I Will Never Sell On eBay Again

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by LEHR

I have never paid a sellers fee on a consignment to an auction house, even on lower dollar items. There is so much competition now I believe that's basically a thing of the past for most AH's, especially if you deal with one or two all the time.

You may not "pay" anything additional as a seller, but only receive 80% of what the auction house collects. I posit that the overwhelming majority of cases, a buyer is not paying 20% over "market". They back out the 20% buyers premium (and sometimes tax & shipping) to land at their final bid. Ultimately netting you in your "favored" status 80% of market value.

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by hcv123

You may not "pay" anything additional as a seller, but only receive 80% of what the auction house collects. I posit that the overwhelming majority of cases, a buyer is not paying 20% over "market". They back out the 20% buyers premium (and sometimes tax & shipping) to land at their final bid. Ultimately netting you in your "favored" status 80% of market value.

I'm not talking about the Buyers Premium the AH tacks on the the hammer price, I'm saying I'm not paying a sellers fee upfront in addition to the BP the AH collects.
I've also had many items sell for 15%-150% over what I expected them to sell for, and so far this has by far made up for the items that fall short of my expectations. Many items sell for more than perceived market value.

[perezfan]

I stopped selling on eBay 5-6 years ago, and have gone the auction house route ever since. Some factors...

Many auction houses will offer you 0% or even a negative commission

You can package up everything at once and send to them in a single parcel (as opposed to packaging/addressing/sending out dozens of eBay parcels).

You don't have the pain in the ass of writing up/listing everything individually on eBay

I realize better prices than eBay, via the Catalog Auctions

There's more, but I deal more in memorabilia than cards, so some may not apply to the bulk of people reading this.

Bottom line... Leaving eBay is the best decision I've ever made, but to each his own.