How to find out what the Best Offer price is on Ebay.
thecoinlook
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I'm sure many knew about this, maybe this is widely known, but something new I found out I figured I would share.
I mainly use eBay as my price guide. But until now, I did not know how to find out what the Best Offer price was,
as it just puts a a line through the price, and you are left guessing.
Sure, you could arrange the search page by price, but unless there are two other coins the sold just above and
just below the best offer, you are still left guessing.
For example, this opium trader dollar
$1250 was the BIN Price, what did it sell for? Simply change the ".com" in the address bar to ".ca"
I mainly use eBay as my price guide. But until now, I did not know how to find out what the Best Offer price was,
as it just puts a a line through the price, and you are left guessing.
Sure, you could arrange the search page by price, but unless there are two other coins the sold just above and
just below the best offer, you are still left guessing.
For example, this opium trader dollar
$1250 was the BIN Price, what did it sell for? Simply change the ".com" in the address bar to ".ca"
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Thank you for sharing.
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Of course if eBay gets wind of it.....
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mbogoman
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Maybe Canada requires the actual best offer price to be listed ... ?
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Great tip... thanks for sharing.
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Ebay will probably work to twart the twarters or find a way to increase a fee because of this.
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Must be a .ca requirement for some reason........
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great tip. TYVM!!
building off of this, using some other country extensions work as well:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380592542002 - nope
http://www.ebay.de/itm/380592542002 - nope
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380592542002 - nope
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/380592542002 - yup
http://www.ebay.it/itm/380592542002 - yup
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380592542002 - yup
http://www.ebay.com.ar/itm/380592542002 - doesn't work?
http://www.ebay.ch/itm/380592542002
being logged in/out seems not to make any difference either way. some work, some don't.
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I was trying to find values on a Canadian coin, and clicked on a Best Offer Accepted, and saw that the price was shown. So I tried just that simple change, and "...well I'll be damned!"
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That's also a good to know.
Thanks!
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Ebay is most useful for the prices realized.
Today is used it, a very useful tool.
Found out my offer price was 50% of the accepted bid.
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
<< <i>Doesn't work for me anymore, at least it hasn't worked for the last three items I've checked. It worked great initially, but it seems that the Ebay software guys have plugged the leak. FWIW, I'm using Firefox as my browser... >>
Just tried it and it works just fine using IE. Awesome tip that I use daily.
<< <i><< Doesn't work for me anymore, at least it hasn't worked for the last three items I've checked. It worked great initially, but it seems that the Ebay software guys have plugged the leak. FWIW, I'm using Firefox as my browser... >>
Just tried it and it works just fine using IE. Awesome tip that I use daily. >>
Still not working for me. I tried a couple more and all I get is "Best Offer Accepted"...
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho