Billyhoyle
Im Not Juan Garcia
Ebay Auctions Completed prices - Check.
Hey guys
something that has come to my attention recently that we all need to be careful is checking the completed auction prices on ebay.
Reason being it would be very easy for someone to tell you a completed price - but sometimes a picture does not tell the full story.
So tonight I searched Michael Jordan auto completed auctions as an example.
So from my phone you can see the auction ended at $1223.23US or from the second shot $1464AUS:
So using the Ebay App you can see it looks like it sold for $1465AUS
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NOW that's where it gets tricky. Do not let anyone tell you the value of that card is $1465 as that's what the last one sold for.
The ebay app and mobile site show the full advertised price, so this card was listed at $1223.23US BIN. ($1465AUS)
HOWEVER it never ever sold for that price. It sold for a best offer price.
So now here are the screenshots from my laptop:
Original page showing best offer accepted: (right in the middle "Best Offer Accepted)
When you go to the print option to see the best offer price:
You'll see the actual sale price was $1100 (Ok not a huge difference - hey i picked a bad example OK), however you can see what I mean here.
The seller may have accepted a best offer of $500, meaning if someone was using the app or mobile site to look at completed auctions they would be significantly overpricing their card based on what they believe it sold for.
So if you are being told a sale price and shown a screen shot from the app or mobile site (m.ebay.com.au) do your homework and check it for yourself.
Hey guys
something that has come to my attention recently that we all need to be careful is checking the completed auction prices on ebay.
Reason being it would be very easy for someone to tell you a completed price - but sometimes a picture does not tell the full story.
So tonight I searched Michael Jordan auto completed auctions as an example.
So from my phone you can see the auction ended at $1223.23US or from the second shot $1464AUS:
So using the Ebay App you can see it looks like it sold for $1465AUS
(
NOW that's where it gets tricky. Do not let anyone tell you the value of that card is $1465 as that's what the last one sold for.
The ebay app and mobile site show the full advertised price, so this card was listed at $1223.23US BIN. ($1465AUS)
HOWEVER it never ever sold for that price. It sold for a best offer price.
So now here are the screenshots from my laptop:
Original page showing best offer accepted: (right in the middle "Best Offer Accepted)
When you go to the print option to see the best offer price:
You'll see the actual sale price was $1100 (Ok not a huge difference - hey i picked a bad example OK), however you can see what I mean here.
The seller may have accepted a best offer of $500, meaning if someone was using the app or mobile site to look at completed auctions they would be significantly overpricing their card based on what they believe it sold for.
So if you are being told a sale price and shown a screen shot from the app or mobile site (m.ebay.com.au) do your homework and check it for yourself.
