Is this really a buyer’s market?

[rjackson44]

Market is just fine

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'd like to see the people who are always opining on where the market is and where it's going actually keep track of their predictions and do it over a period of a few years so we can see just how right or wrong they were.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I'd like to see the people who are always opining on where the market is and where it's going actually keep track of their predictions and do it over a period of a few years so we can see just how right or wrong they were.

Sounds like we have a volunteer to keep score!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

Sounds like we have a volunteer to keep score!

I nominate parkplace (Drew), he seems endlessly fascinated with the market and prices.

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I nominate parkplace (Drew), he seems endlessly fascinated with the market and prices.

Peter, true. I enjoy bringing up interesting topics on this board (as shown by the replies to my posts )

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Peter, true. I enjoy bringing up interesting topics on this board (as shown by the replies to my posts )

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I'd like to see the people who are always opining on where the market is and where it's going actually keep track of their predictions and do it over a period of a few years so we can see just how right or wrong they were.

Seems to me the same people are gloom and doom "the bottom is going to fall out tomorrow" are that way regardless of what's actually happening, and the same people who are "marketing is going to the moon, up up and away" are that way regardless of the facts. Maybe just how people are. Find the facts that support the ideas you already had. Sort of like . . . well a subject we are not supported to talk about here.

[Exhibitman]

eBay's fee structure and payment service have taken the cost of sale on that platform closer to an AH every year. If you fall under the dreaded "below average" designation, the financial penalty actually makes it more expensive to sell on eBay than to consign to most AHs. eBay has lost five figures of my sales since April as a result. And there is the hassle of fulfillment, the occasional lost item, the thieving SOBs who infect eBay, etc.

Some people have gone over to whatnot, which has a BIN function now and charges substantially less than eBay does.

Others can handle the wild west of selling on facebook or through other social media platforms.

But I digress...

It is a buyer's market if you are peddling mainstream stuff in mainstream condition. Otherwise, not so much. It cycles, like everything else. When things are hopping and sales are strong, I try to squirrel away a few bucks for the downturns to see if I can snap up some bargains.