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Old 09-26-2025, 07:54 AM
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Seems that only two sellers (Prob & GM) on eBay actually have the nerve to run true auctions these days starting at $ .99 and letting the market dictate the final price of the card. Of course, that is operating under the caveat that no shill bidding is taking place. �� I am not including auctions where the opening bid is equivalent to an aggressive Buy It Now price and there is only upside and no risk that a final price falls far below expectations. So, outside of these two scenarios, what percentage of eBay listings do you think are true auctions these days?

I’ll start things off at 2%……
People must be looking at some different venue than you and I, Phil. I am with you but I say far less than 2%. I just did one of my saved searches. It came up with 13000+ items. When I hit the button for auctions-only, there were 157. Make of it what you want to, but I think 2% is high.
Again, maybe others are factoring it differently?
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