system of mathematically arriving at a price. has no bearing on what it is actually worth.
5) you are a greedy bastard and are just trying to get what you want cause that is what you think you deserve.
If you want to sell parts pick a spot and sell there. if you don't sell much you are doing something wrong. Nikad had no trouble selling tons of stuff until he had some problems that bungled things up. many others are selling stuff all the time. if you can't its clearly not theri fault its yours. time to rethink what you are doing.
again either sell exclusively on ebay and advertise you are selling parts there or don't sell there. list everywhere else and leave a phone number. be straight up with the price. it is what it is. they take it or leave it.
you can of course keep doing what you are doing but I don't see that getting you anywhere fast. I think you have pretty well damaged your reputation on the web and think its only a matter of time before you are no longer able to use ebay. not my concern, but just figured I would try to bridge the gap between the buyers and sellers.
I would say good luck- but that won't help.
