Markdown Manager....does it really work?

[namtrag1]

I've used Markdown manager over the years....What I have found that if you inflate the price only to mark it down that doesn't fly.  When I mark something down about 10-20%...no one seems to care or notice,  Only when you mark down a true price by more than 50% then you get a little action..but at those prices you take a bath.  I don't beleive that markdown manager really works..any thoughts?

[tweetystwades]

I truly believe the purpose for MDM is not to inflate the price and then mark it down. People aren't stupid and look at other seller listings, they know when price is inflated. It might work if the price was competitive, and then marked it down. I personally never use it, I just lower the price when I want to.

[lintbrush*]

6 out of my last 7 sales were MDMs.  10%, 20% & 25%.  I run sales sporadically

I didn't inflate the prices and then mark them down.  They were comparably priced to begin with.  The 20 & 25% off ones were old stock that I realy wanted to go away.   I still had pretty decent margins because they were fairly inexpensive to acquire.  

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[pantlandia]

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@namtrag1 wrote:

I've used Markdown manager over the years....What I have found that if you inflate the price only to mark it down that doesn't fly.  When I mark something down about 10-20%...no one seems to care or notice,  Only when you mark down a true price by more than 50% then you get a little action..but at those prices you take a bath.  I don't beleive that markdown manager really works..any thoughts?

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I use it quite often with fairly decent results. I don't inflate prices then run sales either.

[timemachine777]

I never mark up too mark down, though eBay CS has recommended that I do that. I've had no luck with it myself.