Ebay museum day

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Have you checked the price of Brady LeBron Kobe etc. etc. recently? They have cratered. I see a lot of vintage subtly softening as well, though not nearly so dramatically. High end auctions do not define the market.

Not talking about modern just High Quality Centered Blue Chip Vintage

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Not talking about modern just High Quality Centered Blue Chip Vintage

Well ok but your comment referenced the "market." What you just described is maybe a tenth of one percent of the market.

[nwobhm]

It would be nice if buyers had the ability to block ebay sellers. Having those overpriced clowns omitted from search results would make things easier.

[Snapolit1]

See same thing in real estate. In a beach community we spent a lot of time in every fall a bunch of beloved restaurants put up for For Sale signs, I guess hoping they can get some insane purchase prices. And they don't. And every spring they take down the For Sale signs and its business as usual. Hoping to catch lightening in a bottle I guess.

[ALBB]

I agree , some sellers refuse to budge on price... Id love to hear a few dealers/ sellers response to this thread ( Im sure many ebay sellers/ card show sellers/etc..are members here)

Would the response be -

" I cant afford to take a loss on this card " or something else ?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by ALBB

I agree , some sellers refuse to budge on price... Id love to hear a few dealers/ sellers response to this thread ( Im sure many ebay sellers/ card show sellers/etc..are members here)

Would the response be -

" I cant afford to take a loss on this card " or something else ?

I’m not a dealer, but I do have museum prices on a handful of items on eBay. I certainly don’t represent every seller on eBay who is asking museum prices, but I’m happy to share my perspective.

The answer for why I do it is simple. For a handful of items in my collection that I’m willing to sell, while I’m willing to sell them, I’m not motivated to sell. And if someone wants to pay my asking price, then I’ll sell. And if not, then I’m happy to keep it in my collection. And the fact that I pay nothing to have it listed on eBay means that I can leave it up in perpetuity without having to worry about a cost to keep it listed.

Since I’m not a dealer, it’s not like this is my livelihood. If nothing sells, I don’t have to eat ramen and cat food for the next month. So my economic pressures are different than someone who really is a dealer with rent and overhead to pay to keep the lights on.

You didn’t ask, but I’ll volunteer that from time to time, people will pay my price, or something close to it. So it’s not like the entire exercise is a waste of everyone’s time.

[Yoda]

Basketball is cratering and post war vintage softening. But, hey, this year we put a fantastic telescope in deep space and right now a US capsule is winging around the moon. So all is not lost when confronted with tough pricing on baseball cards.

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

See same thing in real estate. In a beach community we spent a lot of time in every fall a bunch of beloved restaurants put up for For Sale signs, I guess hoping they can get some insane purchase prices. And they don't. And every spring they take down the For Sale signs and its business as usual. Hoping to catch lightening in a bottle I guess.

Hi steve the beach houses by me lbi sell in like a day no issues .

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

Hi steve the beach houses by me lbi sell in like a day no issues .

See with a few restaurants. Every year.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

It would be nice if buyers had the ability to block ebay sellers. Having those overpriced clowns omitted from search results would make things easier.

You can create "custom" searches with specific sellers not included

I have several searches that I have created for ebay and "Deans Cards" is omitted from every one of them.

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

You can create "custom" searches with specific sellers not included

I have several searches that I have created for ebay and "Deans Cards" is omitted from every one of them.

Not to pile on, but I do the exact same thing, omitting that seller (and one other) from searches.

[frohme]

Originally Posted by nwobhm

It would be nice if buyers had the ability to block ebay sellers. Having those overpriced clowns omitted from search results would make things easier.

As other have said, this is easy to do. If you've saved a search (i.e. a 'custom search'), you can edit it and add them to an 'exclude list' in your search options - they'll be gone.

Under 'Advanced' (to right of the Search button), scroll down to near the bottom. There's a section for 'Sellers' where you can include/exclude them. Add each one you want to exclude to the input box.

Unfortunately, I don't know of a way with eBay to always exclude sellers from any search that you do, so saved (custom) searches are the way to go.
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Mike

[jbsports33]

I miss the option to just see auctions with "bids" takes too long to search now!