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I think it's partly because eBay's current system "rewards" people who put up BINs (Buy It Now) prices as much as it rewards actual auctions. And I think that it has increased the BIN length from a default of 7 days to a default of 30 days. (I could be wrong on this.) So if you don't need to sell something quickly, it can be more profitable to put a pony up for a high BIN. It will be up for 30 days and you only need one person to be willing to pay that price. If it doesn't sell then you have not made any money, but might still be ahead over someone only paying $1 for a pony that is worth much more, which does sometimes happen.Some prices are still flatout crazy, for sure.
I keep seeing crazy prices, too, like ponies with the backcard (not even in the package) for like 500 dollars more than they are worth.
Perhaps the Pricing is high because of the sentimental value?While I understand the sentimental attachment and feel for any collector faced with having to liquidate, They're not going to sell plain and simple when overpriced by hundreds of dollars each.
This is just a quick reminder to not bash, call out or call the sellers names (not that anyone has yet) for the over priced auctions As long as we keep it civil, then we will be ok.
Alot of times, the sellers don't know the acutal value of the pony they are selling and go off what their friends, family or some ramdom TV show/article/what not tells them the ponies are worth. Sometimes they even generalize what the pony is worth based on what a Punzie sold for even though they have an AJ. Alot of them will come down in price over time as the ponies don't sell, but others will hold out and insist they are worth way more than what they really are. When I see those auctions, I just chuckle. They will either get it or not, and maybe I'll watch the auction to see what happens for fun
Quote from: Oneleo1 on October 11, 2012, 12:15:03 PMThis is just a quick reminder to not bash, call out or call the sellers names (not that anyone has yet) for the over priced auctions As long as we keep it civil, then we will be ok. Sorry that's why i didn't mention names or such, i don't want to be mean or something.