Selling all inventory

[rmv5555]

What's the best way to sell everything left in my inventory?  I've been delisting thousands of cards a day.  If they are worth less than $2 I been just burning them because they are not worth my time selling.  Also not worth my time putting them into lots and selling them.  But there's going to be a ton of stuff left and I want to be off of here by the end of August.  TIA

[funfactorychannel]

bundle them up and sell them in lots in whatever fits a flat rate box.

[rmv5555]

isn't worth it already checked

[richard1rst]

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@rmv5555 wrote:

What's the best way to sell everything left in my inventory?  I've been delisting thousands of cards a day.  If they are worth less than $2 I been just burning them because they are not worth my time selling.  Also not worth my time putting them into lots and selling them.  But there's going to be a ton of stuff left and I want to be off of here by the end of August.  TIA

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I'm not sure how old you are (it is of course none of my business) but how many people in their youth had their hands on an Honus Wagner card (worth nothing at the time) or a copy of  issue #1 of Superman and casually discarded them. Might re-think the burning bit. Do you have an attic?

[rmv5555]

The ones being burned are mainly 80s and 90s cards.  Or base player cards.  They are never going to be worth anything.  There's way too many of them.  And I just want them gone one way or the other.  I don't want to store them for 20 years down the road.  It's either the trash/burn pit or selling them.   They goal is they get out of here.

[rmv5555]

But I do understand and appreciate your point.  I've heard that story a hundred times from older relatives etc.  But those cards from the 70s and 60s and before are actually valuable unlike the overproduced 80s and 90s cards

[chapeau-noir · Accepted solution]

Burn the worthless stuff and just pack up and donate the rest.

That's what I'm doing (except the burning part). It's not worth it to me to keep stuff around that will just never sell, or only fetch a few dollars.

[chapeau-noir]

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@rmv5555 wrote:

But I do understand and appreciate your point.  I've heard that story a hundred times from older relatives etc.  But those cards from the 70s and 60s and before are actually valuable unlike the overproduced 80s and 90s cards

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Plus, this ephemeral stuff is only 'valuable' because it's rare, and it's rare only because ephemerals are frequently disposed of. Predicting rarity of commonly manufactured items in 40-50 years' time is almost impossible...or everyone would be doing it.

[rmv5555]

The sheer number of sports cards particularly baseball cards produced in the 80s and 90s guarantees they will continue to be worthless.  With some exceptions of course

[dhbookds]

Presumably "what is left" is worth something.........Might try a local ad to get rid of them in bulk.....

[onefootflipper1]

80s and beyond cards that don't already have value will never gain it and will only continue to depreciate in value. Modern sports cards in general are at their highest value the day they are printed and start dropping in value from there.  The only real exceptions tend to be longterm mediocre players who get much better later career.

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If you want out in 31 days then do this. Search your inventory for everything valued at 2.01 or more, use the bulk editor to reduce the price on all of that by 5 percent with a minimum price of $2. 

Do this every single morning.  By August 31st you should have sold everything in your store of value.

Gather the rest together, take a couple of photos and stick them on facebook marketplace for $50.

[rmv5555]

I'd rather burn it before I gave someone that good of deal

[baydealz]

you can bundle a BUNCH of them, just like when they would buy from stores.  Clearly real collectors might dismiss as 'extras,' but you might get less savvy hopeful folks.  But then get the risk of chargeback, that everyone knows and does.

When there is 100% risk of selling anything on here, it's not worth selling.  eBay screwed up by letting this game continue.  I think for a while, eBay was probably funding the games themselves to protect sellers; I suspect corporate stopped that as it must have become a HUGE liability.  Transfer the risk to the sellers. 

Better to just give away locally.

[baydealz]

And it won't even fetch a few dollars, it'll be negative dollars - after you waste the time and effort to post, ship, and sell, there is near 100% that the 'gambler' will realize the cards are junk, and claim INAD or just go to his credit card to charge-back.  Or you PAY a label (or ebay does it for you) to have the junk returned...

It's a no win situation. 

BTW love the tagline 'No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.'

[isaiah53-57]

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@rmv5555 wrote:

What's the best way to sell everything left in my inventory?  I've been delisting thousands of cards a day.  If they are worth less than $2 I been just burning them because they are not worth my time selling.  Also not worth my time putting them into lots and selling them.  But there's going to be a ton of stuff left and I want to be off of here by the end of August.  TIA

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Whats the story @rmv5555 ? Fed up with jumping through hoops? - Too much thievery? - Paying 13% to 15% fees on sales tax? - High FVF's? -  The push to get you to give them 35% to 40% of the items price with their recommended Promoted Listing rate? - Selling like gangbusters one day to a town in Iowa, then crickets for 4 days? - Wanting your most important personal data when you dont trust them even just a little? - Siding with a buyer with 0 feedback when you have 10 years of 100% satisfaction? - Ancient site infrastructure held together with spit and glue? - Time consuming, convoluted listing process? - Sponsored listings all over your listings?  horrible customer service? - or maybe something else?