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worst time to sell?

MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
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Anyone have an idea of how bad (or good) selling cards on ebay is in December and January? I recently sold a mantle psa 7 on the bay and it went about 20 to 30 dollars less than expected. granted, i understand the concepts of variance when selling/buying cards....but, mantle cards are pretty strong in the current market and i expected it to go at least SMR. I have some other cards i am thinking of selling...but, should i wait till jan or february?

thanks in advance
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  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Best time to sell baseball is around spring training and the beginning of the season..........
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "Best time to sell baseball is around spring training and the beginning of the season.......... "

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    I think so, too.

    That does not mean that you can never do well at other
    times, but spring training often gets the experienced
    buyers back in, and brings lots of newbies, too.

    Auctions will probably continue to under-perform on
    EBAY. If sellers are not in a hurry, FP/BIN listings are
    now bringing VERY good results. List high (SMR) and
    adjust down slowly until one of the watchers bites.

    If card sellers need money in January and February
    of 2007, that may be a good time NOT to be a seller.

    storm
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    In my opinion the time of year matters more for modern stuff. Not sure it matters for vintage!? Hank Aaron is not going to hit any more home runs. Just my opinion.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>In my opinion the time of year matters more for modern stuff. Not sure it matters for vintage!? Hank Aaron is not going to hit any more home runs. Just my opinion. >>



    That was my thought as well. Seems liek the low pop's (I wanted to sell this week) are still going strong for 55 topps. I am afraid after this specail the low pops will be no more!
  • BuccaneerBuccaneer Posts: 1,794 ✭✭


    << <i>Anyone have an idea of how bad (or good) selling cards on ebay is in December and January? I recently sold a mantle psa 7 on the bay and it went about 20 to 30 dollars less than expected. granted, i understand the concepts of variance when selling/buying cards....but, mantle cards are pretty strong in the current market and i expected it to go at least SMR. I have some other cards i am thinking of selling...but, should i wait till jan or february?

    thanks in advance >>



    I sold a Mantle PSA 7 last Sunday for a nice profit. Previous sales had the card selling for around $320 and mine sold for $380 (it's not any nicer than the others).
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think it really matters when you list, unless your auctions are ending at 5 AM on Sunday morning. It seems like prices fluctuate for no apparent reason from one week to the next. I've seen items close at $100 one night and $200 the next. It all depends on the bidding action and I find it interesting that a bidder will bid an item up for XX amount one day and not even bid or let the same exact (or even better) item go for significantly lower a couple days later.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I would think (for vintage) that Cabin fever would help. late January and February should do well.

    I agree that for modern stuff spring training would be great too.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Also, when new heritage comes out, old heritage seesm to do well
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    There's a rule of thumb that the week before Christmas is quite good (people receive Christmas bonuses and buy for themseves) and the week after Christmas is bad (vacations).

    Nick
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  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    No time is good for puttinonthefoil13

  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    I think the best time to sell is right after Christmas, everyone is home for the holidays and most likely on their computers.
    And feebay usually has a free listing day on the 26th and everyone takes advantage of it.
    Jery's T206 set: Looking for PSA 6's & 7's!
  • XanaduNowXanaduNow Posts: 1,718
    I don't sell much but as a buyer I can tell you that I've watched a lot of heartbreaking auctions end without my involvement recently. With the holidays and everything there just isn't a lot of disposable income lying around. Because of that I would tend to believe that selling now isn't probably the most lucrative option. Oddly enough, I've noticed a large increase in items listed.

    Arthur
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