eBay 2022 - Less auctions, more high buy it nows

[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.

[Kutcher55]

Still the best place to buy and sell sports cards, all in all.

That said, when they transfer the costs of their authentication services to the seller, I just don’t see how that won’t hurt them. The seller will transfer costs to the buyer. There’s already a 14% vig. I can’t see how this works for $300 cards although maybe it won’t be as impactful for >$1k cards since the fixed cost of authentication will be a lower % of the sell price.

Overall as a seller the new service is great. But I’m not sure I’ll feel the same way when they start pricing it out. And the display stands they are now including seem like a waste of resources.

[MVSNYC]

Drew- Less auctions, and more (high priced) BIN's have been a "thing" for years now...nothing new. I find it rather annoying. Just let the auctions fly! The bidders will determine true market values.