Help with ebay......
ScottA
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I'm trying to put together a '69 topps bb set after picking up a nice lot at a card show. I go on ebay and begin to look around - thought I'd start with Reggie. Now, yes, there are very many fine examples with excellent scans - much, much better than the old days - when there weren't even photos. But still, I just can't figure some of these sellers out.
This card is offered for $80 BIN. Granted it's a nice big iphone photo, but what can I tell from this? Why do sellers do this? How could someone buy this with only this photo? There's no description of the card, nothing, just the photo.
This person starts the bidding at $50. Seems reasonable...or is it? I can't zoom in and the card is on some kind of weird angle that makes the top two corners impossible to see. It looks like it's worth $50 but how much higher would I go? I don't know, I can't tell! Yes, I suppose I could email him and ask for a better scan, but I'm too lazy for that and there's too many other ones out there. I also can't help but wonder if people do this to hide something. Again, no description.
Then I run across a lot of 148 cards said to be in vg/ex condition for $75. The seller offers one photo of 9 cards that you can zoom in on but that's it! No listing of the numbers and no other scans. I do still need a bunch of commons - why doesn't the seller list the numbers contained in the lot? For $75 can't I get a list of the numbers?
Have many of you felt this frustration? Scared to pull the trigger because of poor information in a listing? There are, thankfully, many really good sellers out there. I've been very satisfied with the cards I've actually purchased, and many sellers really do a good job with scans and descriptions. I'd like to take this moment to thank you and let you know your efforts will pay off!
This card is offered for $80 BIN. Granted it's a nice big iphone photo, but what can I tell from this? Why do sellers do this? How could someone buy this with only this photo? There's no description of the card, nothing, just the photo.
This person starts the bidding at $50. Seems reasonable...or is it? I can't zoom in and the card is on some kind of weird angle that makes the top two corners impossible to see. It looks like it's worth $50 but how much higher would I go? I don't know, I can't tell! Yes, I suppose I could email him and ask for a better scan, but I'm too lazy for that and there's too many other ones out there. I also can't help but wonder if people do this to hide something. Again, no description.
Then I run across a lot of 148 cards said to be in vg/ex condition for $75. The seller offers one photo of 9 cards that you can zoom in on but that's it! No listing of the numbers and no other scans. I do still need a bunch of commons - why doesn't the seller list the numbers contained in the lot? For $75 can't I get a list of the numbers?
Have many of you felt this frustration? Scared to pull the trigger because of poor information in a listing? There are, thankfully, many really good sellers out there. I've been very satisfied with the cards I've actually purchased, and many sellers really do a good job with scans and descriptions. I'd like to take this moment to thank you and let you know your efforts will pay off!
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Some sellers do this in the rush to take advantage of free listings (I remember some sellers listing only a title, no pic and description only said 'I'm taking advantage of free listing day. Pics/description coming soon."), laziness, lack of knowledge, or some combination. I can say from personal experience selling that the auctions I've taken the time to fully describe every detail about a card have brought more than the one's I've just included front/back scans of a card and a generic cookie cutter description, but time-wise I could crank through a lot more listings in a short period with just the scans.
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