Buy It Now Reality Check

[Exhibitman]

The beauty of the system is that if you don't like the price, don't pay the price. You can always go find another one elsewhere. Same is true of the offer price on wholesale: if you don't like their price, go elsewhere, consign the card to an AH or sell it yourself.

ETA: some sellers really do not need to sell, which I completely understand w/r/t a weekend warrior-collector type, but which makes no sense to me w/r/t a professional seller who could have turned over his money multiple times. There is one seller at the National every year who has a nice piece I'd like to own at a percentage of the ask but he never negotiates. He offers it on Ebay over and over with no takers, too. I visit the card every year, spend a few minutes saying hello, make my offer, get rejected, and then bid it farewell until the next year.

[Luke]

I've wondered about this for awhile. I never see any sold listings from these inflated BIN prices, but the sellers who do it must be making money on it somehow right? It just doesn't make any sense. I have a bunch of cards that I would sell if someone wanted to pay 3x market value for them. But I also value my time, and would expect that scanning and listing them on ebay for an exhorbitant amount of money would be a waste my time. So who is doing this, and what benefit are they receiving from doing it?

[Zach Wheat]

I've wondered about this as well. I think it happens as much for the advertising aspects with no intention to really sell the items.

Z Wheat

[goudeygold]

I can see doubling your money on lower value items, but with card target and other price tracking software I just don't get it...

There is a E105 SGC 50 Lajoie for $2200ish that has been on ebay for atleast 9 years. 9 YEARS.

This one has dropped approx $1000 in price over that time, but obviously is still overpriced.

[jwilson6204]

Originally Posted by goudeygold

I can see doubling your money on lower value items, but with card target and other price tracking software I just don't get it...

There is a E105 SGC 50 Lajoie for $2200ish that has been on ebay for atleast 9 years. 9 YEARS.

This one has dropped approx $1000 in price over that time, but obviously is still overpriced.

I wonder if 9 years is a record on Ebay? Not just for cards, but for any item.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

There is one seller at the National every year who has a nice piece I'd like to own at a percentage of the ask but he never negotiates. He offers it on Ebay over and over with no takers, too. I visit the card every year, spend a few minutes saying hello, make my offer, get rejected, and then bid it farewell until the next year.

Adam, Just curious, does the seller's ebay ID start with a "d"?

[Exhibitman]

No Taylor, "C".

[caramelcard]

It works, but only on the T206 collectors. (no smiley face)


Rob