Ebay vs Auction houses

[e107collector]

My opinion - I think many collectors have a sense of security and peace of mind when buying large $$ items from an auction house over Ebay. They know they will get an authentic item, and don't mind paying a little more money for it.

Just my 2 cents.

Tony

P.S. - I'm not saying that all ebay sellers are ripoffs. There are some great sellers on ebay - just sayin.

[Runscott]

Ebay used to be a lot of fun, and straight ebay auctions brought good prices for sellers. That's the key. Sellers had no qualms about listing straight auctions in ebay the same way they now do via auction houses.

Nowadays ebay is ZERO fun, and that's ebay's doing, due to their policy changes over the years that have encouraged a 'store' selling mentality, but auction houses are still lots of fun - I love opening a bottle of wine and watching the lots finish up on a good auction house night. I find my self winning stuff that I have no business bidding on, but I no longer have that problem on ebay (I used to).

If you find something cool on ebay that you want, check VCP and put in a snipe of 75% of average VCP value, and you are likely to win it. That won't be the case for auction house bids.

[markf31]

Originally Posted by Runscott

...I find my self winning stuff that I have no business bidding on, but I no longer have that problem on ebay (I used to).

I can see myself having the same "problem" as I move forward in my collecting and I use AH more as a buyer.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by markf31

I can see myself having the same "problem" as I move forward in my collecting and I use AH more as a buyer.

Regarding cards, I'm not concerned about purchasing on ebay, especially if holdered - I rarely get my cost back when buying graded singles form AH's. I also purchase a lot of photos on ebay. But for everything else, I scour the auction houses. A lot of the stuff I buy from AH's is tough to put a price on, so also tough to feel much regret over prices paid