ebay is disgusting, just disgusting

Northviewcats · #1 12-04-2014, 12:14 PM

I have had a lot of luck selling on both eBay and the BST. I'm not a big seller, but I usually average about $1500 to $2000 a month. I buy and sell to build my Prewar collection. Lately I've retired and I need to sell a bit to augment my retirement.

Usually on eBay I start my auctions at a low starting price and let the market determine the value. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but it all seems to average out for me. Also, I have found that you will get a higher price for HOF players and low to midgrade lots on eBay than anywhere else because there are so many buyers.

Lately, I have been selling more on the BST than on eBay. I really appreciate the relationships that I have built up with some of the collectors here. There are some really nice people on this Board. When I get return customers it makes me happy. You don't get that feeling often on eBay.

The key to selling on the BST is not to let the low ball offers, and worse, that dreadful silence that occurs after listing one of your treasures bother you. Sometimes you may even have a card priced fairly, but you just have to wait to find the right buyer. I cannot tell you how many times that I have been contacted by a member about a card that I listed on the BST a month ago and now they now want to buy it. Sometimes, just relisting a card in a different format does the trick.

Occasionally, there is a misunderstanding on the BST because we are using electronic instead of face to face communication. (I still haven't figured out how to use the smiley faces to correctly determine the appropriate tone.) However, most buyers here are very polite, and its not hard to work through a problem. Sometimes (not frequently), a buyer will make an offer and then disappear, but that happens on eBay, too. It is just part of the business.

Being patient is important when dealing on the BST. A good sense of humor helps as well.

The best part of selling a card on the BST is when you know that the buyer is happy to add a card to his or her collection that they really wanted. You may have gotten a little less than you wanted in money, but now you have a friend. The motivational speaker Zig Zigler used to say that "you can have everything in life that you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."

So, if you need to sell a card by a certain date you need to run straight auctions on eBay, but in my opinion the best place to sell is here.

I want to thank Leon, Scot and all the board members for giving us this platform to sell our cards.

Best regards,

Joe

freakhappy · #2 12-04-2014, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Northviewcats

I have had a lot of luck selling on both eBay and the BST. I'm not a big seller, but I usually average about $1500 to $2000 a month. I buy and sell to build my Prewar collection. Lately I've retired and I need to sell a bit to augment my retirement.

Usually on eBay I start my auctions at a low starting price and let the market determine the value. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but it all seems to average out for me. Also, I have found that you will get a higher price for HOF players and low to midgrade lots on eBay than anywhere else because there are so many buyers.

Lately, I have been selling more on the BST than on eBay. I really appreciate the relationships that I have built up with some of the collectors here. There are some really nice people on this Board. When I get return customers it makes me happy. You don't get that feeling often on eBay.

The key to selling on the BST is not to let the low ball offers, and worse, that dreadful silence that occurs after listing one of your treasures bother you. Sometimes you may even have a card priced fairly, but you just have to wait to find the right buyer. I cannot tell you how many times that I have been contacted by a member about a card that I listed on the BST a month ago and now they now want to buy it. Sometimes, just relisting a card in a different format does the trick.

Occasionally, there is a misunderstanding on the BST because we are using electronic instead of face to face communication. (I still haven't figured out how to use the smiley faces to correctly determine the appropriate tone.) However, most buyers here are very polite, and its not hard to work through a problem. Sometimes (not frequently), a buyer will make an offer and then disappear, but that happens on eBay, too. It is just part of the business.

Being patient is important when dealing on the BST. A good sense of humor helps as well.

The best part of selling a card on the BST is when you know that the buyer is happy to add a card to his or her collection that they really wanted. You may have gotten a little less than you wanted in money, but now you have a friend. The motivational speaker Zig Zigler used to say that "you can have everything in life that you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."

So, if you need to sell a card by a certain date you need to run straight auctions on eBay, but in my opinion the best place to sell is here.

I want to thank Leon, Scot and all the board members for giving us this platform to sell our cards.

Best regards,

Joe

Well said, Joe!

John, I'm sorry to hear about your situation and wish you the best of luck trying to get some sort of resolution.

slidekellyslide · #3 12-05-2014, 11:48 AM

I have not done a ton of business on the BST here, but have not had the best of luck when I do list something...While I think we do have a good sized pool of buyers here it is still dwarfed by ebay.

I recently listed a cereal box with 1961 Post cards on it...put it up here for a week or so at $500 OBO, never even got one offer. Put it on ebay for $500 BIN and it sold in less than 5 minutes. Not a complaint, I just realize we are smaller than ebay.

I have also sold some things here for more than I paid on ebay so it just depends on your item and your audience.

drcy · #4 12-05-2014, 01:47 PM

Just for the record, someone on another board posted what was supposed to be the OP's ebay user name and the feedback looked solid to me. With many sales, in the last 6 months (the total duration showed) had a total of 2 negs and 1 neutral for a 99.7% feedback rating. To my eyes, looked like the feedback of a solid enough eBay seller. There definitely was no rampant complaining from customers. Plus I checked one of the past sales lots and the shipping was free.

cardsfan73 · #5 12-05-2014, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

Just for the record, someone on another board posted what was supposed to be the OP's ebay user name and the feedback looked solid to me. With many sales, in the last 6 months (the total duration showed) had a total of 2 negs and 1 neutral for a 99.7% feedback rating. To my eyes, looked like the feedback of a solid enough eBay seller. There definitely was no rampant complaining from customers. Plus I checked one of the past sales lots and the shipping was free.

You can get booted for more than negative feed back. Having to many cases opened against you can get you the boot. If you look at the sellers DSR his rating for "shipping time" had been dinged several times. This probably resulted in the seller having multiple cases opened for items not arriving in a timely manner.

D. Bergin · #6 12-05-2014, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cardsfan73

You can get booted for more than negative feed back. Having to many cases opened against you can get you the boot. If you look at the sellers DSR his rating for "shipping time" had been dinged several times. This probably resulted in the seller having multiple cases opened for items not arriving in a timely manner.

Meanwhile, check out one of their Huge Sellers like "NewEgg".

Ebay does their best to hide their feedback in their listings but if you dig around enough you get this:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...edbackAsSeller

I get that they sell like 20,000 items a month. But 100+ negatives and not exactly sterling feedback every month doesn't seem to get them "defected" off of Ebay.

cardsfan73 · #7 12-05-2014, 07:20 PM

But they still have over a 99% positive feedback and nothing below a 4.9 on their detailed seller ratings.

That being said there is no doubt in my mind that a company such as new egg that makes so much more money for ebay would probably be given a little more slack.

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Meanwhile, check out one of their Huge Sellers like "NewEgg".

Ebay does their best to hide their feedback in their listings but if you dig around enough you get this:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...edbackAsSeller

I get that they sell like 20,000 items a month. But 100+ negatives and not exactly sterling feedback every month doesn't seem to get them "defected" off of Ebay.

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