E-bay complaints: was Re: "Response" from seller with the"Apple-1"

[Antonio Carlini]

>The starting price does not affect the cost of the auction 
>to the seller, its the selling price that determines the cost.  

On ebay.co.uk the listing fee *does* depend on the starting price.
IIRC £0.99 and below is £0.15, £1-£4.99 is £0.20 etc.

>If you have never sold items you may not know that the seller 
>can see how many people are "watching" the item. 

Although not who is watching ....
I add anything interesting that I come across to my watch list.
It might be because I wish to bid, it might be because I'm
interested in seeing what it goes for, it might be because
I need this particular type of widget and I find the watch
list a convenient way to keep track of multiple items before
deciding which one to bid on (and which one to bid on next 
if I lose ...).

If I'm really going to bid, I'll probably line something 
up in a bidding tool and just "let it ride" without ever
bothering to "watch" the item.

Antonio