auction v BIN on ebay

[smtjoy]

I have had good luck with my BINs/Store Items, to me it all gets down to how you set your price. Price it near VCP and it will sell within a few months, price it a lot higher and it might never sell or could take 1+ years (the only cards I would price this high are very scarce cards that maybe come to market once every 2-3 years or 1/1 highest graded cards) or price it too low and it sells in less than 24 hours. Just seems like thats how my sales work out.

If you list 30+ cards having a store is the way to go as it only cost me .03-.05 a month to list them with the same value fee as the BINs and I only have the store monthly fee to pay.

I also have best offers on nearly all my cards and that seems to help a lot. I get a good amount of offers on them. I have even made trades with the cards I have in my store based on ebay messages I have gotten.

[alanu]

Just in my personal experience with listing with BIN's:

If listed somewhat above the amount I would actually accept I usually get the item sold with a BIN, a "Best Offer", or an off ebay offer. As mentioned above, if I don't get it sold in the first day or so, it rarely sells later.

If the items don't sell and I list them as an auction, it's about 50-50 whether they sell for more or less than my BIN.... the conclusion is:

I have no clue what is best.

[botn]

Vintage cards in general seem to be selling at significantly lower price points on ebay than prices realized would indicate from other auction venues. It is a risky proposition to list your cards on ebay without a reserve or a high opening bid. So is it that there are far more BINs than in previous years or simply less auction listings due to the unimpressive final bids?

[barrysloate]

I agree with Alan that it's difficult to know what the best route is.

I do straight auctions/no reserve and get great prices, average prices, and poor ones. And it's almost impossible to predict ahead of time. Generally I don't list my best pieces on ebay, and the ones I do I just want to move out, so if I lose a few bucks on some it's not the end of the world.

[Mark]

It sounds like ebay auctions are good for buying cards, if you can find anything you want to buy.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Something I have noticed lately is a lot of auctions being ended and then relisted again. Since most of the action happens in the final 20 seconds I'm not sure what the seller is hoping to accomplish, they should just list as BIN with best offer if they are that worried about final price as they probably annoy potenial bidders who just think it will get canceled again.