OT: When would you end a "hot" toy auction? Black Friday?

[Todd44]

Just curious to get opinions... Do you think it would be a good idea to end an auction for one of the hotter and harder to find toys of the season on Black Friday, in the afternoon or evening? The reason I ask this is because I'm wondering if people go to the stores, realize they can't get it, go home and see if they can get it on ebay, they'll impulse bid...

This is a toy you cannot buy from online toy sellers because they're sold out.

If not ending it on Black Friday, suggestions? Saturday, Sunday? Hold 'til closer to Christmas (I worry about this option because there's a possibility of more shipments, I would think)?

Thanks!

And if this should be posted elsewhere, sorry!

 

[bouwob]

I honestly would wait a week before christmas and charge for next day shipping.

Or put it up with a best offer/BIN and see who bites.

 

[Pinbreaker]

How much are they going for?

List it with the Fixed Price listing.. You could list it high, and take offers..

 

[baseballguy350]

If it's that hamster thing, sell now. I saw a report on NBC Nightly News on them tonight.

 

[Hallsgator]

The last weekend before Christmas is actually when the most money is spent in retail stores. Everyone is waiting til the last minute to buy things. So I would say a couple weeks before Christmas, just so people know it will arrive in time.

 

[Todd44]

It's not the Hamster thing, it's a more expensive thing. Retail is around $100 and they're going for about 150-160 on ebay right now.

It's rather large, so next day shipping would be about $70. That woudl be prohibitive for some people, I would think.

 

[jrinne]

What is the hot toy this year?

 

[i43770]

I would list it tomorrow and run it for 5 days so it ended on Monday.

 

[Rudzud]

If it's that hamster thing, sell now. I saw a report on NBC Nightly News on them tonight.

wtf is that?

 

[G $MONEY$]

If it's that hamster thing, sell now. I saw a report on NBC Nightly News on them tonight.

wtf is that?

yeah that hamster thing is selling like a hotcake with toasted goat horns, they just showed it on cnn

 

[des1984]

I have (3) sets of the collector 3 pack of zhu zhu's. Spent $105 delivered for all three. One set is selling for that now. I listed all 3 of my auctions to end this Friday/mid morning. I'm hoping to cash in.