Topic: Ebay sales pitches?

[seaweb11]

Why do people constantly put some beat up piece of chromed something on ebay with the sentence......

"Should clean up nicely".  What the Fu*k?   clean it and then take the photo!

[Soos]

For the same reason we all use a remote control for our TV's instead of getting up and changing the channel manually, or write E-mail instead of mailing a hand written leter.
People are LAZY. If you let them.

That, and I'm guessing most of those parts would clean up mediocre at best.
They probably pull a higher price with something that will clean up possibly than something they tried to clean and it still looks like sh*t.

l8r

[736cc]

If the seller constantly  has hundreds of parts to dismantle, photograph, document, list, collect funds, pack, ship, answer emails etc who's got time to clean $10 fenders???

[Jonesy]

That, and I'm guessing most of those parts would clean up mediocre at best.
They probably pull a higher price with something that will clean up possibly than something they tried to clean and it still looks like sh*t.

I'm with Soos. Rather let the buyer gamble on how it could look versus try to sell how it will look...

[Gordon]

One that always bugs me is when someone who's parting out a bike doesn't even bother to take pictures of the individual parts.  They have 30 listings for differents parts all with the same crappy picture of some rusty bike leaning against the side of the house. 

[Uncle Ernie]

I'm pretty blunt with potential bidders.  I have no problem saying, "This is a useless POS".  I'm serious, but a lot of people seem to think it's funny. 
What bugs me is when someone tries to tell me this is "OLD" and "collectible" so it must be worth more.  Shut up already. 

[Raul CB750K1]

I have always wondered also that "should clean up nicely". When I sell things, I try to put them in the best shape possible. A little elbow grease can make the bids go higher, and if you get a $10 higher selling price, for 10 minutes rubbing and cleaning, that means you are being paid $60 an hour for cleaning. That's more than what I make as an engineer!!!!


"Should clean up nicely", if you read between the lines, doesn't mean "I'm too lazy to do it myself". On the contrary, those peoples are very smart. It means :"the part is pitted. when you discover it's real shape, I will come out with "I thought it should clean up, I'm not a pro". Furthermore, it all depends in how high your standards are. For me it's a good looking part. That's why I said "should", because I was not positive".



Raul

[sandcastcb750]

I try to downplay the quality of the used parts I sell on ebay. I would rather no one gets mad.

I call many of my used parts "a twenty footer". This means up close they have defects but look pretty good from 20 feet.