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| == Item list ==
| | #REDIRECT [[Project:ServerHardwareAuction/Servers]] |
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| (maybe a google docs spreadsheet would be better?)
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| {|cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" width="60%"
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| !Thing
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| !Amount
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| !Est sales price
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| | SCA Drive 73 Gb
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| | Many
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| | 35-52 quid (inc p&p)
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| | SATA drive XGB
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| | Many
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| == Ebay ==
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| All equipment will be sold on the brand new LHS [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/londonhackspace/ eBay account].
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| === Account Hygiene ===
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| * Get some feedback (buy cheap stuff?)
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| * "About Me" page
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| * Avatar
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| === Strategy ===
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| * Don't flood the market. Sell few items at a time
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| * Need good & thorough descriptions, not just manufacturer spec
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| * "Save initial fees and start with 99p."
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| * Announce the first few sales on affiliated mailing lists
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| * We probably prefer cash payments (?)
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| ** TODO
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| === Auction template ===
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| We should have a template to use for the auctions, containing all the common information.
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| * Brief "about LHS" blurb
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| * Contact/location (wiki page link?)
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| ** "note whether vehicles can pull up for loading. Also that it is outside congestion zone"
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| * Source of hardware, auction context
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| * Feedback from various people, to incorporate in the template text
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| * Highlight: pickup only. State preferred pickup times (evenings preferred, but essentially 24/7)
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| Payment options:
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| * "Require payment via PayPal within x days and collection within y days otherwise you reserve the right to relist without compensation. " (Maybe we need to check "See item description" under payment options)
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| I will have a stab at starting a template in a bit --[[User:Kevinb456|Kevinb456]] 20:10, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
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| === Other Suggestions ===
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| From Mike Harrison:
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| [Quick comments on ebay listings from a seasoned ebayer
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| Specify pick-up location a bit more specifically - London is a big place, also specify possible
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| pickup times, and emphasise pickup only in the listing text in big letters.
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| Just copy & pasting manufacturers blurb with no additional info looks bad, especially for a
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| zero-feedback seller - to instil some more confidence add a line or two about who you are & where
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| kit has come from - not specific, just that it's a donated bulk lot from a working environment or
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| similar.
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| And add an 'about me' page.
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| </pre>
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| In that vein, it might be worth adding some background i.e. donated by last.fm, maybe a link to the hackspace, explain the good cause, etc.
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| * For the SCA drives we should list the number of sectors so that people looking for replacement drives for a raid array can be sure they get one thats the same size or larger.
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| On IRC:
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| <aden> we probably should have bough tsome stuff on ebay to get feeback too, nobody is going to bid on a 0 feedback seller
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| <Paul2> yeah 0 feedback 'hack' in the seller name. 1 line desciption. LOOKS LEGIT @@@@@
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| <jontyw> I'm also not sure that we should be selling seven monitors in one batch, it's MUCH better to just have "7 available"
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| </pre>
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| ===Pricing===
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| *Most bidding happens in the final hour; the purpose of having a longer auction is so that people are aware the item is for sale and 'watch' it
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| *Although it might seem that starting with a higher opening price - nearer to the hoped-for sale price - is sensible, evidence shows it makes very little difference to the actual sale price; the auction will find the 'true' price either way. Therefore save initial fees and start with a 99p.
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| *If you want collection only, make it clear in the description ''and'' the price sections. Bidders may ask if they can send a courier with the cash though so decide in advance whether you feel that is a safe idea.
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| *Require payment via PayPal within x days and collection within y days otherwise you reserve the right to relist without compensation.
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| *Specify better where the collection point is, and note whether vehicles can pull up for loading. Also that it is outside congestion zone.
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