REA Marketplace Open

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by raulus

My understanding is that they reserve the right to decline stuff that is massively overpriced. At least, that's what they told me when I called to chat with them about adding some of my stuff to the marketplace.

Although that's always going to be a judgment call, and it's not clear to me how aggressively they've applied that screen so far.

Some might argue that some of the existing items are generously priced (including some of my stuff that is currently on the marketplace), but certainly not all of them.

I suspect they were just wanting to avoid complete and utter nonsense that would make the whole enterprise look like a waste of time, like someone asking $500k for an 87T McGwire in PSA 8 or something.

I've noticed most items appear to me to be overpriced. A few of them I swear were on eBay very recently for lower (but still too high) prices and seem to have been moved over...

[raulus]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I've noticed most items appear to me to be overpriced. A few of them I swear were on eBay very recently for lower (but still too high) prices and seem to have been moved over...

No doubt, there's always the risk of becoming the new and improved eBay museum.

I suspect REA would prefer to avoid that whenever possible, but to some extent it might be challenging to completely avoid it, simply because the format lends itself to sellers asking for generous prices, and buyers not feeling any urgency to pay those prices without some trigger, like an auction that is ending next week that would force them to actually decide how much they are willing to pay, or else risk losing the item to some other buyer.

[3-2-count]

If the listed price seems high to an interested party, simply make an offer.

That option is available. I currently have items listed on the Marketplace and have sold a couple as well having accepted the buyers lower offer.