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[Taxi_Driver]

How do I change the reserve on an item?
It has more than 6 hours to go....so I should be able to  :-/

If I try to use the link on an email ebay sent me to update/change the details....the link doesnt work  

And if i try to alter it on the ebay site....the reserve is greyed out so it wont let me change it  

Any ideas?

Cheers

[STMO123]

This isn't the Merc TD? Thats got more than a day left.

[Danny]

the time limit's usually 12 hours, but the item mustn't have any bids on in order to alter a price

[Markie]

yep - 12 hours and no bids im afraid  :-/

[Taxi_Driver]

yep - 12 hours and no bids im afraid  :-/

According to Ebay you can alter the reserve even with bids.....if you apparently set the reserve lower than the highest bid.....it reduces the high bid to a pound below the 'new' reserve and notifies the bidders that the reserve has been reduced.....read that on ebay site....trying to work out how to do it!

[Taxi_Driver]

This isn't the Merc TD? Thats got more than a day left.

It is.....it only got £2k first time round....and i think its worth more than that!

[sounds2k]

normally when revising an item, you open the page as if you were viewing it normally, log in if you haven't already and I think it then gives you an option to revise the listing. The options you get will be very limited close to the end, though ...

[Taxi_Driver]

yep - 12 hours and no bids im afraid  :-/

Should have added this link for info  

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/lowering-reserve.html

[Taxi_Driver]

normally when revising an item, you open the page as if you were viewing it normally, log in if you haven't already and I think it then gives you an option to revise the listing. The options you get will be very limited close to the end, though ...

Tried that   Anything to do with reserve is greyed out  

[sounds2k]

yep, seem to remember you can't really do a lot close to the end ... on that link you gave it says

You may lower the reserve price on an item in any category as many times as you like, as long as the reserve price has not been met and there are at least 12 hours left on the listing
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... so unfortunately you're screwed  

[STMO123]

If this is the merc, the reserve price has not been met, and there is more than a day to go :-/

[Taxi_Driver]

yep, seem to remember you can't really do a lot close to the end ... on that link you gave it says

You may lower the reserve price on an item in any category as many times as you like, as long as the reserve price has not been met and there are at least 12 hours left on the listing
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... so unfortunately you're screwed  

Theres 24hrs left , so why wont it let me edit the reserve?  :-/

I would email ebay but i think by the time they reply the listing would have ended!  

[Chopsdad]

Change the title description instead - Nice Merc  - Reserve at £000's  

Its quick and you've done it once already so shoudl be ok again.