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beautifulbeauty2012 · ‎03-15-2023

I had Top Seller level for years, but was not able to meet the sales volume lately-not even 100 sales in 12 months! Only 3 sales in the whole month.

The sales numbers keep dropping, my average sale amount was around $2.5-3K, now it is $120-including sales tax, shipping, ebay fees, other ebay fees.

This is really shocking.

earthdreamer · ‎03-15-2023

Just curious, why would anyone buy an expired credit card?

beautifulbeauty2012 · ‎03-15-2023

People collect things. Even poop figurines (ebay has a separate section for that)

pburn · ‎03-15-2023

@earthdreamer wrote:
Just curious, why would anyone buy an expired credit card?

It's probably similar to collecting matchbooks or stamps or ticket stubs. One of my friends collects headlight lenses from antique cars and old mailboxes. Another collects antique bocce balls, and another collects those bubble Christmas tree lights.

harafkac0 · ‎03-15-2023

It has been my experience over the years, whenever I stumble upon a cash cow... The sales are great for an amount of time but it never takes long before the vultures swoop in, start selling the same thing and before long the race to the bottom begins.

When my store wasn't well known it was easy to have great sales for a long time with little in ways of headwinds... But as my store gained traffic (and thus popularity) it seems today the vultures are on me the same day I list an item. I'm not sure if the copycats use bots to track my activity but it's unreal, either way it is the way it is.

And yes, I also couldn't help but wonder who on earth would pay $150 for an expired credit card. You speak of collectors but speaking as a seller I can't imagine it being too terribly difficult to obtain these dirt cheap... If that were the case, which a simple search would reveal, it wouldn't take me long to start selling the same $150 expired credit card you're selling for... $120?
I could probably try $140 just to be funny, but a lot of vultures and copycats aren't necessarily savy or maybe they just don't want to be greedy and either way if you get 10 or 20 "followers" you will soon arrive at the point where that same $150 expired credit card is going for the good old $10 price range.

I don't know if that is the case, but I can certainly envision it.

shado-x · ‎03-15-2023

Just curious, why would anyone buy an expired credit card?

I 'm asking myself that same question. No annual fee if expired, but no Lounge access too? Who wants that.

chapeau-noir · ‎03-15-2023

@pburn wrote:
@earthdreamer wrote:
Just curious, why would anyone buy an expired credit card?
It's probably similar to collecting matchbooks or stamps or ticket stubs. One of my friends collects headlight lenses from antique cars and old mailboxes. Another collects antique bocce balls, and another collects those bubble Christmas tree lights.

I once knew a guy with 260 pedal cars.

Hell is empty. And all the devils are here.

fashunu4eeuh · ‎03-15-2023

@earthdreamer wrote:
Just curious, why would anyone buy an expired credit card?

You’d be surprised at the unusual things people will pay good money for. When i am advising friends and family on how to sell, i have to show them the Sold listings for them to believe me.

theteamsetguy · ‎03-15-2023

@beautifulbeauty2012 ,

I’m going to have dig out all of my expired cards. I’ve kept most of my expired cards from the last 30 years.

I must have close to 100 of sitting around including Visa debit cards.

shag182 · ‎03-15-2023

WOW! Sounds like my seller friend. He was a TOP Rated Seller a few years ago, averaging around 15 sales per month. Last 90 days ONLY 10 measly sold. Last being on Feb 21.

Here's the post I've posted today:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/My-EBAY-Seller-Friend-Told-ME-NO-Sales-in-22-Days-What-is-Goin...

There's plenty of threads of sellers saying sales just slowed to a point like the faucet is being turned off. Like my seller friend says to me every time we talk.... WHAT IS GOING ON??? LOL

Sad times for many EBAY sellers: