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SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
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Listed some pretty nice baseball cards on eBay, and am puzzled as to the limited action. So, I looked closely, and saw that I listed them in the Hockey cards category.

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I tried to revise the category, but I can't.

Is this fatal?

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  • CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭
    Could make a difference. How many bids? You could end them early if not too much activity and relist.
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  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    image Fatal? Quick, is there a doctor in the house?

    You could end them early if not too much activity and relist

    +1
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
    No, no card doctor involved in these.

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    I'm going to try adding a second category for 30 cents. This time, I'll pick "Baseball."
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    You can bulk edit categories in your My Ebay. I would look up the proper category number first though.

    EDIT TO ADD: I mean for auctions without bids on them... sorry.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did the same recently, but thankfully caught it before there were any bids so I could revise with no issue.
    Who is the Golf Card Guy?
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    i never thought that would be much of a factor. If someone wants your listing, they will find it.
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not sure how eBay does it but you may want to relist. All my saved searches are sorted by newly listed so if they just toss your listings in the middle of baseball a lot of people might miss them.
  • seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭
    How does that make much of a difference? Ex..if I'm looking for a 69 Ryan, I search for 1969 Ryan psa. I dont restrict it to baseball. So eBay does a global search for the keywords I entered. I guess it could limit it to a few people that place a prior restriction to baseball cards but why. But I imagine that number is few vs the number who search in general.

    Like the one said, if they want it they will find it.

    Even if it has bids you can end it but now eBay has you pay a certain percentage of the current bid that had been placed. Make sure its greater than 24 hrs out or you may be locked in/or a huge hassle. Good luck.
    Interested in higher grade vintage cards. Aren't we all. image
  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How does that make much of a difference? Ex..if I'm looking for a 69 Ryan, I search for 1969 Ryan psa. I dont restrict it to baseball. So eBay does a global search for the keywords I entered. I guess it could limit it to a few people that place a prior restriction to baseball cards but why. But I imagine that number is few vs the number who search in general.

    Like the one said, if they want it they will find it.

    Even if it has bids you can end it but now eBay has you pay a certain percentage of the current bid that had been placed. Make sure its greater than 24 hrs out or you may be locked in/or a huge hassle. Good luck. >>



    Well, for instance, I do group searches. So I'll have a search that will be "year (player, player, player) psa" and then sort by newest listed. I do this because I like to check on a daily basis and going through every single search result every time is just monotonous and overkill. I know what the most recent result was the last time I checked so I see what has been added since then and then stop. I'm simply searching for/monitoring too many different cards to have a single all-encompassing search for each one. Now, if someone happened to just go on ebay and search for that particular card, yes, they would see it. But I'm guessing a lot of people have regular searches and they just check what has been added recently.

    If ebay doesn't add them as new when you edit the listing to include baseball and just tosses them in the middle, I will never see them. It's not life-or-death that I see every possible result. But then again, the onus should be on the seller to give their listings the most available exposure.
  • bouncebounce Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭
    i've never once in @ 15 years of bidding every looked by category

    i try to get my listings in the correct ones, but i never even think to pay attention in my searches and bidding

    i would want to see some proof in the card space to show that it ever mattered
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    It matters, but moreso for lower end cards and complete sets. If someone is looking to fill holes in their 1972 topps football set, it would make sense to narrow their searches to the football category and search for something like "1972 Topps 257" instead of having to type the player's name. When searching for complete sets- I might search "1974 Topps set" and restrict it to the baseball category so all the basketball/football/hockey don't come up. Same thing with sets building lots.

    It really all depends on what you listed.

    Lee
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