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Originally Posted by scooter729
With all due respect, we've never done a transaction, but the only reason I remember your posts is because you're always complaining about how your cards always sell for so low and you're having to give everything away. It's like crying wolf after a while - maybe your expectations are a bit high.
I (like many others) have had a lot of success here on the BST. I don't know what you're selling, but I bet if you try pricing items in line with VCP recent sales that you'd have a good track record here on the BST.
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BST is useful for selling a few cards here and there. However, if you have hundreds of cards in your inventory that you are looking to sell, BST is really not viable, and you need to use ebay, which will still usually get you higher prices. Bobby's not the only one who has said that ebay gets higher prices. Here's another story:
Link. I'm not saying that BST doesn't have it's advantages. Obviously, there are no fees, so you save 10% there. However, if you have a lot of inventory, ebay is still the best bet even with all of its hassles.
Regarding Bobby's issues selling on ebay, just in my opinion, I think it is because he sells a lot of stuff starting at 99 cents via auction. I've done it before when I started selling on ebay, and personally, I think it's seller suicide. The card market is big with so many different cards out there from so many sets, that unless you have a big name HOFer, the market will typically be thin for your card. There might be 50 - 100 people who are interested in your card, but if they are not looking at your ebay auction the week you are listing it, you are screwed. Only the big time dealers and consignors who regularly list at 99 cent auctions get the views necessary to be able to generate proper market values for these cards. If you are a small time dealer who just lists auctions every now and then, you are not going to get the views necessary to get good prices on your cards. You might get lucky every now and then if the right people are looking at your auctions, but if not, you are dead meat, which I think has happened too many times to Bobby. Frankly, I think it's better to just list as BIN's based upon VCP/past sales (or auctions w/ the same start price as your BIN price), and that will get you prices that you want. If you really need to move inventory that's not selling or need to raise cash, then do the 99 cent auction, but just prepared to get killed on them.