[boris]

I tried to sell a "nearly new" external SCSI Jaz Drive with cable, Adaptec controller, 10 2-gb media (personally checked by me for readability), 4 1-gb media (ditto). I pay shipping.

Opening price for the whole shebang: $125.

Bids: zero.

Eventually went into the trash bin. Understand: each 2-gb medium (disk) originally cost ~$100...

--Boris

[af_vet_1981]

I tried to sell a "nearly new" external SCSI Jaz Drive with cable, Adaptec controller, 10 2-gb media (personally checked by me for readability), 4 1-gb media (ditto). I pay shipping. Opening price for the whole shebang: $125.

Bids: zero.

Eventually went into the trash bin. Understand: each 2-gb medium (disk) originally cost ~$100...

You started the bidding too high, a common mistake. You could have started it below $10 and let the marketplace decide what it was worth. It was not worth $125.

[arasina]

If you hadn't set your opening bid at $125 you may have gotten some bids and not have had it end up in the trash. You could've set a reserve of $100 or thereabouts for the least you would accept. Many people won't bid if your opening price is too high.

[babaloo999]

Yeah, I was looking at one video card that ended up selling for 99 cents--it's useless without the cable. I saw the same card listed by someone else with a starting price of $145. People should do a little pricing on ebay before they list "old" items like these.