Vent/Rant about Ebay Auctions (or lack thereof)
bobbyw8469
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I am SOOOOOOO tired of people complaining about lack of auctions, saying that Ebay has turned into a ground of overpriced BIN's. Well, I run a few 99 cent, no reserve auctions. 90% of the cards that I took that approach with set record lows (nowhere close to VCP average). Everyone wants auctions, yet noone wants to support them. Well, I am SICK & TIRED of giving my cards away! Count me among those "overpriced" BIN's from now on! Thanks for letting me vent....carry on....
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I agree everyone wants auctions but I think ebay has lost a lot of bidders, so auctions no longer get the hits and views they got a few years/months back.
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14
*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
<< <i>I agree. People love to complain about ebay but yet they still go on there to buy cards. If you hate it so much you just need to find a different avenue to get your cards. There are still alot of other places to go...card shows, ads in the magazines, other online places... >>
Yeah, and if you do not like any policy from the water or the electric company....just shut them off. That will teach them.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Start your auctions at the least amount you are willing to take for an item.
Cards generally slow down this time of year too.
Steve
<< <i>If you hate it so much you just need to find a different avenue to get your cards. >>
I never complained about that....I hardly ever buy cards off of Ebay. I guess that is the problem. The observation was about how everyone wants auctions, yet when the auctions hardly sell for anything, then the sellers are hesitant to run auctions. That equates to the scale tipping heavily in favor of the BIN format instead of the auctions. Then the buyers are like "What happened to all the auctions??".......duh...........it is an unfortunate Catch-22 cycle.........
I just wish people would put a reasonable BIN on things. Seller list a star player in a common grade (1961 T #405 Gehrig PSA7) for what an PSA 8 - PSA 8.5 is worth.
That's my 2 cents.
Dave
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<< <i>I agree. People love to complain about ebay but yet they still go on there to buy cards. If you hate it so much you just need to find a different avenue to get your cards. There are still alot of other places to go...card shows, ads in the magazines, other online places... >>
Yeah, and if you do not like any policy from the water or the electric company....just shut them off. That will teach them. >>
I think that water and electricity are a necessity, baseball cards are not. It is very hard to survive without water and electricity (not saying it can'r be done...just difficult) millions of people live without baseball cards.
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<< <i>I agree. People love to complain about ebay but yet they still go on there to buy cards. If you hate it so much you just need to find a different avenue to get your cards. There are still alot of other places to go...card shows, ads in the magazines, other online places... >>
Yeah, and if you do not like any policy from the water or the electric company....just shut them off. That will teach them. >>
I think that water and electricity are a necessity, baseball cards are not. It is very hard to survive without water and electricity (not saying it can'r be done...just difficult) millions of people live without baseball cards. >>
You are looking at it like a collector....many of us, make over living from the internet. I can run a generator and have water hauled in for less then what I can make on eBay. It is what it is....but I don't have to be happy about it.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
I typically find complaint threads annoying. We should possibly rename the US the United Complainers or something like that. eBay however I think should annoy us all...and I placed my eBay complaints...in threads that by title, are obvious eBay complaint threads.
Also, I am not just talking. As I noted, I closed about 1500 ebay listings this last week. I am moving most over to ecrater, which is fine for the moment.
So eBay really annoys me right now...but I am doing something about it, other then typing in a forum. One has to wonder though, what future is ebay with the loss of people like me with mostly unique items, who also spend most of their ebay sales, back on ebay.
I imagine I will always nickel and dime autions I want. There are always deals to be had, but it much easier to justify bidding when spending money from eBay. It's more like trading cards. So many of us never actually see the money we make in hand. We are or were the backbone of what was eBay. There will a domino effect from the continual loss of people like me.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
BIN:267,648 - 92%
Auctions: 23,452 - 8%
ebay PSA cards
BIN:174,024 - 89.5%
Auctions: 20,528 - 10.5%
for what is worth
Why don't I use BINs?
Most BINs are pretty overpriced, and do not factor in centering. It's like sellers just look at the grade, slap a price that is typically 20-30% higher than the card will sell at auction, and let it sit there. I honestly don't think most BIN sellers care if they ever sell the card. Of course I don't have to buy it if I don't want it, but I actually get tired of looking at dozens of overpriced, off center BINs. So. I stick to auctions.
Maybe it's a different story for newer cards.
"Molon Labe"
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ebay PSA cards
BIN:174,024 - 89.5%
Auctions: 20,528 - 10.5%
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A major reason why there are so many PSA cards at BIN's is because they take forever to sell. Or dont sell at all.
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