It's officially time to start buying pre-war cards again

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by tbob

I noticed on ebay the other day there were 10,000 prewar BIN listings from 1900-1919 (approx) and 500 auctions. Anyone else remember the good old days when these figures were reversed?

When tBob speals, EBay listens:



Subject: FREE to list Auction-style, any start price, June 29-July 12 Received: Jun-28-10
From: eBay Expires: Jul-12-10
TWO WEEKS! June 29-July 12
Free Insertion Fees for up to 100 Auction--style listings
Start the bidding where you want
Pay only if your item sells

[tbob]

It would be good if those auctions started at $9.99 or .99 instead of $450, though. I think sellers are still gun-shy about what prices pre-war cards might "fetch." I was bidding on an E90-3 Gandil in a 30 holder which started out at .99 opening bid and no reserve and after 3 or 4 days the auction was pulled and the card listed with a BIN of $1450.00.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

When tBob speals, EBay listens:



Subject: FREE to list Auction-style, any start price, June 29-July 12 Received: Jun-28-10
From: eBay Expires: Jul-12-10
TWO WEEKS! June 29-July 12
Free Insertion Fees for up to 100 Auction--style listings
Start the bidding where you want
Pay only if your item sells

I never received that e-mail. Is this another one of those offers where you are exempt if you bought one of the stores Ebay forced on everybody a few months ago?

[Matt]

I thought the 100 free listings was part of their most recent fee structure changes - up front is free, but if it sells they take 12%.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Matt

I thought the 100 free listings was part of their most recent fee structure changes - up front is free, but if it sells they take 12%.

I think the most they take is $50

[glchen]

Ebay offer is only valid if you don't have an ebay store and if your seller rating is either less than 10 items sold or over 4.5 DSR. The 100 free listings is no insertion fee no matter what the starting price is. Typically, your insertion fee is only waived if you start the auction at 99 cents.

[Exhibitman]

What Gary said.

I'll gladly pay 12% FV fee and 3% paypal fee if I can dictate the price structure of the auction.

[ethicsprof]

always a great eye from tbob for bargains and for the need for change.

best,
barry