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Posted By: <b>Chris</b><p> Ten Cent listing day (12-27)on Ebay. I was thinking of listing some stuff but guess I'll wait.

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Oh geez, not again!!!!<br />Thanks for the warning.

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Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>it's so annoying, dealers list 1,000's of cards, all well above retail...<br /><br />it's a waste.

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Posted By: <b>Marc S.</b><p>having these once in a while...but the frequency of these can be daunting, as we just had one about a week or two ago....especially since Ebay is likely doing this to increase Q4 earnings...which are already going to be higher than the present concensus estimate.

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Why do some sellers RAISE the prices from their store inventory when they list things in active auction? If it didn't sell for 3 months sitting on your shelf at that price, wouldn't you lower the price to try and move the card?

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Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>Does anyone know how to block certain dealers from eBay searches? It seems like that would solve the problem. I find myself cursing the same few overpriced dealers all the time ...

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Chris - I've been begging for that feature for a few years, but no such luck; there is a way to do it on a temporary basis, but once you end your session, it goes away.

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Posted By: <b>Ed Hans</b><p>Just click on the "auctions" tab when searching. That will filter out all the overpriced dealer stock.

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Ed - someone suggested this last time - I'm pretty sure that only filters out store inventory - it does nothing to filter all the fixed price auction style listings that result from dump day.

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Posted By: <b>Ed Hans</b><p>I just did it last week. You see only auction formats; no fixed price or store listings. The Pre 1930 category had less than 1200 active listings using this option vs. over 5k the other way. Try it. It works.

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Ed - fantastic! I stand corrected.

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Posted By: <b>Scott Sarian</b><p>Another tool I use for 10 cent listing weeks is to search for items which have at least 1 bid. This eliminates having to sift through the hundreds of BIN at ridiculous prices. It does run the risk of missing a good item that no one has bid on yet, but it is a minimal risk.

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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>Not trying to hijack this thread, but it does concern Ebay and dealer practices so I figured I could sneak it in. I'm looking for an opinion or two on an Ebay shipping matter.<br /><br />I won 4 separate auctions within about 15 minutes last night on Ebay. All from the same seller. One card per auction. Each auction stated $5 shipping. In his auction descriptions the seller also stated that winners of multiple lots reduce their shipping costs. Now I realize this is ambiguous. He didn't say "combine" shipping.<br /><br />When I received the invoice last night, the 4 cards (all Obaks) came to a pre-shipping total of $117. To that he added a charge of $12 shipping. 4 cards, $12, and that doesn't even include insurance. Am I right to feel a little jobbed in this matter?<br /><br />Anthony Stephenson

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Anthony - while it certainly is more then his cost, it is a significant reduction from the $20 shipping total. If you had expectations on what the combined shipping would be, you should have clarified with the seller beforehand. That said, I recently had an incident where someone won two cards from me and before I could invoice them paid for both cards and full shipping on both; I told the buyer since he had won both there was no need and refunded him.

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>anthony,by doing this the seller in effect has you (the buyer) paying for the ebay & paypal fees.. you can leave a negative/nuetral or give a low mark in the detailed seller ratings.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>It looks like the seller discounted the shipping by a large percentage. It might still be a little more than it costs but he did discount it heavily vis a vis the total individual shipping cost (quoted) of the 4 cards ...I would let this one slide. He did what he said he would do. regards

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Posted By: <b>S Gross</b><p>Actually, I <i>like</i> dump-days; it gives me another price reference point. I already have my "perceived" value, "book" value, and "market" value I can use in determaning a fair price on a certain card. Dump-days just gives me another tool: The "you've got to be $%&*%@# kidding me" value.