Claude I have found that there are a few sellers left on eBay who regularly offer quality items at reasonable starting prices with accurate descriptions, who can be trusted to pack well. I have simply bookmarked those sellers directly, and check their offerings weekly. I do a quick cursory scan of the rest of eBay once a week, spending maybe 10 minutes on it, and if I happen to stumble on something, great.
I have no doubt that every day there are items selling that I would have loved to own at that price or much higher, but I just can't justify the time spent finding them vs the amount of items I would find, minus the heartache of getting poorly packed or over-graded items. But overall, I don't feel the primary problem is the over-priced stuff (although I too wonder how that can be worthwhile to list), but rather I feel the problem is a lack of enough worthwhile items to bid on. Given how they have run off lots of sellers combined with their ruining "Search", it is just so hard to find the few good "nuggets" scattered among the tons of "dirt". In my heyday, I spent an enjoyable hour poring over eBay every day, and could have spent much more time, if I had had it to spare. Every day was like Christmas, with multiple packages arriving filled with some wonderful goodies. I am angry at eBay more for ruining the place I loved to BUY at than the place I once made my living selling at (because I was pretty certain all along I could leave anytime I wanted). Bruce On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Claude Litton <twoni...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > *I have been searching ebay almost daily since 1997. My areas of search > are US originals Pre-1940 through 1960. I collect mainly posters in the > upper price brackets. In the last few years the amount of listings by too > many sellers with ridiculous prices has proliferated to the point where the > only thing certain is that not only don't they sell but more and more are > joining the pack.* > ** > *The prices are so high that you can't even make a serious offer because > it will be so low that they will either ignore you or send you a snide > retort. My reaction has been to totally ignore these sellers but it has > become a nuisance due to the number joining them. There are some on mopo > who do this but I am not referring to Todd who uses his million dollar > posters to get people to look at his other posters for sale. I am talking > about those who price all their posters at ridiculous prices. * > ** > *I don't even look at ebay daily any longer but wait for Bruce and > Heritage to offer what I want. (This is a good opening for Bruce to > comment.) I am still trying to understand their motives. Just look at a > one sheet of "Three Sons", a poster sold by Bruce for $56 recently and > priced at 10 times that on ebay. Let's face reality - People who are going > to spend $500 and up on a piece of paper will know their item, will research > it and will be careful about their money. $20 is an impulse purchase. $500 > is not. Can anyone explain these ridiculous sellers' motives?* > ** > * CJL* > ** > > ------------------------------ > Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy > recipes<http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000006>for the grill. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
