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Originally Posted by Runscott
ebay has changed - sellers are still trying to figure out strategies that work (I know I still am). I have gotten notes from ebayers telling me I'm a fool, my prices are high, my cards are ugly, etc., etc. So I keep trying new strategies to maximize return (sales, lowering prices, raising prices, switching fixed-price auctions to straight and vice versa). Gouging customers is not a good long-term strategy. Buying high and selling low is equally ineffective.
ebay did this to all of us - some of the guys you are insulting are the 'good guys', but I'm sure they understand your frustration and are rolling with it. I have questioned it as well (and gotten beaten here for it), so I get it.
When one of you writes the book on ebay selling strategy that allows sellers to make a reasonable profit, and you guys to get the prices you demand, please attach a pdf to this thread. You'll also need to post a link to that magic place where the sellers can pick up inventory at prices that allow them to give you your cards for those prices.
The pez dispenser days are long-gone.
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The problem with this analysis for most of the cards I buy is they are not unique cards. They are a commodity and this is the situation that I am amused with. If a card is available from multiple sellers in the same grade and sells for roughly the same price either in an auction or a BIN format, what is the point in selling for double or triple any reported sales? The only thing I can think of is they are trolling for the uninformed buyer. They exist but are getting harder and harder to find.