My e-bay stuff

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:29 pm

Well I have never sold anything on e-bay here is a post od my auctions . Let us see how it pans out.

Time for more selfish self promoting.

And this is not all of my stuff.

http://shop.ebay.com/pickelhaube-custom ... ksid=p4340

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:35 pm

good luck pH......i expect you'll do well.

Rylau · Post by **Rylau** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:33 pm

Good luck....I bookmarked you just to check out your great work. Keep it up. Bob

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:44 pm

Been a long time coming, go for it man!

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:09 pm

It has been a long time that I said I was going to do this. But I also said I was going to paint a bunch of stuff and never did. I sold a wirble and have a couple of bids on things. There are bunches of people looking but not too much bidding. Maybe it is too early.

Man I sure hope that this wont be a bust.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:19 pm

I have found that a lot of people look up until the very end without bidding. I keep an eye on the number of watchers - in my case those with the most watchers underwent a flurry of bidding action in the last few hours. Those with only 1 or 2 watchers usually sold for the starting price.

I have been selling off all my old RPG material from the late 70s/early 80s and after some hits and misses with my early auctions have done pretty well. However, I have a set of material from one game in particular that did not sell after 3 attempts. Now I don't know what to do with them as the set is now broken up because of what did sell. Now I'm stuck with them for another 30 years until the stock of available copies dwindles further.

If some items don't sell, you might try relisting at the lowest price you can handle and break even on your initial costs at least, if you aren't doing that already. Not as satisfying as making a profit and feeling your work is awesome enough to earn a living from (if you worked in 1/32, I'd be a customer) - but sometimes a lower starting price suckers people in and they end up paying what you hoped for anyway.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:37 pm

Crazy interest in the 222 but everybody wants it assembled and painted.

The Stuka cannons have the most people watching then the 222 and then the M-10.
The 1/32 CIP's no interest it seems. And the wading trunks do not seem to be popular.

This is fun and depressing all at the same time.

I have baught about 400 things off of ebay put have only sold 3 things and they were Spiked helmets.

I did sell a Wirble with Buy it Now though on Tues. .

I hope this pays off it not I will have to evaluate this toy business.

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:42 pm

Pickelhaube how much will the 222 be if it was assembled and painted??

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:05 pm

Stug45 wrote:Pickelhaube how much will the 222 be if it was assembled and painted??

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:58 pm

Pic, I am speaking from a biased perspective in two ways. One in that I showed the board three new projects I had completed and haven't delivered squat, at least for the public, yet. Secondly as having been part of or having launched several startup companies. It takes time! Time for you to get your hands caught up with your ideas, and time for your audience to catch on.

I'm literally sitting on an order to produce nebelwerfers, pack howitzers, and MBT trailers. The prototypes are done, but I'm at a stand still because I don't know if they will sell at the prices I need to charge, and because I'm not 100% happy with some of the final designs. I'm a short couple hops from completing a kettenkrad, a piat and a re-sized LCVP.

Either way, you've taken the final step and put your goods up for sale... Keep making what people want, what you enjoy and don't look back.

gouchy · Post by **gouchy** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:34 pm

Hey PH, grunt1 is right,

it takes time to build your customer base on the bay, there are many collectors out there who do not visit this forum and may not be familiar with you excellent work, so in due time, when you have done some sales and won over fans, I'm sure they will keep an eye on you and your listings and things will move for you then

You might consider in the future to offer more painted and assembled stuff or maybe liase yourself with a good painter (if the costs of this can be worked out) for reasons like myself, just the horror

of doin my own painting/assembling cos I absolutely suck at it, which is why I buy completed models

You might also consider broadening your product range to, dare I say, starwars or GI Joe line of vehicles, say for example, replacement parts for the Whale hovercraft fans which are very fragile and hard to find, which in turn might open a whole new fanbase/converts for you

Have faith n keep goin, Pickel, 3 miles up 3 miles down no sweat

aeo178 · Post by **aeo178** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:54 pm

Do u have anything for modern us helicopters besides the boom

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:29 pm

aeo178 wrote:Do u have anything for modern us helicopters besides the boom

Yes I do.

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But I am keeping my ebay list a little short for now because I really need to get caught up on back orders.

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