Is ebayer Yepbg on this site?

[nolemmings]

Always lists for 3x actual value or more. It would be nice to see backs scans and enlargements, but I'm not holding my breath.

As it is I almost feel like his cards are my cards-- I certainly see them more often than my own.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

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As it is I almost feel like his cards are my cards-- I certainly see them more often than my own.

That's pretty funny Todd...

[CaramelMan]

Have nothing negative about the seller except for his stratospheric prices...

He just keeps relisting at the same prices that make you skip over his listings so fast because they are not even in the ballpark....

Maybe he can add a BEST OFFER feature....

$c0tt $im0nett1

[bobbyw8469]

Maybe he can add a BEST OFFER feature....

Yea....but that guy is SOOOO unrealistically high, that even if you offer to pay a (realistic) premium for a card, he will see it as an insult because your offer will be much lower than his asking price (Yes - I am NOT exaggerating!! His BINs prices are THAT high!!)

[Leon]

Interestingly, Brian does read this board. He offered me the above card I mentioned at a very fair price and I bought it. I appreciated that. And again, I had a cordial and friendly exchange with him.

[bobbyw8469]

I'm glad you found him to be cordial Leon. Did you ask him why he asks 5000% times the going rate? Is he hoping to snag an uninformed buyer?

[sando69]

have had "yepbg" on my blocked seller list for so long, i didn't realize he was even still on ebay...

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by Leon

Interestingly, Brian does read this board. He offered me the above card I mentioned at a very fair price and I bought it. I appreciated that. And again, I had a cordial and friendly exchange with him.

Most likely a smart PR move on his part! The difference being you are Leon & we are not!

[CaramelMan]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Most likely a smart PR move on his part! The difference being you are Leon & we are not!

Some very good one liners emerging from this thread....

[buymycards]

I have to admit that he has a heck of a lot of really nice cards. The thing is, when I see a PSA 1 Type 2 Coupon common with a BIN of $200, I don't feel that I should even make an offer. I can pick these up for $25 to $40.

I wish him the best and I hope he does well, but I feel very uncomfortable making an offer of $35 when the BIN is $200.

Rick

[CaramelMan]

Originally Posted by buymycards

I have to admit that he has a heck of a lot of really nice cards. The thing is, when I see a PSA 1 Type 2 Coupon common with a BIN of $200, I don't feel that I should even make an offer. I can pick these up for $25 to $40.

I wish him the best and I hope he does well, but I feel very uncomfortable making an offer of $35 when the BIN is $200.

Rick

Couldn't have said it better myself...

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by buymycards

I feel very uncomfortable making an offer of $35 when the BIN is $200.

Ditto. I feel like I am being insulting (and wasting my time/seller's time) if I offer too low - even if I am at fair-market value. Remember Jaysace used to run this kind of set-up as well - priced well above real-market, then usually accepted 50% - 60% lower.

[Texxxx]

Originally Posted by buymycards

I have to admit that he has a heck of a lot of really nice cards. The thing is, when I see a PSA 1 Type 2 Coupon common with a BIN of $200, I don't feel that I should even make an offer. I can pick these up for $25 to $40.

I wish him the best and I hope he does well, but I feel very uncomfortable making an offer of $35 when the BIN is $200.

Rick

I know how you feel and some times I don't make a offer. BUT, sometimes it pays off to make the offer. I picked up a card just last week that was listed for $1250 and I offered $225 for it and he took it. That was fair market for the card. Three years ago I made an offer on a $12000 card that was listed for $32000. I offered $8500 and he took it. You never know when the seller is needing the money. The worse that can happen is they turn you down. If they have the balls to ask too much it's not going to bother me to ask fair market.
I would have never had a dated when I was younger if I had not asked.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

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I would have never had a dated when I was younger if I had not asked.

Quite right Bruce,
but how much did you have to pay for those dates?

Fair market?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Leon

And again, I had a cordial and friendly exchange with him.

Not surprising. One does not speak to the Godfather with a disrespectful tone, lest he be paid a visit by Luca Brasi.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Always lists for 3x actual value or more.

Actually he provides an invaluable service. Who needs VCP or SMR when you can just divide by 3?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Obviously what he is doing works for him -- whatever his objective may be -- so what is the point of a diatribe against him?

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Obviously what he is doing works for him -- whatever his objective may be -- so what is the point of a diatribe against him?

+1

[glynparson]

If they only wanted what the cards sell for at ebay auction, they would auction them and not bother putting them in their stores. I honestly see ebay auctions as a little more than wholesale but not full retail. They are not even a true auction as they have an end time and don't end when the bidding is finished for the item. That said his prices do tend to be high but I have bought several cards from him over the years and they were shipped quickly and well packaged and looked exactly like the scans.

[bobbyw8469]

I agree with MOST of what you are saying Glyn Parsons. If the cards are rare, or high end, then that is not true. If they are dime a dozen cards, then yes, you are 100% correct.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Obviously what he is doing works for him -- whatever his objective may be -- so what is the point of a diatribe against him?

Yes, it very likely does work. Dealers like this, and now they are pretty much the standard and no longer the exception on eBay, thrive on the uneducated, undisciplined, and impulsive consumers plus the "money-is-not-an-issue" types to make this business model work.

[insidethewrapper]

Been watching his high prices for years. Offered 1/2 price on a $ 600 item and was turned down. Won in another auction for under $ 200. These dealers make it hard for collectors when the prices are so off track.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

Yes, it very likely does work. Dealers like this, and now they are pretty much the standard and no longer the exception on eBay, thrive on the uneducated, undisciplined, and impulsive consumers plus the "money-is-not-an-issue" types to make this business model work.

I have seen other ebay sellers use (successfully for them) this type of business model. The reason it works for them is because they are perfectly happy selling 2 cards a day (like yepbg). A local long-time collector I have become friends with over the years operated very much in this same manner....he sold cards at a premium for many years on ebay at a very slow but steady pace. He did so because he was retired and wanted to sell duplicates from his massive collection. Money was not really an issue as he had retired from a successful business career, so offering his cards at a lower price and turning his inventory quickly was not a goal.

[bobbyw8469]

The reason it works for them is because they are perfectly happy selling 2 cards a day (like yepbg).

I got cards WAYYYYYY cheaper than yepbg, and I would LOVE to sell 2 cards a day!!

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I got cards WAYYYYYY cheaper than yepbg, and I would LOVE to sell 2 cards a day!!

Ditto.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

The reason it works for them is because they are perfectly happy selling 2 cards a day (like yepbg).

Yepbg sold 2 cards in the past 15 days that were listed (barely) over $1000: just 2 of his 1000 most expensively listed cards. Unless he's selling drugs on the side, I'm not sure this is a great business model.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Yepbg sold 2 cards in the past 15 days that were listed (barely) over $1000: just 2 of his 1000 most expensively listed cards. Unless he's selling drugs on the side, I'm not sure this is a great business model.

He likely sold only two cards over the last 15 days because he had many fewer cards listed due to ebay not having any current free listing offers available to him during that time frame. However, he has sold 114 items over the last 60 days, or approximately 2 per day. If this is what he wants to do with his time, then I guess this model does work for him(or he would lower his "list" prices to stimulate more than two sales a day). The total "asking price" on those 114 listings sold was $17065, so hypothetically if he accepted all of his offers at 2/3 rds of the asking price, over two months, that is over $11k in income. Maybe he is comfortable with that amount of income every two months.