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quadcitypickers · 2026-06-08T16:29:51.573000Z

I don't like telling people what to do, but I gotta vent a little. My primary use of eBay is to sell, but I do collect a little.I get that auctions have largely died out on eBay, but so many people don't understand the point of them anymore.The point used to be to start things cheap, get eyes on it, and let people have a bidding war.The other night I looked up some snoopy collectibles and found someone with over 500 auctions.But every single auction started at or even higher the market value of the stuff.Then I found another seller with 5 or so auctions, all started at a penny, but then shipping for each one was $24-$26. A plush the size of a beanie baby is obviously not THAT expensive to ship. Makes you wonder if they somehow still think eBay doesn't charge FVF's on shipping, which they have been doing for 15 years now. In the case of some other sellers, they will relist the item in auction, at the same price, over and over and over. I followed a seller who listed a Zippo lighter with a starting bid of $300. Past prices on worthpoint for the exact one (design, age, etc) were $75-$150. Know how long they kept relisting it? Over 16 months, every single week. I moved states and forgot to back up my bookmarks when I moved so I lost it. Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, relisting a lighter 64 times would be insane.

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