Buy it Now vs auctions on eBay

[glynparson]

I generally sell enough out of my store, when I have it well stocked, that taking the chance with the auctions makes no sense to me. There was also a lot of collecting before ebay ever came around so the idea that this somehow hurts collecting seems odd to me. Yes you may not always be able to get somethings at give away prices but that seems to be the general direction. It's sort of like the walmart thing we keep worrying about always getting something at the cheapest possible price and we end up with less variety to choose from.

[barrysloate]

Glyn makes a good point that the hobby can survive without everything being auctioned. To clarify my point of why I don't think it's a good thing is there was a time a few years ago when you could put a card up for auction, start it at a penny, and still be certain you would achieve a great price.

Because of the current market conditions, you can't do that anymore with full confidence. So it's the state of the market which is causing the no reserve auction format to disappear.