Alberta, OH is that your hubby? Sorry for an online seller I am woefully bad with all the lingo LOL. Winnepeg, another prarie dweller...you know what they say about the guy whose wife left him in Winnipeg and poor guy had to watch her leave for 3 days.

They are pricey. I use a real appraiser so my values aren't inflated. I price them around 50% of the value and then take offers quite a bit lower, I find people like to barter and I personally would prefer to jsut sell them as buy it now... I am not great at bartering. I do markets sometimes and enjoy them alot but I dread the inevitable bartering. My passion is the collecting, and if I was a millionaire I would just do that and then disperse my finds amonst my friends and family members. That reminds me I should buy a ticket for this weeks lotto LOL.

I see alot of my competitors claiming their items are worth 4 to 5 times what they are using really shady appraisals and it seems to work but I just wont do it. The thing is, up until 2 months ago it was never an issue. I have sold many items over $1500, $2000 and $2500 on eBay and from my website. It is just recently that things changed SO drastically I was wondering if anyone knew what had changed - you said these days, so do you think it is the economy?

The offers I get these days are so low if I was to take them to a pawn store I would get more. It is sort of mind boggling but atleast I have my website which hasnt been hit the same way. I always like ebay though as I found it a good place for new customers to find me, they have the reassurance of the ebay market for that first sale.

Thanks for your tips, I have a few mid range items I can list to test this out. I like to save them for the markets, not everyone comes to a market ready to spend a month's salary so I like to have something more affordable but listing one or two wont make much difference. I hope it changes closer to Christmas I have always liked eBay and I know buyers like to have a local alternative that has honest pricing instead of having to roll the dice with overseas sellers, or atleast it used to be that way lol.