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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 161962, member: 1262"]Not a dealer but I consider eBay to be an odd combination of varying degrees of retail and wholesale. Although there are some sellers that ask for and seem to get high retail prices on their goods, there are many more who just dump their goods into the market and let the chips fall where they may using auctions instead of BINs and underpricing their items due to a lack of research.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latter type of eBay seller, who just wants to rid themselves of the item in an expedited fashion, undoubtedly gets closer to wholesale prices while the seller that carefully researches, photographs, and accurately describes their item gets a more retail price generally. There are sellers that are niche players who know their material well and whom have a loyal following of collectors that are willing to pay retail or near retail prices, compared to the small time low feedback seller who just starts randomly listing their items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I have long thought that a savvy reseller buying the right eBay material could do very well in an antique mall setting. Very common collectables on eBay see their prices decimated because there might be several dozen of the exact same item offered online at any given time. Those very common items in an antique mall setting may realize much higher prices since that fierce competition is not present on a local level.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 161962, member: 1262"]Not a dealer but I consider eBay to be an odd combination of varying degrees of retail and wholesale. Although there are some sellers that ask for and seem to get high retail prices on their goods, there are many more who just dump their goods into the market and let the chips fall where they may using auctions instead of BINs and underpricing their items due to a lack of research. The latter type of eBay seller, who just wants to rid themselves of the item in an expedited fashion, undoubtedly gets closer to wholesale prices while the seller that carefully researches, photographs, and accurately describes their item gets a more retail price generally. There are sellers that are niche players who know their material well and whom have a loyal following of collectors that are willing to pay retail or near retail prices, compared to the small time low feedback seller who just starts randomly listing their items. Personally I have long thought that a savvy reseller buying the right eBay material could do very well in an antique mall setting. Very common collectables on eBay see their prices decimated because there might be several dozen of the exact same item offered online at any given time. Those very common items in an antique mall setting may realize much higher prices since that fierce competition is not present on a local level.[/QUOTE]
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