Has Anyone Found a New Way to See 'Best Offer' Sold Prices?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Right click on page, and select "View Source"
Search source page for "taxExclusivePrice"

I tried this out with some cards I purchased with Best Offers, and it works great. Thanks. I've been trying to find a way to do this since the web pages that used to work no longer do.

[chalupacollects]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I tried this out with some cards I purchased with Best Offers, and it works great. Thanks. I've been trying to find a way to do this since the web pages that used to work no longer do.

Whereabouts on the page do you find the price??? Lot of code to go through...

Thanks

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

Whereabouts on the page do you find the price??? Lot of code to go through...

Thanks

Tim, after you open up the source code, hit ctrl+f to launch a search box, enter "taxExclusivePrice" in the search and hit enter, the BIN price will be right after the text is found.

[VintageBen]

www.sortsof.com

[conor912]

The question for me is, why does eBay make this info so hard to find? I guess maybe I would understand if they hid the final sale price of every item, ever.....but to just hide the BO price seems odd to me.

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by conor912

The question for me is, why does eBay make this info so hard to find? I guess maybe I would understand if they hid the final sale price of every item, ever.....but to just hide the BO price seems odd to me.

The question for me is - why is this anyone else's business? If I buy a card through Best Offer or I sell a card through Best Offer, it isn't anyone else's business to know the actual price. It is between me and the buyer or between me and the seller. No one else needs to know.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by buymycards

The question for me is - why is this anyone else's business? If I buy a card through Best Offer or I sell a card through Best Offer, it isn't anyone else's business to know the actual price. It is between me and the buyer or between me and the seller. No one else needs to know.

So people don't really think 1990 Topps print defects sold for $4,700 each, duh!

[swarmee]

Many people don't realize that many non-BO prices are also being reported wrong. If the seller doesn't take offers, but someone sends them a message through PMs on eBay, the seller can make a lower offer through that. I am pretty sure that does not get reported with a slashed-through sale price to let anyone know it didn't actually sell for the initial BIN price.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by buymycards

The question for me is - why is this anyone else's business? If I buy a card through Best Offer or I sell a card through Best Offer, it isn't anyone else's business to know the actual price. It is between me and the buyer or between me and the seller. No one else needs to know.

I don’t understand this way of thinking at all, but to each their own. I could see if maybe the buyer’s identity wasn’t hidden or something, but it’s just a data point. By this logic it must infuriate you that every single AH publishes sold prices. When you buy something, I couldn’t care less about your identity. Like I said, I would understand if every AH, including ebay, hid every sale price ever, but for one site to just hide BO prices seems bizarrely inconsistent.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by VintageBen

www.sortsof.com

I had no clue that so many hobby related sites existed (130point.com, Slabwatch.com, www.sortsof.com).

I'm going to open my own website called Imustbeanignoramous.com

I found the sortsof.com to be pretty cool. Thanks for that.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Fred

I'm going to open my own website called Imustbeanignoramous.com

Sorry, I've already got that one registered. Just cant figure out how to set it up. ;-)

And I agree, what is the logic in eBay showing some sale prices and not others?? Being transparent with buy/sell prices only makes the hobby (market) more efficient. And isn't that what we all want - buyers and sellers interacting in an efficient marketplace? Unless you don't. So if you don't want that information divulged, don't use a public forum to peddle/procure your goods.

[swarmee]

I'm surprised how many people didn't know about the search function in their web browser.

[chalupacollects]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

Tim, after you open up the source code, hit ctrl+f to launch a search box, enter "taxExclusivePrice" in the search and hit enter, the BIN price will be right after the text is found.

Wow that was easy! Thanks!

[Yastrzemski Sports]

eBay needs to be very transparent when it comes to auction results. There are a lot of people in the business including myself who depend on those results as a price guide and they are far too unreliable. They should be showing the actual sold results for a buy it now. In addition, if an item is returned or an order canceled that sale should be removed from the sold listings. It’s way too easy for market manipulation to occur the way things are - this is what happens when you lack transparency. These guys who are out there know it and are using these things to their advantage to try and screw over other buyers. eBay is complicit in this in that it is to their benefit to show higher sold results An item listed at $395 obo looks more impressive than putting up a lower actual sold price.