Home› Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

eBay Starting Price . . .

NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum
anybody just started all auctions at $.99 - regardless of card/grade - just to move 'em?

I am currently doing this on about 120 cards . . . should be interesting.

I imagine you'd have a few surprises and a few disappointments.

Comments

  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    What is your ebay name? I would like to check them out image
    image

    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭
    good luck. let me know how your 87t football go.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    AUCTIONS

    Is this SPAM!?image
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    Text

    Probably be re-listing those next week for a penny!
  • ldfergldferg Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭
    LOL...yeah, i had some 9s that didn't hit my start price either. surely they will be had with .99 starting bid...if not, maybe this is a good time to start that set.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    Many just a crack and re-submit shy of a 10.

    Not really worth the trouble anymore.

    Sad state of affairs for the PSA submitter.

    I have these cute little brown boxes all over my family room!
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have 5 cards listed on Ebay now. All were started at $.99 with no reserve. One is over $500 so far. This is how I do all my auctions.
    James
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭
    I've got my eye on Pee Wee image
    image

  • ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    I start the majority of my listings at .99 - and let the market decide. It works 99% of the time, and if a card sells for .99, then it was a .99 card.
    image
  • xphunkxphunk Posts: 133
    slightly off-topic, but i just realized i've bought a few cards from you in the past couple weeks. great seller, fwiw.
    Slowly but surely working on:
    • Kirby Puckett
    • Al Newman
    • Al Toon
    • Troy Bell
    • Trish Stratus
    • 1965 Topps BB
    • 1987 Topps FB Auto'd
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    Thanks! Appreciate the kind words.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    For vintage high-grade, I have no problem starting at $0.99.

    For modern, I try and start at a price I think the card will sell at. For example, if I think I can get a modern PSA 10 to sell at $19.99, I start somewhere around there, otherwise, I might start at $0.99 and end up selling it for only $5. My starting price depends on my view of the strength of the demand-side of the market.
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>For vintage high-grade, I have no problem starting at $0.99.

    For modern, I try and start at a price I think the card will sell at. For example, if I think I can get a modern PSA 10 to sell at $19.99, I start somewhere around there, otherwise, I might start at $0.99 and end up selling it for only $5. My starting price depends on my view of the strength of the demand-side of the market. >>



    This is exactly how I do it too (at least most of the time). I'm frequently selling something that I think maybe only one or two people will be interested in, which means that if one of those people are out of town, or otherwise not active on ebay that week, a card that could have sold for $30 will sell for $3.

    Re: NJM's lot of .99 cent beauties--- I did something similar to this about 5 months ago, and the results were disappointing. Unless the extra $60 or so you'll net in shipping fees is important to you I'd just group them by year and sell them off as lots. MUCH less labor intensive, and you still acheive your goal, which (I assume) is to clear a bunch of worthless crap out of your study.
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    I often start at 99 cents for modern and have had good luck. Occasionally if it's a card I only want to sell for a certain price I will start a higher price. The fact is a lot of these modern cards we have are really worth about a buck!

    I am keeping an eye on that '84 Fernando Valenzuela! Sweet!

    Good luck!
  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,143 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I start 99% of all my auctions at $1.00. The only exception is something that I suspect will sell for a "Buy It Now" (which I rarely use), then I start the auction at something like $9.99 just to discourage the "$1.00 bidder".

    I agree - if it sells for $1.00, then it was a $1.00 card.

    Shane

  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭


    << <i>For vintage high-grade, I have no problem starting at $0.99.

    >>



    My only issue is when low pop PSA 8's of a certain player constatntly sell around $1400, then when I put one up it ends at $200. Is that why people cosign to MAJOR ebayers? My feedback is
    Members who left a positive: 380
    Members who left a negative: 1

    All positive feedback received: 709
    One neg was retaliation. I HAVE to think there is some funny business going on with the top of the food chain. How can 4 people be bidding crazy hundreds of dollars one night and the very next night none even are watching your auction at 99 cents?
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I agree - if it sells for $1.00, then it was a $1.00 card. >>



    Which is why sometimes the auction format isn't the best. I've had a number of cards sell for between $10-$20 on Ebay that I am reasonably sure would have sold for under $2 if I had started it at $2. But I started the opening bid higher, and the people I expected to bid did. If you know your intended customer -- sometimes the difference in what you make can be significant.

    Just because you may only have one or two bids -- doesn't mean you should have those bids at $0.99
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    I am keeping an eye on that '84 Fernando Valenzuela! Sweet!

    Shoot, do you want me to end the auction RIGHT NOW?

    I had an '84 DeCinces PSA 3! I think I have a decent eye, but to this day I have know idea why it was awarded such a lofty grade.

    Perhaps the grader's mindset is, "you've done alright so far, sucka, I'm gonna f*** ya on a couple!"

  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭
    "you've done alright so far, sucka, I'm gonna f*** ya on a couple!"

    Without a doubt! I have received a few fives over the years which are because of a surface wrinkle but not a 4. Crazy!

  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    how much for combine shipping, I was think of picking up a few for my kids.
    Jery's T206 set: Looking for PSA 6's & 7's!
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>I was think of picking up a few for my kids. >>




    Has anyone else noticed that whenever you hear these words in reference to one of your auctions you can be pretty damn confident that the hammer price won't let you retire early?
Sign In or Register to comment.