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[raulus]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Incidentally, has anyone on this board been blacklisted from an auction house for criticism? This is your opportunity to embarrass whichever!

Pretty sure Snowman was recently banned after some posts around here about one of the major AHs, when the scan in the online listing didn't reflect the creases in the card he actually received.

As always seems to happen, things escalated quickly.

Somewhat differently, I had a rather public beef here with another major AH, when they sent me fakes. They didn’t ban me, but based on my experience with their leadership, I self selected out of bidding on their stuff going forward.

[Touch'EmAll]

FWIW - I just printed out my eBay report for last year. Selling costs plus eBay fees plus shipping amounted to 25.03% of gross sales plus shipping - more than I thought.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Touch'EmAll

FWIW - I just printed out my eBay report for last year. Selling costs plus eBay fees plus shipping amounted to 25.03% of gross sales plus shipping - more than I thought.

To compare different platforms for selling, I recalculate eBay's numbers to remove all of the shipping and sales taxes on both sides of the equation. I want to isolate the gross sales price received on the items and the net amount I receive to determine the % of my item that is being chewed up with costs. For example, I had a card sell for $68 and I netted $60.66. Those are the only two numbers I want. The rest is noise.

[tjisonline]

Memory lane with a 1933 160 Goudey Gehrig PSA 1. Snowman was 100% correct in this case. The card ended up being relisted in their infamous May 4, 2024 auction w/ proper + transparent pictures & description that time. Naturally, it’s sold for less the second time around ($3,763 vs $2,546)

Jan 11 2024 auction
https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=80061

May 4, 2024 auction
https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=82822

Originally Posted by raulus

Pretty sure Snowman was recently banned after some posts around here about one of the major AHs, when the scan in the online listing didn't reflect the creases in the card he actually received.

As always seems to happen, things escalated quickly.

Somewhat differently, I had a rather public beef here with another major AH, when they sent me fakes. They didn’t ban me, but based on my experience with their leadership, I self selected out of bidding on their stuff going forward.