A reserve price? No, I tried that a couple of times, it just trips up people. It was a way to have your cake and eat it too, start a low auction price but not really have a lot starting auction price because the item wouldn't sell if it didn't hit that reserve. People want to know what the real price is, not play a stupid guessing game. I think that was something that had more use when eBay charged higher rates for the buy-it-now listings. eBay has gotten smarter over the years.

If the item needs a high price, post it as sell-it-now at that price. You may need to relist a couple of times, but if you're patient, these things do tend to sell, if the price you're asking is fair market.

SRS