Originally Posted by Hondo6

eBay auctions with reserve prices still pop up on eBay occasionally for bikes/parts, but from what I've seen they appear to be pretty rare.

I've never understood why anyone would put an item up for auction on eBay with a reserve price. As I understand it (and I've read their policies, even though I'm not an eBay seller), on a reserve auction the seller gets "dinged" with a sales fee regardless of whether or not the item sells. I want to say that the no-sale fee for an auction with reserve price is smaller than the fee for a sale - but as I recall, it's not zero; it's a percentage of the reserve price.