eBay

genv · ‎03-01-2023

Rows & Rows of ridiculous price 1996 TY Hippity Beanies, all for big money, 'sold' by 0 FB Users...

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ty+1996+hippity&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_sop=16

mike_jayroe · ‎03-01-2023

I never collected them so I don't know what they are really worth but I would never pay anywhere near those prices.

stainlessenginecovers · ‎03-01-2023

No different than these 'sold' listings; yet you can buy the same for $20. I think they list, fake 'buyer' that never really pays in order to try to make a false history of 'sold' items.. sometimes peoples (scammers) private websites will forward a customer to 'look at what they're worth!'....

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wastingtime101 · ‎03-01-2023

Sport buyers messing with the sellers. Did you look on Terapeak to see if they were actually paid for?

Sellers money laundering.

Who knows?

Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm.

kensgiftshop · ‎03-01-2023

Contact the sellers and ask if they actually got paid?

Have a great day.

maxine*j · ‎03-01-2023

They may have "sold" for those prices but whether or not they are ever paid for is another matter. Many of these "sales" are bogus, just a very old ploy to create interest and inflate prices for the item. Creates an "auction record," you see, so when another is listed at, say $2500, it will be snapped up. Without the hoopla, it would have sold for ten bucks on a good day.

Been going on the arts, antiques, and antiquities markets forever.

Ask the eBay seller whose Princess Di Beanie Baby sold for $45K and made international headlines. He was never paid. He posted about it all here. Usually, the seller is innocent, as he was. But occasionally the seller is in on the whole sorry wheeze.

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coolections · ‎03-01-2023

There are literally hundreds and not thousands of both crazy sellers and buyers on Ebay. They like to play games. Many of them are to just get feedback.

genv · ‎03-01-2023

So annoying, scrolling thru these... eBay should remove them, so, nobody sees them.

coolections · ‎03-01-2023

If you are checkng for sold comps the best way, assuming you know approximate value, search within a certain price range and you won't have to see the fake listings.

wastingtime101 · ‎03-01-2023

@coolections wrote:
If you are checkng for sold comps the best way, assuming you know approximate value, search within a certain price range and you won't have to see the fake listings.

Or search on Terapeak - then you can see what which items were actually paid for. If no payment they won't show up on Terapeak.

Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm.

soh.maryl · ‎03-01-2023

How do you figure listing a Beanie Baby for a thousand dollars and not getting paid would earn feeback for the seller?

wastingtime101 · ‎03-01-2023

@soh.maryl wrote:
How do you figure listing a Beanie Baby for a thousand dollars and not getting paid would earn feeback for the seller?

Buyer commits to purchase. Leaves FB. Seller does not file a non-payment cancellation, instead ignores the unpaid order and lets it time out. FB is not removed by the unpaid process and FVF aren't charged unless the item is paid for.

Walk without rhythm, it won't attract the worm.