Thursday, October 22, 2009

New cases of Cards on the Way

I talked to my supplier and verified that I am going to be getting the following cases:

Oct 28th - Bowman Chrome Football
November 4th - Topps Finest Football
November 4th - Topps Mayo Football
November 11th - Press Pass Fusion
November 11th - Gridiron Gear Football
November 13th - Just Minors Mystery Bats
November 17th - Upper Deck SP Signature Football
November 25th - Topps T-206 Baseball
January 5th - SP Authentic Football
January 6th - Playoff Contenders Football

If you need any boxes, or a particular player/team let me know.

Thanks

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

EBay Confusion - Please Help!

So I put 2009 '48 Bowman Basketball on Ebay. Opened and listed on the day of release. I was fortunate enough to get 2 sets of the Blue Parallel cards. I figured I would put 1 up for auction and 1 up for buy it now / best offer. The BIN was at $95, which was similar to others listed. Well the auction ends last night (August 24th) for $34.00. So I looked at other completed listings and see that they have gone down from $90 to $65 to $60. So I change the BIN price to $50. Within 15 minutes the set is sold.

Why does the auction go for so much lower 15 minutes prior? Do buyers now want to wait around for the auction to end and are willing to spend $17 more to buy it now?

This is one of the times that really confuses me about EBay and selling sports cards. I really wish I could figure this out. Would make for better breaks. It seems sometimes it is better to auction and sometimes better for buy it now.

If anyone has any advice, I am always willing to listen.

Thanks