Everything that's wrong with eBay in a nutshell (well, a screenshot)

[toddgreen]

One of my grail cards is the 2007 Topps Update short print Poley Walnuts of a squirrel at Yankee Stadium.

Beckett says the card is worth $25

Below are the only options on eBay. Some clown lists it for $1500, so the next person says "oh, I'll undercut them and make someone think they're getting a deal" at $700, the next at $500, and so on until the lowest price is still nearly 3x the book value. It's insane to me.

I realize scarcity may dictate overall market price more than just Beckett but these are unreasonable.

[Cunnuc]

Well I also wonder how someone's card sells for 2x the amount mine is currently listed for. Then I see another one sell for 1.5x what mine is listed for. Like.. what's wrong with my card? Then again, the odd time I will sell something for more than others have it listed for. Few and far between but it does happen.

Some people buy impulsively or do not invest the time while others think they are sitting on gold because the card is from 1990 so to them it must be Vintage!

[Cunnuc]

Oh, and squirrels do not look like that in Ontario, that squirrel looks like it had a skunk as a father and a squirrel as a mother.

$25 for a card of a squirrel is worth more than an actual squirrel... just sayin'

[toddgreen]

haha I like that last part

I agree with you. I sell on eBay sometimes and I've noticed people skipping over my cards and paying more for the same card. Not sure why. Like you said, it's probably impulse buying. It's also likely they're seeing promoted listings first - you can pay eBay an additional fee to make your listing show up higher in searches.

[bigbenjobu]

Well I also wonder how someone's card sells for 2x the amount mine is currently listed for. Then I see another one sell for 1.5x what mine is listed for. Like.. what's wrong with my card? Then again, the odd time I will sell something for more than others have it listed for. Few and far between but it does happen.

Some people buy impulsively or do not invest the time while others think they are sitting on gold because the card is from 1990 so to them it must be Vintage!

@Cunnuc Depending on the price, I have bought "more expensive" hockey cards in the past from US buyers, instead of a bit cheaper card from a Canadian/International buyer because the price of shipping is so high. I am not saying this is true for all cases of course, but for the same card for me US shipping is ~$5 and international shipping is ~$20. With the added time and cost it is worth it to pay a few more dollars on the card, in order to pay less in the long run and likely have the card sooner.

[jmintz]

Beckett price doesn't mean a thing anymore to 99.999% of the hobby - you really can't expect to use that for a true picture of the market because the prices there are either stupidly high or stupidly low. If you want to know what a card is worth, then you should be checking completed sales on eBay.

Frankly, if one's there for $70, then I'd say buy it and put one of your grail cards in your PC, because I'm guessing that $25 you're seeing in Beckett is lower than market value.

[abide]

Oh, and squirrels do not look like that in Ontario, that squirrel looks like it had a skunk as a father and a squirrel as a mother.

$25 for a card of a squirrel is worth more than an actual squirrel... just sayin'

lol