Holiday Ebay sales - opinions please

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Posted By: Bryan Long

I think we may have discussed this before but I couldn't find anything in the search. I am parting with a number of cards and since I have no idea of a asking price I thought of putting them on ebay. My question is have any of the ebay sellers on the board noticed that prices drop dramatically over the holidays, especially Christmas? I don't want to put anything on ebay if the prices will reflect people not buying for lack of cash to spend on BB cards. Any opinions?
Thanks.

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Posted By: identify7

If you are selling into a market where the target purchaser may be financially affected by purchasing gifts, I recommend holding off your offering. If your cards are higher priced, then it should matter less.

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Posted By: Paul Griggs

I know last December I got a few good deals the week before xmas on EBay, that I did suspect was related to the season. Also, this year I'm cutting back on my card spending until mid January.

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Posted By: Kyle

Unless the item is really unique, I'd advise against it.

Case in point: my PSA 4 1952 Babe Ruth Look and See with wonderful centering and color sold for $71 on sunday. A PSA 3 with crap centering and a bent corner sold for $103. Why? I have no idea.

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Posted By: David Vargha

The cards I've been following haven't produced any bargains; that's for sure. Most of the sought-after pre war stuff still looks strong. However, more commonly found cards tend to suffer between now and mid-January

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Posted By: tbob

I haven't seen any appreciable difference lately on most of the tougher and more desirable cards.