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Beyond SMR - Real World Market Values

It's been awhile since I've posted, but I'm still collecting. Every once in awhile I find an exciting use of Web technology and I must say Terapeak.com eBay sales data reporting has stumbled on a future Goldmine! If you collect as avidily and as cautiously as I do, and if you see collecting as part investment and part hobby you may want to check out Tera Peaks offering.

I respect SMR pricing, however the vast majority of SMR pricing data is out of date, and for the most part out of synch with e-bay and the major auction houses. Granted when PSA started SMR they probably never intended for it to be a realtime, real market pricing index.

Over the last year I have bought many PSA graded T-206 and T-202 cards for 10% to 30% over SMR, not because I like to waste money, but because these are the prices the eBay market generates. TeraPeak lets buyers and sellers confirm up to date, real market pricing.

I currently subscribe to their premium account which is $16.00 per month. At first I was hesitant but once I started using it I was hooked...as a fun example for the TeraPeak data query "Mickey Mantle PSA" for the 30 day period from 4/13/2005 thru 5/12/2005 over $281,000.00 in transactions occured on e-Bay. "Ty Cobb PSA" had a down month for the same period with only $55,000.00 in sales...but remember thats just PSA related Cobb items. For a general all inclusive Ty Cobb e-bay data query the total was $150,000.00 in sales. Not bad for PSA items though when you consider they captured over 33% of the monthly sales.

This service is amazing...it gives category breakdowns, seller feature breakdowns, sales by day, week, and even hour of the day.

Check it out.

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  • nice ad
    Now looking for a 1950 Bowman Baseball Box as pictured below.
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  • It may come off as an ad. However I think it's a great service and wanted to mention it for any other collectors interested in that type of data. Is e-bay not one big ad system for what we collect and sell?
  • stevekstevek Posts: 28,976 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What's the big deal? When I'm interested in particular cards, I can just check myself the last 30 days selling prices on ebay. And who knows if someone there inputting the data might make a mistake. I'd rather check ebay myself. For a lousy $16 bucks a month I can see the possible interest, but not for me.
  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What's the big deal? When I'm interested in particular cards, I can just check myself the last 30 days selling prices on ebay. And who knows if someone there inputting the data might make a mistake. I'd rather check ebay myself. For a lousy $16 bucks a month I can see the possible interest, but not for me. >>



    The deal is many cards don't come up on Ebay every month or two, but do come up once or twice a year. If you are spending a lot of money on graded cards, the $16 a month could easily be worth it. My problem is that I need at least a couple of years of data for it to be worth the price and I'm skeptical they have it.

    This is actually something I'm very surprised Ebay hasn't decided to market. They certainly could sell a 12 month closed auction search function for $5 per month. That would be basically free money from their massive customer base.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 28,976 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<< The deal is many cards don't come up on Ebay every month or two, but do come up once or twice a year. If you are spending a lot of money on graded cards, the $16 a month could easily be worth it. My problem is that I need at least a couple of years of data for it to be worth the price and I'm skeptical they have it. >>>

    When that is the case - I think a standard price guide would be just as reliable. If a card only comes up once or twice a year, the fluctuations could be big either way.

    <<< This is actually something I'm very surprised Ebay hasn't decided to market. They certainly could sell a 12 month closed auction search function for $5 per month. That would be basically free money from their massive customer base. >>>

    Good point - Now this I might pay for. But why can't ebay just do it for free? With the obscene amounts of money they make, they should spend some of that money and offer that service. I think offering this would pay for itself in getting more people interested in ebay.


  • << <i>Good point - Now this I might pay for. But why can't ebay just do it for free? With the obscene amounts of money they make, they should spend some of that money and offer that service. I think offering this would pay for itself in getting more people interested in ebay. >>



    Whoa now, SteveK! As a shareholder, I don't consider the legitimate profits to be "obscene!" In fact I wish there were more of them. image
    Mark
    "Pete Rose would walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball." - Sparky Anderson
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