this ever happened to you with a vintage auction item?

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Posted By: hankron

My theory is that if I sell something for a profit and the buyer (especially a normal collector) sells it for another profit, that's a good thing. We should both be happy. I never saw how it was desirable to sell something for an over inflated price so that the collector loses big money down the road. Tough way to get repeat business.

Along the lines of Scott, I once had one of my little booklets for sale on eBay with a BIN of like $9 and, a shock to me as much as anyone else, the thing was eventually won for like $40. I told the winner that I couldn't sell it to him for $40 (trust me, it wasn't worth $40), and would only accept the BIN plus shipping. At first he thought I was trying to pull a fast one, until it sunk in that I was lowering the price.

While I like $$ and a good sale as much as everyone else, I suspect I am not in the minority when I say that I feel guilty if an item of mine sells for way too much.