eBay 2022 - Less auctions, more high buy it nows

[Exhibitman]

I completely agree that on rare or esoteric items where there is no ready pricing history, sellers sticking to their guns is the best way to get a price that makes them happy. Whether it makes shoppers happy is irrelevant; that buyer who needs that rare card is the focus.

I understand that people who want to score bargains are getting frustrated with the lack of low minimum bid auctions, but selling is not an eleemosynary activity, it is a for-profit endeavor. I am switching over to doing BINS or auctions with openers at what I want to get on the card. No more "start it cheap and see where it goes" auctions, unless I am blowing out something for some reason and don't really care where it ends up. I think that is the only formula that really makes sense for a part-time seller, especially when prices are rising but also volatile.