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Hopefully it's just an ebay thing, but I've never seen game used items going for so low. I'm afraid to list anything on the Bay because I might as well just give it away for free, lately. Am I wrong? Seems bad.
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Re: Is hobby prices at their worst?
Ive noticed the same thing, i think the hobby has crapped out
, it wasnt this bad in 08 in the middle of the "great recession" so im afraid, im just hoping, no praying its just a buyers market
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It's badComment
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I rarely do regular auctions anymore just because the prices are so low but on the eBay Fixed Price w/ Best Offer I have done well. Not achieving my desired prices, but you know the old saying "A sale is a sale".Comment
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Funny that you bring this subject up. I've been posting my interest in purchasing Mets jerseys in the items wanted threads and have been getting very few responses for the past couple of months. I'm willing to buy at a fair price but it seems like most collectors (at least of Mets jerseys from the 90's and early 2000's) are not interested in moving them. I'm not sure if dropping prices are the major concern. Rather, in my opinion, the lack of willing sellers who own quality items is slowing the hobby down the most.Comment
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I have seen a lot of listings lately with Buy it now with best option. If i had a high end item i didnt want to dump that would be about the only way id sell something.Baseball do what it do
-Ron WashingtonComment
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Good subject ,
Its scary bad,It seems that us collectors see the light, but there are those bat dealers that still try to sell their bats at 2 to 4 times market prices and the inventory just sits and sits and sits, maybe they need to wake up and see the light also.Comment
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I think it depends on what is for sale. I wish there was a storefront right here on GUU.looking for Phillies GU batsComment
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Allstarsplus..I agree bud. I won't let any auction just run if its a real quality item. Fixed price with best offer, I think, is the best option right now. It's a nice buyers market but not a good time to sell I'm afraid.Comment
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I don't think it's the hobby as a whole. I think the problem is ebay. It seems that every time I find a bat on the bay, that I like the seller doesn't have "enough" bids so they end the auction early.
These are a few examples:
I think that in the past sellers wouldn't typically pull their lots, and often times the price would run in the last few minutes.
Also if the hobby is in decline please sell me your pitchers bats! Thanks.
tmw2ward@hotmail.comComment
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I agree with the comment that collectors are holding onto the quality and/or scarce stuff. There was a prevailing feeling that as the economy continued to grind along and slowed, that suddenly there would be a good number of never before seen items coming up for sale.
But it seems that instead the high end material stays where it is, for now at least. (Maybe because of fear of giving it away at 50-75% of inherent value?) The prices I see realized however on the high quality items seems to be rather strong. The newer material is what the market is awash in now.Comment
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I should have talked to you a couple years ago. I used to own that Rose Phillies era bat.I don't think it's the hobby as a whole. I think the problem is ebay. It seems that every time I find a bat on the bay, that I like the seller doesn't have "enough" bids so they end the auction early.
These are a few examples:
I think that in the past sellers wouldn't typically pull their lots, and often times the price would run in the last few minutes.
Also if the hobby is in decline please sell me your pitchers bats! Thanks.
tmw2ward@hotmail.com
I expected both of those to pop on JTs site, but it looks like they went elsewhere.Comment
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Why does ebay allow people to end auctions early, that is what a reserve is for. I'm getting to a point when I see something on ebay, I think okay this will be pulled in the next few days.
I bet ebay is blaming the economy for the issues they're having, it couldn't be the fact that sellers are allowed to cancel any bid without cause.Comment
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i am not finding quality 49ers shirts for cheap thats for sure. In fact most quality shirts have been going for top dollar. When i first started collecting in 1994 a Rice shirt was under 2K but now, for a genuine, quality Rice, sellers are asking for 3000-15000$. One thing is that you do get what you pay for. I am inclined to pay more for a known real shirt with genuine team documentation. How much more is up for debate. I have paid up to 5X more for the real deal (which sucks but oh well).
If you look at all the AMI auctions 49ers have been getting good prices so maybe it is an issue of what is being sold. Hell look at NFL auctions-those shirts are going for thousands of dollars. One issue is that if the original buyer of an NFL auctions shirts tries to sell it what can they expect to get in return.Comment
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I think the Jeter bat seller is a member here. A word of unsolicited advice. When you put up a high end item for sale, I think high quality photos and more indepth description would help.I don't think it's the hobby as a whole. I think the problem is ebay. It seems that every time I find a bat on the bay, that I like the seller doesn't have "enough" bids so they end the auction early.
These are a few examples:
tmw2ward@hotmail.com
One of the things I like about the big auction houses is they take excellent photos and very good descriptions which helps in bringing in bidders.
Just my 2 cents.
Here is the only photo:
Entire description: Early career Derek Jeter bat. Block letter P72. Cracked. Lots of use. Tough to find like this any more. Any questions, please ask. Add $15 for postage.Comment
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