Best eBay auction finishing time?

[chigley]

Hey guys,

Got a Wii to sell on eBay over the weekend, but I need to decide what the optimum time would be for the auction to finish. Obviously it'll be a one day auction starting tomorrow, with an ending at some time on Sunday.

What do you think? Morning, afternoon, evening?

Thanks

[the_saint]

Originally Posted by chigley

Hey guys,

Got a Wii to sell on eBay over the weekend, but I need to decide what the optimum time would be for the auction to finish. Obviously it'll be a one day auction starting tomorrow, with an ending at some time on Sunday.

What do you think? Morning, afternoon, evening?

Thanks

Evening between 6 and 8.

People wake up late so not morning, the big 4 are playing on sunday on sky so that'll reduce your afternoon audience. They'll then have their dinner and THEN go on ebay.

[arcticfox]

Originally Posted by chigley

Hey guys,

Got a Wii to sell on eBay over the weekend, but I need to decide what the optimum time would be for the auction to finish. Obviously it'll be a one day auction starting tomorrow, with an ending at some time on Sunday.

What do you think? Morning, afternoon, evening?

Thanks

between 7.30 and 8.30pm I find

[owenroberts]

Got mine finishing tomorrow at aroung 4pm.

I only want to break even (after fees etc) - just wanted the cash instead of Amazon vouchers lol.

[FurbtasticM]

I'd go with 8.00pm to 9.00pm on a Sunday. eBay is saturated with Wii's at the moment though and the shops are selling bundles, with a game, for £225.

[qasim]

i'd say anything between 6pm and 10pm

[stubbs]

Originally Posted by the_saint

Evening between 6 and 8.

People wake up late so not morning, the big 4 are playing on sunday on sky so that'll reduce your afternoon audience. They'll then have their dinner and THEN go on ebay.

id go with that, it depend on what your selling but yeah with a wii id go any evening between 6 and 8 when parents will primarilly bidding, you could argue they may bid when kids have gone to bed so then possibly 10-11 but i really don't know.

[corky20]

Hey man i'd go for late at night... about 11pm. They're selling late into the night!

The usual 6-8 time will be flooded with them...

[owenroberts]

Tempted to cancel mine and put it on as a 1-day listing. I've only had about 20 views and no watchers so there's nothing to lose!!

EDIT - cancelled it. Cheers for the advice (although it wasn't my thread).

[chigley]

I just put mine on now, ending this time tomorrow. Fingers crossed! I wish I'd have sold it a couple of weeks back, when they were touching £300-350. Ah well..

[Harvez]

the problem being is everyone has been thinking the same thing.
so now ebay is flooded with Wii's so keeping the prices down.
consumer power rules

[Praj07]

Yep true, also the fact that amazon and argos have had a few in stock. Today they're not going for any more then £200-ish..

[Jon]

currys.co.uk also have stock and have some bundles starting at £299

Seams nintendo have finally got some serious levels of stock out there

[cd02]

yup, went shopping in town today and every electrical shop had at least 3 in stock.. most only sold them as part of a package but still had them thou..

[owenroberts]

Originally Posted by harvez

the problem being is everyone has been thinking the same thing.
so now ebay is flooded with Wii's so keeping the prices down.
consumer power rules

I used my Amazon vouchers to buy one hoping to make a bit of a profit. Looks as though I'll be luck to break even now!

[owenroberts]

Does anyone think it would be worth holding out and listing it to finish sometime later in the week and guaranteeing delivery before Christmas? - Maybe this would get a higher price with people starting to panic that they won't get one in time?

[TheDetox]

Just sold my PS3 60gb for £390, if that helps lol, i wanted more !!!

[owenroberts]

Looking at a few other posts - I'm gonna hold off for a few days and take my chances.

[arcticfox]

Originally Posted by owenroberts

Looking at a few other posts - I'm gonna hold off for a few days and take my chances.

In the meantime do you have anything to lose putting a card in Tesco offering your Wii for the price you want? Not all people wanting a Wii will have Internet and even if you get no joy, what have you lost?

[owenroberts]

Originally Posted by arcticfox20

In the meantime do you have anything to lose putting a card in Tesco offering your Wii for the price you want? Not all people wanting a Wii will have Internet and even if you get no joy, what have you lost?

True. Just need to get to a Tesco now lol.