Thoughts on card pricing.....

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Posted By: barrysloate

Leon- to play devil's advocate I do not buy into the notion that things sell for a discount on ebay. In your example many bidders may have recognized it had just come out of your auction and that may have hurt it.

As an example: a couple of months ago I listed about 7-8 scarce books on BST at reasonable prices. I sold only one and didn't even get inquiries on the others. I began listing them on ebay one at a time and sold each for 50-75% more than my BST price. I listed my Anson book on BST at $225 with no takers, then sold it on ebay last week for $369. And all the others did about the same.

I do not believe things sell for less there because you are in fact catering to a larger audience. What hurts ebay are the endless overpriced BINS, the quick recycling of items, and that in general dealers save their lesser quality pieces for that venue. All things be equal, there is nothing wrong with selling on ebay. The fact that the fees are too high is a separate issue.