Ebay vs Auction houses

[skelly]

I recently had a card on ebay for $99 starting bid and no one bid on it. The same card sold for $200+ in a catalog auction. Unless your just dumping say 50 vg commons from 1957, anything that could be considered desirable, consignment to one of the 2-3 big ebay sellers, or a catalog auction is the way to go in my opinion.

[Exhibitman]

I generally like having every lot close individually, except when I have to go somewhere auction night--like I did the first night this time--and lose everything as a result

[sycks22]

Certain auction houses will give you very nice advances while others stay away. Another bonus about AH's is what someone said earlier than you know you're going to get a genuine item. If you were buying a card for $10k+ would you trust 99% of dealers on ebay? I wouldn't.

[calvindog]

I'm curious -- doesn't just about everyone pay via PayPal on eBay nowadays? Doesn't PayPal and the credit card linked to PayPal protect you from eBay fraud? I bought a four figure card on eBay once which was returned as trimmed by PSA; the seller refused to refund my money despite his description of the card as "unaltered." I received a full refund after contacting either my credit card company or PayPal (I don't remember which, it was over 10 years ago).

[oldjudge]

Jeff-as long as you designate the payment to come from the credit card you are fine. My first default on PayPal is a bank payment, which does not provide the added protection. For the reason you state, I always override this and use the credit card.

[drc]

As my retired professor dad sometimes says "It's not an either or. It's a both and." You can bid both at eBay and at auction houses.