1964 Topps Mantle PSA 8 30 minutes left on eBay

ghostie

Here's a PSA 8 Mantle on eBay that's almost expired that's going for cheap!!!

Mantle card on eBay

SoonerCowboy

That's your card I'm guessing.

storm888

Looks like a nice new seller.

He should get his head around the PayPal concept that "insurance is for the seller's benefit."

PayPal will ALMOST ALWAYS refund a buyer whose item was lost/damaged. The smart-play
is to include the insurance in the S+H fee; OR, at least, make insurance manadatory and charge
extra for it. If the buyer does not buy insurance, the seller BETTER, unless he wants to lose
ALOT of money.

Nice cards. Hard to get started on EBAY right now. Good luck.

brianwintersfan

nam812

WinPitcher

Be nice fellows, he is new.

Steve

brianwintersfan

<< <i>Be nice fellows, he is new.

Steve >>



Trial by Fire!
The least he could have done was say they were his auctions.

WinPitcher

Well he did sorta, over at the B/S/T forum.


Steve

nam812

<< <i>Be nice fellows, he is new.

Steve >>



I was

SportsItUpCards

Isen't that card to off centered to be an 8???

Giovanni

ghostie

Sure it's my card. Guess I must have breached "forum" etiquette. Sorry about that. Judging from some other response posts I must have stepped on someone's toes. Oops.

I actually meant to put that on the "sell, trade" forum with my other eBay notices. Would that have been better?

Mike

WinPitcher

Mike, yes that would have been better.

Nice card and again good luck.

Steve

WinPitcher

< Be nice fellows, he is new.

Steve >>



I was


lol yeah I know, last time you were 'nice' I wound up fighting with some nitwit.


lol


Not that I minded.


Steve

stevek

Nice card - but the centering for sure makes it a low end 8. You probably got about what the card is worth, perhaps a bit less because of your very low feedback number. You would have probably been better advised to sell a number of low priced to medium priced cards, build up some positive ebay feedback to show potential buyers a track record of sorts, before listing a more expensive card.

SportsItUpCards

<< <i>Nice card - but the centering for sure makes it a low end 8. You probably got about what the card is worth, perhaps a bit less because of your very low feedback number. You would have probably been better advised to sell a number of low priced to medium priced cards, build up some positive ebay feedback to show potential buyers a track record of sorts, before listing a more expensive card. >>



Yep, exactly!

Thats exactly what I did, I sold pleanty of low price cards and other items, then when I started to get around 50 or so feedbacks, then I started to sell higher priced cards and so on.

Giovanni

WinPitcher

I think he did pretty well considering he was a 1 feedback seller. SMR for that card is 750.00.

With the economy the way it is that was pretty good IMO.

Anyone know what VCP says regarding this card?


Steve

nam812

The last 5 before his sale averaged $810.09

Edited to add: The winner will probably flip it for $750 or list it in an ebay store for $800

ghostie

Your comments are well-taken and appreciated. I guess I can only do so much to try to overcome my lack of eBay experience and feedback. Suppose I'll have to sell my other cards from this box (and get positive feedback) before selling the higher valued ones.

I'll try to do a better job restricting my eBay posts to the B/S/T forum.

stevek

You also chose, in my opinion, probably one of the worst times of the week to end an ebay auction...Friday evening...on an item such as this. Yes, in this day & age of ebay a number of potential buyers use snipes and the ending time wouldn't matter, but still a lot of potential buyers don't use snipes and since this card is a nice card but nothing "special" about it, you probably lost some potential buyers who were driving home from work or at the end of a hard work week, just didn't feel like ebaying. You would have been better off ending this auction on a Sunday or Monday night.



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ghostie

Besides doing a great job in servicing the winning bidders, which I have done and will continue to do, how do I get positive feedback from my buyers? Is this a matter of leaving positive feedback for them as buyers and hope they reciprocate with me as a seller?

By the way, I enjoyed the "SPAM" postings. I bet you guys can't wait for an opportunity to post those. Happy I could help!!

Thanks - Mike

DrJ

<< <i>Besides doing a great job in servicing the winning bidders, which I have done and will continue to do, how do I get positive feedback from my buyers? Is this a matter of leaving positive feedback for them as buyers and hope they reciprocate with me as a seller?

By the way, I enjoyed the "SPAM" postings. I bet you guys can't wait for an opportunity to post those. Happy I could help!!

Thanks - Mike >>



That is a good first step. If the buyer pays right after the auction end, they have fullfilled their end of the bargain. Give them the feedback they deserve. They will reciprocate, and with graded cards you will rarely run into any problems.

J

nam812

<< <i>By the way, I enjoyed the "SPAM" postings. I bet you guys can't wait for an opportunity to post those. Happy I could help!! >>



That was very light teasing Mike, so if it bothered you, then this may not be the right message board community for you. If you chuckled and said "oh those zany guys", then you will fit right in. This place also seems friendlier when you mix in a few "non selling" posts too. Welcome aboard.

WinPitcher

That is a good first step. If the buyer pays right after the auction end, they have fullfilled their end of the bargain.


Not really, and we have been through this a million times. A buyer has fullfilled his end when he gets the item and is satisfied.

He then can leave feedback or simply email the seller. IMO this is when the buyer has fullfilled his end of the bargain.


Mike if I was you I'd not leave feedback before the buyer gets his item.


Steve

stevek

<< <i>

<< <i>Besides doing a great job in servicing the winning bidders, which I have done and will continue to do, how do I get positive feedback from my buyers? Is this a matter of leaving positive feedback for them as buyers and hope they reciprocate with me as a seller?

By the way, I enjoyed the "SPAM" postings. I bet you guys can't wait for an opportunity to post those. Happy I could help!!

Thanks - Mike >>



That is a good first step. If the buyer pays right after the auction end, they have fullfilled their end of the bargain. Give them the feedback they deserve. They will reciprocate, and with graded cards you will rarely run into any problems.

J >>



I agree - That's exactly what I do. In my opinion this displays confidence in your product, and gives the buyer incentive to leave positive feedback sooner and better.

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BobaFett72

"servicing the winning bidders"

thats what a good prostitute does.

stevek

<< <i>"servicing the winning bidders"

thats what a good prostitute does. >>




They usually use "Buy it Now"

SportsItUpCards

<< <i>

<< <i>"servicing the winning bidders"

thats what a good prostitute does. >>




They usually use "Buy it Now" >>



If theres a really good one they might just do auction style!

Giovanni

ghostie

<< <i>

<< <i>By the way, I enjoyed the "SPAM" postings. I bet you guys can't wait for an opportunity to post those. Happy I could help!! >>



That was very light teasing Mike, so if it bothered you, then this may not be the right message board community for you. If you chuckled and said "oh those zany guys", then you will fit right in. This place also seems friendlier when you mix in a few "non selling" posts too. Welcome aboard. >>



It didn't bother me. I deserved it for 'mis-posting'. (Though I wish I'd have hit the right board.) Actually, I thought the post was pretty funny. I like to think of the group as "those wild and crazy guys" (being a big SNL fan). If I ever have any "non-selling" posts of any value I'll be sure to send along.

Actually I find the forums rather interesting and very enlightening, for the most part. I'm on a steep learning curve.

Mike

DrJ

<< <i>That is a good first step. If the buyer pays right after the auction end, they have fullfilled their end of the bargain.


Not really, and we have been through this a million times. A buyer has fullfilled his end when he gets the item and is satisfied.

He then can leave feedback or simply email the seller. IMO this is when the buyer has fullfilled his end of the bargain.


Mike if I was you I'd not leave feedback before the buyer gets his item.


Steve >>



The question was about when a seller should leave feedback. Legit sellers will have confidence in their product and leave feedback after payment. There is nothing else the buyer can do except expecting the item to be delivered as advertised, which would then entail positive feedback left for the seller.

If the buyer is not satisfied, a legit seller will make things right (within reason). Kind of goes back to business 101 which unfortunately all too many ebay sellers do not practice.

J

BobaFett72

the transaction is complete when the item is in the customers hand and is happy.

the seller should be buying insurance to cover his butt, not the buyer.

WinPitcher

The question was about when a seller should leave feedback.


Yes I know it was and that is why I simply said it is best to wait until the buyer has the item in hand.

It has nothing to do with being a good seller or having confidence in ones items.

IMO, and it is only my opinion, I prefer to wait until the buyer leaves it for me OR emails me and
lets me know they are satisfied, or dissatisfied. If satisfied I leave feedback first, if they happen to leave it first
I reciprocate, my whole point is the buyer is not done simply when he pays. So many things can occur between the time
he pays and the time he gets the item in hand.


We have seen so many times where a seller left feedback first and then had a problem.


Steve