Dump Days are becoming Dump Months on ebay

[DaveW]

I agree. I'm tired of seeing the same cards from Mike Wheat over and over again - all priced 2-3x over reasonable. I'm always amazed when I just look at the real auctions and the number of cards goes down by over 90%. So many overpriced BINs ....

[bigred1]

I may miss some opportunities, but I only search auctions only, same reason.

[Runscott]

It must be working for him - he's been doing this for ten years.

As such, how can you blame him? When I started collecting again after a 5-year hiatus, I was surprised to see some of these guys still in business (there are plenty of them) - sellers who according to my own sensibility about selling, should never have survived.

I suspect that they are selling a lot at much lower prices, via off-ebay offers, saving ebay expenses. Further evidence is that most of them have BIN's, but no 'Make offer' button.

There are at least two of these guys who I used to buy from regularly. I shied away from them for a long time, then simply made them reasonable offers and was stunned when I was never rejected.

[Jcfowler6]

I search price ranges for specific cards sometimes for this very reason.

[paul]

I search only auctions, but still see the same cards coming up again and again from the same dealers with high minimum bids.

[rainier2004]

I dont understand why theres not a cap to how many times the same item can be put up for sale. This logic that floods the searches could be hurting business as it drives away buyers to other places. I love ebay but are a lot of pieces to it I hate and this is one.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

I don't understand why there's not a cap to how many times the same item can be put up for sale

Possibly because it would be impossible to enforce.

Also, ebay would have to "care" on some level, which we all know they don't.

Doug