Could use some selling advice
Sidepocket1
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I've got 45 cards I'm selling to pay for some home projects I need to do. Below are some scans of what I'm looking to sell. Seems like card sales are hot right now and I'd like to maximize sales price. I'm leaning toward PWCC in spite of his recent issues since he seems to still pull in the highest prices. Would appreciate any advice on other sellers, or any other advice on the process of selling - I've strictly been a buyer in the past. Thanks!!!!
Mark
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Some beauties there!
Yes, I would consign with PWCC if you want top dollar.
You want the most money yet don't want to deal with returns yourself. Of course you feel guilty supporting a company in the midst of an active fbi investigation and/or your cards perhaps getting tied up for who knows how long should anything on that front transpire, right? Tough one.
Stuff & money seem to trump behavior. With that being said and if your ebay feedback is in decent shape, have an ebay store, provide clear front and back pics, give accurate and detailed descriptions of your cards, are smart about your auction end dates, select the 14 day return policy w/ buyers having to pay return shipping you can probably get pretty close to what pwcc gets. I have. Sometimes more.
Another tactic is to sit and watch for similar cards auctioned by pwcc as they close. If the near-ending auction price meets or exceeds your expectation, throw your card up as a buy it now just under that price before their auction ends. 90% of the time it will get scooped up instantly. This works for me quite frequently.
I would sell right here in the BST
no fees there are a few I would be interested in
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
If you plan to sell yourself on eBay -- then if you haven't already, open up a new eBay account. Then wait for eBay to send you a promotion that limits the seller fees. Sometimes they cap the selling fee for up to 5 items to $10 or $20 per transaction, and sometimes they waive the fee completely for the first "x" items you sell that qualify (certain categories are excluded such as coins, but I think sportscards are eligible). They don't always send the promotion, but a few of my coworkers got the promotion soon after they opened a new eBay account. Keep in mind if you use PayPal to receive payment that depending on the state you are in, based on the number of transactions or dollar amount you receive into PayPal might be reported to the IRS on a 1099-K (if you hit the reporting threshold). I don't know how they report credit card payments because I have not done that yet on eBay. Good luck with your sales!
The only issue with opening a new account is having zero feedback. These are some pricey cards and I know I'd be leery of buying them from a zero feedback seller.
You might want to look into facebook groups as well as the BST here. I dont think that you'd have any problems moving these cards because at first glance they appear really nice for the grade. You can avoid the fees that you would pay PWCC and probably get similar prices that you would receive in an auction. Just a thought. You could also look into Heritage or REA....I've never consigned with them, but their prices realized have been really really good as of late and they have unbelievable followings.
Just consign with PWCC or any of the major auction houses. You really need to consider the hassle factor and have someone else do the scanning, uploading, shipping, and potential returns. PWCC sales are really good and as a new seller you would have a hard time matching the eye balls they get. Good luck !
Those are great cards; but not monsters....sell them here on the boards. You would get decent money. Put on BST and name your price. Accept regular PP and you will do fine. I'm interested in a few.
I recently sold out my vintage cards through PC Sports and was very pleased with results. While they mainly auction modern, I got strong prices from low grade stars and rookies. Their commission rates were good, and they paid fast. I would certainly use/recommend them.
There are also tremendous social media groups out there that would gobble most of those up
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
Like others said, try selling here or on a FB group first.
I'm interested in the 62 Gibson. PM me your price.
Don’t you lose 13% right off the top on EBay/PP? Plus consignment fees? Sell here or on a big Facebook group at 10% markdown from what you think is a fair hammer price. Or scan them and put on EBay yourself. It doesn’t take that long.
If you sell through here I would be interested in at lease one of them and possibly a couple more.
Why would he do a 10% markdown? I assume your response will be "ebay / paypal fees", in which i will reply with "sales tax". 😉
The days of the buyer offering to do the seller "a favor" with off ebay discounts are all but done. What the buyer is really doing is wanting 10% off and then avoid paying another 7-10% for most states in tax.
Op, when using ebay sold listings to comp, remember that tax isn't figured in there either. So the true price paid is typically another 7-10% higher. This makes the "favors to do off ebay" even more hysterical because in reality they are asking for 25-30% swing. Naturally most buyers get irritated when faced with the reality of the situation, but one thing about numbers is that they don't lie.
Sales tax...the new buyers premium. It sucks for ebay purchases but at least leveled the field for direct / off ebay deals.
I've been thinking of getting a PO Box in a nearby state with no sales tax. Wish I had a relative in one of those states, I would just ship it to them. Tax on a couple of $1,000 cards would cover the Annual PO Box fees (and round trip gas).
Yeah I run an Ebay store and man those fees are a killer. Facebook groups with an instragram page following is not a bad way to go.. anything you can do to eliminate fees.
Sales tax is a factor now. The seller saves on Ebay fees, but the buyer does not pay taxes either.....close to a wash now.
Agree but both buyer and seller come out ahead. Have really tried to buy through message boards and Facebook more since EBay started charging sales tax.
I suggested the 10% markdown because of EBay fees, hadn’t even thought of sales tax because I do lower dollar items and don’t buy so much these days. I usually do -10% from EBay when I sell on Facebook groups, because as a seller your net gain is the same, and as a bit of a gesture of goodwill to the community, but that’s not your thing so that’s fine.
great little jab there. but you are correct, letting people sucker me into dropping the price so they get 10% cheaper then avoid sales tax after comping an ebay sold price with a wrong figure definitely isn't my thing.
perhaps youre a little slow didn't realize that if you sold something off ebay at the last ebay sold price that you've ALREADY saved the guy 7-10% because tax on that comp'd price wasn't figured in to the sold price you see displayed? who knows.
Of course you're selling "lower dollar" items so dropping something from $2.00 to $1.80 isn't really that big a deal, i guess.
running 30% off sales (while you only get the exact same thing) IS a great gesture on your part indeed. any mantles for sale? 😉
jab thrown back.
and for the record, i'm more than willing to sell off ebay for whatever the last few sold transactions figure show. saves me roughly 9% and the buyer 16 - 20%.
This is an argument about nothing. We're good. I appreciate the option to sell on here and on Facebook and am happy to make concessions to continue to do so. Personally, I think of Ebay hammer prices as just slightly inflated in most situations, but that's me.
You seem to have taken this personally and it's likely because our situations are different. I mostly sell junk wax boxes for $30-$60 each. I'm talking about a handful of dollars. I have no idea what you are selling but most of the time items sell for slightly less than Ebay on Facebook groups and on the B/S/T here. If we can get back to the topic at hand it would probably be more helpful to the OP.
not taking anything personally. just responding in the same manner. and dont see it as an argument bc that would require the facts that were presented actually being disputed.
Thanks for all the responses, there's some great advice and I think I'll start buy listing them on the Buy/Sell/Trade page in the next few days. I appreciate everyone's thoughts!
Mark
If I have an item for 100 on ebay and could sell it here for 90....I would definitely sell it. EBAY/PP takes like 13%. Why would anyone be opposed to this?
Yes, you are correct. I would be very cautious spending large amounts of money unless it is a known source outside of the EBAY platform.
I agree, and that’s sort of where the 10% idea came from. The buyer loses a little protection but I have a few smaller baseball and non sport forums and Facebook groups that I am comfortable with and there is a decent amount of community policing that goes on in all of them.
It always pays to do a little background check on who you’re dealing with, get someone to vouch for them if a high dollar transaction, and use PayPal backed with your credit card. And again, my advice was for transactions <$500. Big dollar items require more caution.
Hope the OP is able to find a nice home for these items. I feel he came to the right place.
You are well protected thru paypal goods and services. And even more protected if you use American Express for that paypal backing.
In fact paypal gives you 180 days. I've never used it but have had a few speculators use it on me.