eBay 2022 - Less auctions, more high buy it nows

[1952boyntoncollector]

Arent there times you wish someone would just name a price for certain items...as you are willing to pay way over market

at least some people who may not really want to sell something are naming a price that will make them sell it..nothing wrong with that

[raulus]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Arent there times you wish someone would just name a price for certain items...as you are willing to pay way over market

at least some people who may not really want to sell something are naming a price that will make them sell it..nothing wrong with that

Precisely. I figure the worst that can happen is people tell me to bugger off and keep my overpriced pieces.

[Snapolit1]

Why is the eBay verification program discouraging casual sellers? I’m just not making the connection. I’m a casual seller. What’s the difference for if I send it to Joe Blow at PSA or Dick Jones in Topeka. I just print out a label and send it to whoever is on the label. People may not like the program for a number of reasons, but why would it bother me as a seller. Maybe I’m missing something obvious.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Why is the eBay verification program discouraging casual sellers? I’m just not making the connection. I’m a casual seller. What’s the difference for if I send it to Joe Blow at PSA or Dick Jones in Topeka. I just print out a label and send it to whoever is on the label. People may not like the program for a number of reasons, but why would it bother me as a seller. Maybe I’m missing something obvious.

For me, as a seller, sending it out to a 3rd party just increases the chances that it will be lost or damaged.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

For me, as a seller, sending it out to a 3rd party just increases the chances that it will be lost or damaged.

Not true. As a seller, you have the same risk you did before of UPS/USPS/FedEx losing or damaging your package. Before you sent it to the buyer, now you send it to either PSA or CSG.

If they can't deliver to your customer it's on them not you.

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[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Not true. As a seller, you have the same risk you did before of UPS/USPS/FedEx losing or damaging your package. Before you sent it to the buyer, now you send it to either PSA or CSG.

If they can't deliver to your customer it's on them not you.

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Al, I'm not sure what you mean by "if they can't deliver...? if the TPG does a shit job of packing (which I have seen claimed) and the card/slab gets damaged, who is on the hook?

[Spike]

I think eBay's modern card "experience" follows from business changes eBay had to make to continue growing their business in other non-collecting areas. Even with our sports collecting market jumps during COVID, we're nowhere near the traffic and value of people make a living off drop-ship retail consumer goods, to pick one example.

As eBay morphs from a low-rent 2000s flea market into a glossier 2020s shopping mall, you see some of the same results: higher fixed selling prices for customers with more spending power. Sellers can offer occasional discounts if they need money today and otherwise list things for what-if amounts to see if the market catches up.