Enamelware Pricing

[mitzi531]

I have no idea how to price a set of yellow enamelware I want to sell. It's a tray, two rectangular containers with lids and (so far) two little cups. (I can try to put a photo in here.)

I am confused because I am seeing sets of enamelware pans selling for 12.99-in other words well below what I would consider fair. That begs the question What is FAIR? I'd appreciate your input. 

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   Two of these. Similar condition

    Small with a flatter bottom-like an ice cream  dessert cup

 A tray/baking dish that is also yellow and holds both of the rectangular containers 

Thank you very much. Any help is appreciated. 

Mitzi

two of these

[mitzi531]

Obviously, you aren't into selling dishware. It's a whole world by itself. 

[luckythewinner]

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@mitzi531 wrote:

Obviously, you aren't into selling dishware. It's a whole world by itself. 

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That didn't answer my question. 

In your example, who is the $12.99 price "unfair" to? 

[jayjaspersgarage]

What will it cost to ship is the most important question.  Beyond that after a while you learn that there are high buyers and cheapskates. 

I have had items languish for months so I end them.  A few days later I restart the same listing at double the price I ended at previously and it sells the first day.  Go figure.  Often the timing of a sale is unpredictable.  I do live sales 40 weekends a year.  Some weekends are a drag and then on another weekend someone will come up and order a hundred custom items with a three month lead time.  Timing cannot be planned or scheduled.  

[mtgraves7984]

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@mitzi531 wrote:

I have two questions...what is the difference between completed and sold? Does that mean the sale was agreed upon but the seller wasn't paid yet and the buyer didn't get the item? 

I tend to think if I don't see anything like it, then it is rare and should bring a substantial amount of money relatively speaking. Am I wrong? 

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@mitzi531 

1) Sold means sold. Completed means ended without a sale, listing cancelled by seller, listing ended by eBay, etc., etc.

2) You would tend to think that, but without knowing that it is  rare, high value is a leap. Research until you're comfortable.

[firesteel_surplus]

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@mitzi531 wrote:

I have two questions...what is the difference between completed and sold? Does that mean the sale was agreed upon but the seller wasn't paid yet and the buyer didn't get the item? 

I tend to think if I don't see anything like it, then it is rare and should bring a substantial amount of money relatively speaking. Am I wrong? 

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I think you already got the explanation on Completed and Sold. I've run across that too...I have something here and there are NONE on ebay! Woohoo! I have meself a rare item and show me the money!

I usually just garbage can it after that. But your nifty yellow enamelware pan...I'd post it.

But now you have to decide...is it a $12.99 item, a $129.99 item or a $1299.99 item.

Did you find a brand/manufacturer on it? That would help a lot.

Mike

Firesteel Surplus

[downunder-61]

So by "fair" I mean more than the item was selling for until someone charged 10.99 for a ten million dollar diamond necklace.

Darn, I missed that listing LOL

[tryno2]

Mike in my experience very little enamel ware has a brand on it.  The old ones had paper stickers, some of the newer items maybe have a stamped brand.  

[tryno2]

I think what Mitizi is thinking is that if you sell an item for $1 that's worth $100, then you are pushing prices for later sales down.   I feel that way too, when I see people selling items for 99 cents that should go for much more.  I realize those folks are running maybe a 1,000 99 cent auctions at a time, one goes cheap, another goes high and works for them.   That business plan probably does push prices lower on some types items and has no affect on others.  

[mitzi531]

I started buying stuff at garage sales years ago-well before E bay. And I bought what I liked without worrying about valuable.

Here's the thing. I dislike the feeling of "put one over on me." Taken advantage of. That kind of thing. So if 12.99 is pretty much the norm, then it's fine. But if 129 is the norm and I get 12.99, I feel cheated and tricked. 

Money goes well beyond money. 

Thanks for your response. 

[mitzi531]

It is so funny you said that about the people having a bunch of auctions and it evens out...I was thinking the opposite. They are people who inherited a bunch of stuff and someone told them to sell on E bay. They have no idea of the "going price." They just want to get rid of it so they price low and take whatever. 

I am not sure if these were auctions. I don't do that so I forget all about it.