Raising the prices on cards

icurnmedic · #1 01-20-2021, 11:59 PM

I don�t know. Should the seller not change the price? Not sure there is a always right answer here. So this begs the question , what is the arbitrary time cut off? Things change overnight , seems like nowadays. 1 week,1 month,1 year?
I seen a current listing earlier that said something to the effect of good till nfc championship kickoff , or close to that. This delineates his timeframe for current pricing. Maybe we should start doing this more often..
Thomas

glchen · #2 01-21-2021, 12:21 AM

IMHO:

1) 2 weeks
2) anytime the seller wants. ebay is different from the board as a buyer can hit the BIN anytime he wants and the price is honored. The item could be at that price in years with the listings automatically be regenerated every month, and once the buyer hits the BIN, it's his. For the BST, it's different as the item could be long sold, but no one has a clue because it's not updated anymore.

Rhotchkiss · #3 01-21-2021, 07:00 AM

DJ, anyone listing a card for sale at a certain price is inviting an acceptance, which is made, technically creates a legally enforceable contract. The offer is not indefinite, but I am not sure at what point it would legally expire- my gut is longer than you think. That is just the law, real world is different- nobody will sue you to enforce a BST sale (juice ain�t worth the squeeze). Perhaps the safe move to set an expiration date on the BST listing.

But the real reason for my post.... I absolutely searched all threads you started to figure out where the �bargain� was!

rats60 · #4 01-21-2021, 09:50 AM

To me the seller can raise his price any time he wants. A deal is made when a buyer offers to buy at a certain price and the seller accepts and sends payment information. That said, it would be in poor taste to list a card and then not accept an offer within a few hours. Likewise a buyer shouldn't expect to buy a card that just closed in an auction much higher than what a card has been listed at. This is a mostly collector to collector site and we should try to treat each other fairly and not try to take advantage of the other person.

dio · #5 01-21-2021, 10:12 AM

Agree, seller have right to change price when no deal has been made. If a player got injured, will you pay the same price to seller when no deal was made yet? After deal is made then it's a different story, seller/buyer should honor the contract. 52 topps mantle made some big jump within few days, probably a few key rookie will follow 51 bowman mantle might be next. Vintage value i think are still way behind if you look how crazy modern card prices jump, there is still a lot of room to move

sportscardpete · #6 01-21-2021, 11:31 AM

The worst is when you try and negotiate on ebay and then the seller literally raises the price and tells you sorry too much demand and this card is only going up..

Ya, okay.

Leon · #7 01-21-2021, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

The worst is when you try and negotiate on ebay and then the seller literally raises the price and tells you sorry too much demand and this card is only going up..

Ya, okay.

I am almost in the middle of one of those now. Except I still want the card. We will see....

As for the BST. It is ALL about communication. I wouldn't expect any seller to honor a price if it was very old. And I think it's fine to raise a price, at any time. if no offers have been made. If a member gets too squirrely over there we can square them away if need be. And if not they can find another forum to screw people over on. BUT I need PM's to help. It annoys me when I hear of bad deals over there only on the main forum. Usually a PM to me will help the process and alleviate one of "those" threads.

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hcv123 · #8 01-21-2021, 11:46 AM

I'm with Ryan, in a perfect world seller would list "expiration date". That said, like others have offered on Ebay - if you can hit BIN you can buy at that price and it should be honored.
BST - drawing that line is tricky - I'd say at least a week for sure. I'd also say it starts to feel like time to ask/negotiate after a month. Between that week and month feels much more gray.

Luke · #9 01-21-2021, 11:57 AM

In my opinion once a BST thread falls off the first couple pages, it's dead. I've listed hundreds (thousands?) of BST sale threads and once it's off the first page or two, I forget about it. And 99.9% of the time no one else ever looks at it either.

That's the main thing to consider in my opinion. As a seller, when you list something on the BST, you expect that it's only getting eyes when it's on the first page. When you quit bumping it, you're letting it die. And because it's so rare for someone to dredge up an old thread, it's really not worth the time to find your thread on page 24 and update that the card sold on ebay 2 months after you listed it on the BST.

If a net54 member finds a thread on page 40 or whatever and expects the seller to honor that price, that member is being unreasonable in my opinion.

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