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I don't keep my electricity in the fridge.

I don't know - the contents of my fridge are pretty shocking.....

We're keen on ornithology and keep a few birds of prey, but one of these raptors will only exercise at night to 80's music. Our Kestrel Manoeuvres In The Dark.

BINs automatically relist, so it makes sense as a seller to put them up and just let them go round and round. Listing is a pain in the ****. Also, competitive bidding is virtually non-existent, so why sell as an auction and only get the opening bid price, assuming it gets even one bid? You basically have to set the opening price at a level you would be willing to sell at given eBay take a fee for setting a reserve. With regard to the number of items listed on eBay, they long passed the level at which it was possible to view most of the offerings. 15-20 years ago the average number of listings in the Britsh section was around the 3000 mark with a significant percentage selling. As I write, this number stands at 424,780, which further reinforces the rationale for listing as a BIN - eventually someone will view it, and one day someone might even buy it! What is certain is that relatively few people will see it when listed for 7 days, but furthermore be willing to bid it up. You need a few interested parties to generate a good price. Given the advances in computers, storage, processing speed and general all round capability, it is only likely to provide facilities for an even greater number of listings. If the capacity is there it will be used.

I have noted over the last couple of years many sellers just relist , relist ,their coins that dont sell, its just boreing seeing a 1885 farthing in VF grade for a minmum bid of £20.00 when £2 would be fair , thus the number of items for sale on ebay goes up,up,up but the interest of collectors decreases There should be a limit on the number of times an item is listed. Dunno how that would be policed though. There is an Anne farthing listed as genuine in the states , I informed the seller it was a fake as you can see the casting port . It's still for sale five years after I told the owner its a fake, he refuses to lower the price , would have to be nearer £50 than the £500 or so he wants for it FFS why do I bother