BTRIPP (btripp) wrote,
BTRIPP
btripp

Oh, and speaking of eBay ...

I'd not been in much action over there of late ... things ebb and flow in regards to the stuff "needed" by Daugther #1 for the collection, and I'd been seeing "a lot of nuthin'" when surfing through my Pokemon searches of late. I guess that last increase in listing fees pulled the rug out from under a lot of the small-time card dealers that I'd been getting stuff from who had previously started listings at a penny ... there are still a few, but they tend to be the high-volume guys that are on everybody's watch lists (so things seldom stay that low).

Tonight I stumbled over what ended up being a deal, or at least a "buy" that hit dead on my target "1/7th of retail" zone. I ended up winning sixteen auctions for a total of 37 cards (13 holos and 24 reverse holos), and was thrilled to find that the shipping for the whole mess was just $3.00! Frankly, the starting bids on these (especially the individual holo cards) were pretty much at my threshold, but I knew from previous experience that the seller was very fair on shipping charges, although they don't list them in their auctions (which, I suspect, scares off a lot of bidders). However, knowing that the seller doesn't soak buyers on shipping, I went ahead and bid on a lot more stuff that I probably would have othewise. And I only had to go over the minimum on one item (a block of reverse holos from the Emerald set).

There is a certain pleasant smugness waiting when one gets a card for 99¢ which is listed on various "retail" sites anywhere from $7.00 to $24.99 ... it certainly feels like one's had a "successful hunt"!


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