Hello, I’ve sold many items in the couple hundred dollar range, but I find myself having the opportunity to sell an item in the couple thousand dollar range. Normally I wouldn’t do this on ebay because of fees but there is a deal right now where they don’t take more than 20$ fee for a few days. My question is where and how do you guys sell expensive items (for pokemonprice.com suggested retail price)? For my item I am like 1000$ below the next cheapest on ebay and am still only getting lowball offers. Any ideas? Thank you!
Recent sold listings are the first place to look. Pokemon cards are not liquid assets so even if you are “below market” it could still take a while to move something
I’ve never sold a pokemon item for a large amount yet, but I was a big vintage video game collector. I’ve sold multiple items for 4 digits, nothing wild. My items were relatively rare, and variants so more of a niche market. I remember I posted an item for sale in a facebook group for a decent amount, but it was such a rare item I believed it could command that price. People mocked me, told me no way it will sell for that, sent me low ball offers, etc. I took the item off, because I’m not going to listen to people who didn’t quite understand the rarity involved. Couple months later, I listed that item for almost 2x more than I asked for in the Facebook group and put it on eBay. I had an offer that was close to my asking price, but declined it. Within a month my item sold on ebay, for $500 off my asking price.
Morale of the story, I did my research, knew the rarity of the item, and stuck to my number.
Now of course, this could be different if you actually need money for some kind of personal emergency or something.
Best of luck.
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Quick sale / Sale at market price.
Generally you get to only choose one.
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Yeah I guess it just suprises me when every other option on ebay is way way above suggested retail price, but still has hundreds of watchers. Maybe those watchers have no intention of actually buying
Had 2 instances this month where I listed below the average sell rate.
Ex: Psa 9 test tube mewtwo, listed for $26.99. I have 4 offers within the 3 days listed. All sub $20.
I raised the price to $39.99 and within 24 hours i got offers all above 26.99.
Ultimately somebody bought it for the $39.99.
I like to think some people have that “its a great price, so something must be wrong mentality.” This has happened twice with me. Granted small sample size, but youre better off listing higher and accepting reasonable offers IMO. What I do, im more than happy to accept an offer 10% off, depending on the card.
edit: Other was a card priced at $400, moved it to $500 and accepted an offer for $475.
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Most likely because the seller/owner isn’t aggressively selling. Valuable Collectibles aren’t liquid or common items. The higher you go in price, the less people tend to aggressively sell.
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For couple thousand dollars cards it’s still hard to sell and takes time even if your price is good it has to fit someone’s preferences. It’s not like people go buying every 4k card they come across on ebay because they can potentially resell them for 5k.