From one Auction house to another?

[bn2cardz]

Flipping due to the seasons is a reasonable guess. December prices are lower than spring prices. My theory is this has to do with people saving money for holiday purchases, then tax refunds come rolling in.

Yet I have purchased and flipped a few months later after changing focus. I am now thinking of getting out of most of my collecting except a couple areas of focus. This would mean things I bought as recently as a month ago could be back up for sale very soon.

There are a lot of reasons, but this happens quite often.

[ullmandds]

Any of your proposed scenarios is possible. This tactic has become common...we even see items listen on the bst immediately after being acquired from an AH at inflated prices.

[packs]

People complain about that stuff on the BST all the time but I don't see a difference between selling an individual item or buying up lots and piecing them out individually on the same BST, which happens just as frequently. Everyone buys low with an aim to sell high.

[ullmandds]

it's one thing to buy a lot and then price/sell individually on the bst...I have no issues with this. This used to be a pretty east way to make $$$$...not anymore.

The issue I have is buying a big ticket item then immediately placing it for sale at inflated price.

[packs]

I get what you're saying but a deal is a deal. If you get something at a bargain price for XYZ reason, I don't think listing the item for sale at the market rate is the same as inflating it. Maybe it looks that way when you know what someone paid.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by packs

I get what you're saying but a deal is a deal. If you get something at a bargain price for XYZ reason, I don't think listing the item for sale at the market rate is the same as inflating it. Maybe it looks that way when you know what someone paid.

i really don't want to belabor my point here...BUT...these cards are not being acquired at bargain prices...not much falls throught he cracks in major AH's these days...I'm talking cards purchased at full retail...if not more...then being offered at dramatically higher price immediately following the auction close.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i really don't want to belabor my point here...BUT...these cards are not being acquired at bargain prices...not much falls throught he cracks in major AH's these days...I'm talking cards purchased at full retail...if not more...then being offered at dramatically higher price immediately following the auction close.

I have no issue with this if there is no overt deception. If the market won't bear the dramatically higher price, the item won't sell.