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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
...When I price cards for sale, I check comps on eBay and I factor in the shipping cost and taxes as a component of sale...
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I do the same thing, even though I'm usually on the buying side.
I collect mostly T206 and vintage Topps cards. There are plenty of sales just on eBay for these. In other words, it's very easy to find "comps" for the stuff I buy at shows.
When creating my "want list" in advance of the show, I use Excel. I use Terapeak (eBay store tool) and chart the last 10 sales of each item. There are 3 columns:
- The price a card has sold for
- Shipping
- Sales tax for my state
The total is
what it would have cost me out-of-pocket to purchase that item.
I'll average the recent sales...and that's my "comp" for the card.