e-bay - boy it's strange place

[gbjbany]

I have been selling one of my receivers, first sale ever, and so I am watching all the other receivers like mine, just to give me some idea of what i should expect.

I have watched about 14 different receivers and the price range just makes no sense to me.
The same receiver has sold for as little as $85 dollars and as much as $182 over the last 3 days. I checked thinking something must have been wrong with the low ball, but there was nothing i could see. And there was nothing special about the 182 item.

The other strange thing, well not strange but a bit of a rush, is watching the last 60 seconds. look at this the price went from $90 to $135 in less than 3 mins, i bet the seller was sitting thinking he was going to get lowballed too.
$135.25

Apr-27-06 16:55:19 PDT

$133.57

Apr-27-06 16:55:41 PDT

$115.20

Apr-27-06 16:55:38 PDT

$110.00

Apr-27-06 16:54:10 PDT
$91.00

Apr-27-06 16:53:49 PDT

$90.00

Apr-26-06 13:46:57 PDT

 

[Stargazer]

Sometimes it depends on the user ratings (the lower the rating the less likely you are to get more money out of the item), the cost of the S&H (some items that have a cheaper price have a higher S&H fee), the item title and if they have a second item title (this effects what people will find when they do a search for the item), if they listed it under two topic sections, the description of the item, if the item is new or used, the return policy.

 

[charper1]

As above, and TIMING - timing is everything. Sounds weird, but true.

 

[cdru]

Also if the receiver is clean. If a higher bidder verified that it can be activated, (s)he might be inclined to spend more knowing that.