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Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:14 PM
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I listed it...I blinked.....and it sold!
I have had items sell a couple hours after the listing but this was insane!
Less than 2 minutes after I listed it! 160788344915
Buyer paid (BIN with immediate) and I shipped it 2 minutes after that. Total transaction time from completed listing to shipped widget....5 minutes!
How about you guys? Whats your fastest sale after lisiting? (pre-buyer communication listings need not apply )
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(1 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:22 PM
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Pretty much the same time line... except I didn't ship until the next morning. I asked her about it, and she said it was exactly what she was looking for and just happened to be on computer at the time.
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(2 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:33 PM
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Bet you get a 5 on shpg., Mint!
So, Mint and Lynne, you think some kind of synchronicity, or ESP drew them to look for the auction when one was being listed, or were these both very popular items...or then there's the less interesting possibility of coincidence.
I'd prefer cash on the barrel-head, but a cat will do.
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(3 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:38 PM
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mintrobmint wrote:
I listed it...I blinked.....and it sold! 
Wow mint, talk about premature aprofitication. 
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(4 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:43 PM
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In my case, definitely an odd thing for me to be listing, and yes, pretty rare. And again, yes, that is what she said. It just popped up in front of her, like magic! her exact words: "exactly what i was looking for"
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(5 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:51 PM
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I wanted to be certain of details before I mentioned it.
The items were: two sweaters handmade by the Cowichan Indians on an island off British Columbia.
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(6 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 06:53 PM
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OK, then. Now where is my quartz crystal. I'm gonna rinse it off and put it by the computer when I list or look for something.
I'd prefer cash on the barrel-head, but a cat will do.
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(7 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:10 PM
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2minutes2midnight wrote:
mintrobmint wrote:
I listed it...I blinked.....and it sold!
Wow mint, talk about premature aprofitication.
Hahaaa....
Im guessing it was on his Saved Searches...there are others like it & 1 that is cheaper but I added 2 ingredient words to the listing that the others dont have.....the actual name of the character I was selling.
Plus using 80 cbharacters makes a huge difference
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(8 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:18 PM
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Can you tell us what it was?
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(9 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:23 PM
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Wow thats fast Mint!!!
But.......
I know some folks hate hearing about the past..but...
Between 2000 and 2002 most of our auctions would sell within a hour after listing hmmm the good old days...... their gone.
Back to reality.
Mint thats awesome and hope its a sign of better days are right around the corner.
Nobody calls me Lebowski. You got the wrong guy. I'm the Dude, man.
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(10 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:29 PM
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5933lynne wrote:
I wanted to be certain of details before I mentioned it.
The items were: two sweaters handmade by the Cowichan Indians on an island off British Columbia.
When genuine those retail new for $150 to $250.
What did you list them for?
I bought a womans small on ebay as a gift for my wifes sisters birthday for $55.
Who will save the river valley , that's my drinking water.! "Moxy Fruvous"
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(11 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:38 PM
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Komo: You are a wondermint. Aren't you even curious about how two of these wound up in the Ozarks? Best guess, someone on vacation brought them back and had no idea what to do with them. And, the woman who bought them was a Southern Lady with a shop (forgot where, but in a large Southern City)..
Auction was in middle of a very hot summer day. Odder and odder. Anyhow, I remember I researched what I could, and priced them about the same as what you paid. It was more than two years ago, so I can't be certain. They had tags on, brand new.
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(12 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:42 PM
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mintrobmint wrote:
I listed it...I blinked.....and it sold!
awesome mint! I had the same kind of luck today.
listed one,listed another item,come back and first was already paid for. gotta love ipr!
I will ship in the morning as this was just a few hours ago.
hope it keeps going this way.
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(13 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 07:53 PM
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Komo: to be clear, there was one brown, one grey, and I charged around $60 (not sure) for each.
Splak and Minty: What the heck are you guys selling?
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(14 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 08:13 PM
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Hi Lynne...I put the sold item# in the original post.
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(15 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 08:23 PM
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They won't let me see it.
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(16 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 08:53 PM
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I don't have that many items yet but I did have good luck recently. I sell sewing patterns and had a popular one that all four of mine sold out in less than 12 hours, the first one within an hour. I know that's not super fast but for sewing patterns that's kinda cool.
Back in the good ol days online auctions were a novelty and everyone wanted those interesting, unusual things they couldn't get anywhere else. I remember back in college my roomate and I would camp on the auction hoping to get that rare band poster or collectible. Part of it was just the thrill of winning!
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(17 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 23, 2012 09:57 PM
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patterns? selling? I tried for months. Congratulations to you.
Good luck with future listings, if based on this, you will be fine.
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(19 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 24, 2012 09:18 PM
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@Lynne, you can have good luck with it if you know which to sell. I work at a fabric store so I pay attention to what's selling. Also, children's and baby-related patterns sell WAY better for the most part than women's clothing. I do searches for completed listings for pattern numbers I have a good feeling about and see if they're selling. Sometimes I notice something that's really going fast, like the new Fashion Star line. I don't just buy wholesale or large quantities, I research almost every pattern I put up. Sometimes it can be a bust but so far it's going pretty well overall.
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(20 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 25, 2012 01:00 AM
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I once had a person bid on an item BEFORE I listed it. It was this nice silver Delorean and the Buyer was some wild eyed crazy scientist.
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(21 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 25, 2012 09:12 AM
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If it sells that quickly, that usually means that it was priced too low.
Betty 
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(22 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 25, 2012 10:00 AM
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(23 of 30)
Re: Worlds Fastest Listing Sale?
Apr 25, 2012 10:04 AM
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That's kinda what I was thinking, Betty. My search on "AVATAR Leonopteryx" brought up some others that were priced higher, but some that were priced the same.
rags, welcome to the PT forum! I've thought about selling new patterns on here. JoAnn's has sales where patterns are really inexpensive, and for people who live nowhere near a JoAnns, eBay is probably it as far as being able to get them. The pattern companies don't sell patterns online except for a few styles (last I looked) and they are a lot more expensive.
The quickest any of my auctions sold was the time it took to shower, I came out & it was sold. It was some Chanel nail polish that had to be at least 10 years old. I kinda kicked myself for putting a BIN on it, because I suspect it would have gone higher. Oh well, the lady was thrilled!
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