What to expect from AH consignments?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Leon

OF course it matters to the seller. It's a higher price to the buyer. Last I checked that counted in a deal.

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Fair enough. Perhaps living in a zero sales tax state, I forget that from time to time.

Do you think that other buyers lower the amount they are willing to pay when bidding on items by factoring in the sales tax? I suppose it's certainly possible. But my suspicion is that many buyers don't factor it in. At the same time, I could be entirely wrong!

During the auction: "Bidding $100...that seems about right..."
At checkout: "Now I have to pay $108??!!! Plus an extra $10 for shipping!!!??? Stupid sales tax and shipping..."

And now that I've said that, I guess I've just introduced shipping as another cost to the buyer. Do you think that buyers also factor shipping into their calculus? Or does it get ignored, similar to my contention that sales tax is largely ignored?

[teza11]

Just think about the potential power of this forum. "What if" AH consignors on this board pooled their upcoming consignments and let AH's bid on the opportunity to list. This could be done by type, group, time period, etc. Seller consignment fees would be a thing of the past. The discussion would move from seller fees to to seller credits. Just putting it out there. I know Leon is not looking to take this on.

Jeff