Buy It Now

I had this message waiting for me in my inbox this morning:

I am interested in the Stangl Magnolia 

Is there any way I can combine several of the listings and pay a buy now price?

Let me know if that is possible.

If I had any idea what to charge for these damned things, I would have charged it and done a fixed price. If I wanted to do a buy-it-now, I would have done so. I was hoping there would be some competition and so these would not go for the start bid, so the start price is a no. I don't want to seem greedy, but I want to get what these fuckin' things are worth, or at least ballpark.

She doesn't tell me which of the lots she even wants, though I am suspecting it's the bowls, because they are rare and they will wind up going for about double when these auctions finally end. I also suspect this has come about because she does not want to wait 4 days for the fuckin things to end, and on that point I don't blame her!

I kind of cringe because she lives in Washington state, and I charge east coast prices for shipping so that west coast people aren't scared off from bidding due to high shipping. Her wanting this shit causes a conundrum for me because for obvious reasons I would prefer someone in say New York/Pennsylvania/Virginia/Maryland/North Carolina...you know, upper-middle EAST COAST to win them because then I won't have to pay out-of-pocket for the shipping cost discrepancy 

I hate HATE the new "seller update" and being pigeonholed into 5 day listings. The stuff sits forever. I liked the 3 day auctions because then I had faster turnover. 5 days sends me to a screeching halt. People stick the shit on their watch list and then forget about it by the time the damned thing ends, not to mention that I've got more inventory sticking around my house for longer periods of time.