Looks like E-Bay is separating the riff-raff again

theczar

The dealer stores no longer seem to appear in the count when doing a search. I personally prefer it this way (no dealers). I guess that month or so experiment was not popular.

brianwintersfan

They put out a press release about this. I guess it was bringing up too many hits so they went back to the way it was. If there are 30 or fewer items up for auction when you search it will add the Ebay stores to the end of it. You can still do it the other way with the check of a box on the search mode.
And please don't assume that everyone with an Ebay store is a dealer. I have one and I'm far from it! I also don't appreciate being considered riff-raff.

theczar

brianwintersfan,
nothing personal as i don't know what you sell in your store. what i call riff-raff are items that are 4x normal price that keep circulating seemingly forever as someone with an ebay store is hoping to lure that one hungry sucker in. 99%+ of the time it does not sell.

if a card is reasonably priced and has a chance to sell then many people including myself would be happy to go after it.

A761506

I think you have a general misconception of eBay stores selling cards. While there are indeed a couple larger dealers who have cards priced a little higher than SMR in their stores, many people operate a personal store just to sell excess cards at a reasonable price with a much cheaper listing fee in exchange for a slightly greater commission charge but a virtually unlimited time span to sell the card. The large dealers who do have those cards you think are grossly overpriced are obviously selling some of them. Can you blame them though... for 36 cents a year they can have that kind of exposure.

On a side note, the most difficult part of running my eBay store is keeping inventory in it, as it turns over amazingly quick. For $15 a month and a couple bucks for the listings, it's a very low overhead way of selling cards, especially inexpensive cards which would not make sense to list in a standard eBay auction. I suspect the vast majority of eBay store card listings are inexpensive cards (under $10).

halosfan

I really liked the way they modified the search engine -- before they recently reverted -- as did most people I know. I'm sure this has something to do with eBay's bottom line more than anything else.

I also agree with A761506.

Fabfrank

I didn't mind the Ebay store listings. They were separate from the auctions and when I did check out the store listings, was surprised to find some cards I actually needed. As for the high priced stuff, no big deal. Just like a regular store, you keep on walking.

bri2327

I had no problem at all with the stores coming up in searches. I was able to get a few cards in the last month alone that I normally wouldnt have searched through stores for before. And I also am a regular guy who has an ebay store, who isnt a dealer, and who has stuff listed for reasonable prices.