why are reserve price fees so high?

[cheapacars2008]

its the only formula that seems to get good results in motors but i get charged $14.95 for a reserve price. why so high? its costing me a fortune.

[putney32]

ebay encourage sellers to START the item at a price that is acceptable to the Seller..

sellers unwilling to quote their starting price at that level need to pay the extra fee.

[kopenhagen5]

Just set your starting price as your reserve. You get one bid and it's sold. 😉

Maybe ebay prefer to steer sellers to sales rather than pass ins.

[cheapacars2008]

but all that does is get buyers to procastinate. ive sold at a higher price on the auction format than the start price / buy it now format.

[putney32]

kops and I are not talking about Buy it Now, just start your auction at a price that would satisfy you if there's only 1 bidder.

with a reserve price auction it doesnt really matter how many bidders you get UNDER reserve, its it 1 or 2 OVER reserve that matter, so set your start price higher, and go for that 1 or 2 bidders forget the others.