Overpriced

[bsal6160]

Has anyone else noticed how items on Ebay appear to be getting more expensive these days. I think a lot of sellers now have an over-inflated sense of value of the items they are trying to sell. Its almost at the point where its cheaper, if not the same price, to buy it from a main stream shop nowadays.

[4channel]

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@c_mount wrote:
A lot of Aussie sellers selling camera and video gear seem to think they can still get what they paid for them 6-7 years ago. Most a deluded.

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Yeah c_mount, I have noticed a bit of that myself. While it's great if sellers can get top dollar for an item that they got years ago, they need to face reality. Devaluations are evident in 12 months quite often.

[clubesquire]

 I Honestly think you'll find that most professional, or semi professional sellers are competitive. They have to be, or they just won't survive. Fees on eBay are also an integral contributing factor to the end price. Consider that something with an end price of say $200 must have factored into it 15 to 20% ($30 to $40), and more in some cases to safisfy eBay, PayPal, packaging costs etc, without thought to any prevailing overheads, before the seller even thinks about making a small profit.

It may appear that way, but selling 'successfully' on eBay is not easy.

However, I do take the point that in some instances some sellers are 'dreaming' with the end price they apply, particularly with some electronic gadgetry such as SLR cameras. But, I would suggest that these sellers are casual sellers and most likely have some emotional connection with the item they are selling.

That old saying still rules supreme though. An item is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it.

Melina.

[4channel]

Good point clubesquire. getting harder for some sellers too. I totally agree.

Yes at the end of the day an item is worth as much as someone is prepared to pay.

Cheers

[negron18]

i've noticed there is a lot more bargain hunters out there now than before. If it retails at 80 and your selling at 60, they will offer you 30. I ask these customers why don't you email the company selling at 80 and ask them to sell it to you at half the price?

People assume ebay sellers will take any price because they are market sellers or desperate for the money.

  Lot of brick and mortar stores operate now on ebay also, I wonder if they get bombarded with ebay messages asking for a better deal?

[countessalmirena]

I like the Make an Offer function, but I don't believe I've ever offered lower than 10% off the list price.

... or... no, once I did. There was a Georgian inkwell by a well-known silversmith of the period - listed at the sort of price (well over £1000) I'd have expected to pay at the sort of London antique dealer's shop where everything is marked up to its groaning maximum. I'd also have tried bargaining down if it were in a shop.

Because of the high price, I wil admit I did start my offer at around 20% off the listed price, but did expect that the seller would counter-offer at perhaps 10%. I was hoping for 15%.

But to offer half...? That's just rude!

[collect247]

I used to get buyers stating that because my item has been for sale for over 6 months as they kept an eye on the item for so long was I willing to sell it for 75% off the BIN price because it hadn't sold yet,I said sorry dear not a chance as I have a ways to go until I become a pensioner so I can wait until then lol.

But I did sell a lot of my items at 15% off BIN price.

Funny though my auctions attracted more money than the value of the item.

[grewsomeweeds]

Why are you all being so nice to these scammers.

I have purchased inexpensive watches then donated them to my local op-shop who then add a modest mark-up, a type of value adding. I have seen these same watches $5-$10 being sold for $100 or more by some many unscrupulous sellers on the bay  - they are taking  advantage of peoples naivety and trust.  Maybe eBay should insist on a "truth in value" description requirement by sellers.

Collectables of course a different story.

[grewsomeweeds]

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@c_mount wrote:
A lot of Aussie sellers selling camera and video gear seem to think they can still get what they paid for them 6-7 years ago. Most a deluded.

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I have also seen some prices on many goods more expensive than the "new with warranty" price from Bricks'n'Motar retailers

[davewil1964]

I think a 12 month old thread should be left to rest in peace.

Nobody is forcing you to buy anything, especially at a price you don't consider value. The ball is in your, and any buyers', court. If people stopped buying from these sellers, the 'problem' would not exist.

[jamesjunior00]

I look for secondhand tools and the prices sellers are asking for are just lplain stupid.  What's with everyone calling their old and tired **bleep** 'vintage'- do you think the buyer is stupid?  Every man and his dog are using the word vintage when your item is not vintage it is just seccondhand.  People are selling spanners for $40 each and calling the spanner vintage when it is just old.  Things that are secondhand should typically sell for 1/3 of the price of a new item, but the vast majority of sellers are selling tools for 70% of the price I can buy a new one for.  Why the hell would I risk buying a used and possibly abused cordless drill that could be faulty or on it's last legs to save $20 or $30??  Do sellers think we are stupid???  I'm over Ebay and it's not worth my time. 

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@bsal6160 wrote:

Has anyone else noticed how items on Ebay appear to be getting more expensive these days. I think a lot of sellers now have an over-inflated sense of value of the items they are trying to sell. Its almost at the point where its cheaper, if not the same price, to buy it from a main stream shop nowadays.

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