Buying from a BIN or waiting it out?

[pawpawdiv9]

As a buyer/seller....I try to use BIN's, but EBay makes you set the BIN 30% more that the auction start price, basically those that use the start bid to make it lower and hopefully get enough bids to eventually get where they wanted in the first place, or just do away with the auction/starting bid, and just use BIN.
I did read about higher USPS shipping fees, so the increase in S/H is another issue, do folks just figure that into their price and offer free s/h.
Makes me wonder, just use PWCC or Probstein.

[mark evans]

In my experience BINs, as a rule, are significantly out of line with VCP auction results. In fact, one of the most disappointing developments in the hobby in recent years, in my view, is the movement by the vast majority of sellers to BIN listings as opposed to auctions. And, even those few auctions frequently have opening bids that exceed VCP prices.