Ebay best offer... two tricks to see

[bn2cardz]

I found two tricks to see best offers.

This option no longer works, second post still works as well as the "print" option brought up later in the thread.


1) Put item where www is when looking at the item

Example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-E90-1-American-Caramel-Ty-Cobb-Detroit-Tigers-PSA-2-Good-/251296371894?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3a826e54b6&nma=true&si=zgWTxi38oBaGVsEbuqYCZD73L%252Fg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Becomes:
http://item.ebay.com/itm/1909-E90-1-American-Caramel-Ty-Cobb-Detroit-Tigers-PSA-2-Good-/251296371894?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item3a826e54b6&nma=true&si=zgWTxi38oBaGVsEbuqYCZD73L%252Fg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[bn2cardz]

2) Is a little more complicated, but if you use this link and change out a section and use it as the search bar you can see a list of best offers in the search area.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=cobb+%...ipg=200&_pgn=1

Where cobb+%28sgc%2Cpsa%29 is the search for Cobb (sgc, psa). This way you need to know some things.
+ equals space
%28 equals (
%2 equals ,
%29 equals )

I have been using these two ways this morning and it has been helpful so I thought I would pass it on.

Happy 4th.

[xcgrammer]

not sure I get what you mean "to see best offers." I tried it and it did not let me see what amount people had offered.

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by xcgrammer

not sure I get what you mean "to see best offers." I tried it and it did not let me see what amount people had offered.

Im thinking this refers to BO accepted

[npa589]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Im thinking this refers to BO accepted

Bingo!

Also, there is another way that has recently been discussed on the board. Simply put, change "com" to "fr", which is eBay France. I tried it as of a couple days ago, and it still was revealing the accepted offer. My guess, however, is that this glitch, or whatever one would like to refer to it as, will be changed (caught) before the one Andy has shared. It used to work with ebay.ca, but that was caught a while ago.

Edited to add a thank you to Andy for sharing some other work-arounds!

[bobbyw8469]

What valid reason does Ebay give to not let buyers see the BEST OFFER price???

[lharri3600]

Originally Posted by xcgrammer

not sure I get what you mean "to see best offers." I tried it and it did not let me see what amount people had offered.

I believe he's referring to sold items

[auggiedoggy]

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[buymycards]

Why is it anyone else's business what the accepted offer was? If I am selling, the accepted offer is between me and the buyer and if I am buying it is between me and the seller. No one else needs to see it.

Rick

[CW]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Why is it anyone else's business what the accepted offer was?

Short answer, because people want to see how much certain cards sell for, as this helps them gauge current market prices for certain cards.

This is good info to have, and I think we'd all agree that the more educated you are as a buyer, the better.

Previous sales info can be beneficial to sellers also, as it lets them know what to expect should they be selling a similar card. It can also help you judge the current value of your collection.

If I am selling, the accepted offer is between me and the buyer and if I am buying it is between me and the seller. No one else needs to see it.

Rick

We may not need to, but we still want to, and it makes sense to educate yourself in this hobby with reference to pricing. These are ebay transactions, done in a public forum, and pricing should be viewable, imo.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Why is it anyone else's business what the accepted offer was? If I am selling, the accepted offer is between me and the buyer and if I am buying it is between me and the seller. No one else needs to see it.

Rick

Without knowing what prices these cards sell for, we would have no idea what to price and buy our cards at. I think we all agree that this information is very important to our hobby and without it, the market would be all over the place. Cardtarget.com and other price guides are very handy and help most of us tremendously...so, yeah, I think it is our business to see what price is accepted.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Why is it anyone else's business what the accepted offer was? If I am selling, the accepted offer is between me and the buyer and if I am buying it is between me and the seller. No one else needs to see it.

Rick

Ebay, themselves, promote looking at past sales to sell on their site.

Originally Posted by ebay Tips for successful selling

Plan your pricing strategy. Search completed eBay listings. You can also visit online stores that sell similar items to help you choose a price for your fixed price or auction-style listing, and decide whether you'd like to set a reserve price.

Source http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/seller-tips.html

So if they want us to search completed ebay listings so that we can price our stuff, then why don't they allow the information to be easily found?

[Jlighter]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Why is it anyone else's business what the accepted offer was? If I am selling, the accepted offer is between me and the buyer and if I am buying it is between me and the seller. No one else needs to see it.

Rick

Because prices on arbitrary things are dependent on past prices.

[ScottFandango]

Thank you so much for this!!!!!

You are the man!