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CCM:

I have to agree with some of the others here, the mini's just aren't that good looking.  The solitaire with the tiny monitor and big bezel probably turns people off.  Also, someone looking for a fully functional mame cabinet instead of building their own is probably looking for the bigger control panel types, 2 player street fighter layout with a trackball in the middle.  I don't see a big market for a trackball only cabinet.

And setting a low starting bid with a reserve price is always a good idea.

Also, local pickup only with no shipping will exclude a lot of people right off the bat.  You may better off putting an add in a local paper...

eli curtz:

Those are sweet machines, if I wasn't on the West coast I'd be tempted but shipping is a killer...

I wouldn't relist on eBay WITHOUT a reserve unless you're really eager to sell them ASAP. In my experience there are surprisingly large swings in the prices for large or rare items on eBay even with the huge user base. You (and all of us) are going to be peeved if somebody gets them all cheap just because it was a slow week on eBay. I'm sure you know all this, but a friendly think twice, eBay once reminder is often helpful.  ;)

Good luck!

Nailz:

I was able to sell a Mame cabinet of mine on Ebay a while back for $1175.  Started at $1, and just made sure to put a reserve on it.  Also I made sure to state it was a pickup only and everything went fine.

I fortunately didn't get any morons who couldn't read and it was a smooth exchange.

Good luck this next round if you try and relist the Mame stuff.

Wade:

I don't think your prices were ridiculously high or anything but I agree with the others about the cabinets.  These aren't popular cabinets and most of the people who look at them might think they aren't attractive.  And two of them have really tilted and relatively small control panels which some people might think are uncomfortable, and neither could probably support a trackball.  I think a lot of people shopping for Mame machines are looking for Deluxe style cabinets with a trackball, spinner, plenty of CP real estate, a large monitor, etc.

I think your dedicated games were priced just fine but again, the high starting bid probably hurt things.

I agree that different tactics would help.  Putting something out there for $1 no reserve will usually drive it up higher than a high starting bid.  People get sucked in to the idea of having something while it is cheap, then when it gets too high they want it so bad by that point they forget about getting a good deal.

Better pictures are a big deal.  Everyone says their games look really nice but I've seen some real crap that's been described as "near mint" before.  The only way to get a lot of people past that is to provide lots of quality pictures.

Wade

Lance:

I agree with what others have said, you'll have more luck if your put a $1 starting price and a reserve.  Having a starting price around what you want to get rarely works since it takes away from the 'auction fever' people seem to get.

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