What is the point of having a secret reserve 
price at all if you're going to list what it is? 
Why have a reserve price in the first place? I've 
heard people say that a low starting bid draws 
people to look at the auction. But once a few 
bids get put in and the price is now high with no 
reserve met. . . That just makes people turn away.

Me, I don't like reserve prices on auctions for 
the same reason I don't like a page full of "make 
offers" instead of prices when people announce 
cels are for "sale". If you have a cel, you know 
what you paid for it and/or what it's worth to 
you. So show some balls and put a price tag on 
it. Otherwise, as far as I'm concerned, it's not 
*REALLY* for sale.

(Mind also, I think there are cases when putting 
a cel up for offers is legitamate, but a cel has 
to be a certain *HIGH* calibur before it's worthy 
of a "make offer" notation. Low priced series, 
closed-eyes cels, turned away characters, small 
images. . . None of those are worthy of "make 
offers", in my mind. . . Or of reserve prices.)

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac