True or False

[mintacular]

The only chance of getting a really good BIN $ is if you happen to spot the listing within minutes/a couple hours of being listed...If you don't happen to be searching at that time it will be snatched up by someone else. Any BIN that is still sitting on eBay after 1 day probably is not much of a deal. True or False?

[scmavl]

On a BIN with no Best Offer, I think that is true in many cases. You can still find decent deals from time to time. I found a graded Ted Williams last week that was 30% less than the next cheapest BIN, and it had been there 3 days. I pretty much got it at an auction price. But a "really great deal" is usually gone pretty quickly.

[JamesGallo]

I think it depends on the issue. A very popular set like T206 your likely right, but I think something more obscure might slip by.

There is also a difference between a steal and a reasonable price. I think some cards sit a reasonable prices because there just isn't massive demand or no one is looking at the time.

I think a lot of the odder set can get by many searches, I have gotten a few REALLY good deals even when an auction ran it's full course because the card was either not listed right or because the set is not main stream and in the ebay sea no one found it.

James G

[Robextend]

I would say most likely true on a BIN without a best offer option.

Recently I was able to pick up a Tolstoi Bender No Trees at a great BIN price only because it had been newly listed a few minutes before I found it.

[quinnsryche]

False. I have made many deals on ebay for cards with no best offer. I just go ahead and make an offer anyways or ask if they can do any better and the dealer almost always knocks something off (sometimes even 50%, yes it's happened). It doesn't cost anything to ask and you might be suprised. Ebay isn't as evil as some would make it out to be.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I would say true on most items. I always search eBay by "newly listed" items first for that reason.

[usernamealreadytaken]

Obviously true. Just look at our very own BST. The best stuff at the best prices is usually gone before you see them posted. Has happened to me a hundred times.