My Method For Searching Old eBay Sales (over 60 days)

alwayson22 · Feb 23, 2012

I don't know how many of the fellow board members here use this method, but I have found it very helpful in finding old eBay sales of Justin Duchscherer cards. I have been able to track down buyers of Duchscherer cards dating back as far as 2008.

I recently did a search for a friend of mine (Erik - keysersoze on FCB) for a Clayton Kershaw 2009 A&G GInter N43 Auto, and he was able to contact the buyer and purchase the card off eBay.

Here is the link to my thread on Blowout ...
http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/base ... hases.html

Keyser Soze · Feb 23, 2012

You're awesome, Mike! Thanks for sharing your trade secrets

Proof that his system works:

BrewerSuperCollector · Feb 23, 2012

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WoundedDuck · Feb 23, 2012

Gonna come back and read this when I have more time.

Russ S. · Feb 23, 2012

Bookmarked.

ChasHawk · Feb 23, 2012

Cool search technique, but as a player collector, I think I'd be annoyed if random people started messaging me asking me to sell my cards... :lol:

chompsmcgee · Feb 23, 2012

Gonna give it a shot, sounds intriguing! Thanks for sharing.

alwayson22 · Feb 23, 2012

Keyser Soze said:
You're awesome, Mike! Thanks for sharing your trade secrets

Proof that his system works:

That card is a beauty, Erik! It was awesome that you were able to strike a deal with the buyer so quickly, too.

ChasHawk said:
Cool search technique, but as a player collector, I think I'd be annoyed if random people started messaging me asking me to sell my cards... :lol:

I can see that

When I send the buyer a message, it's usually along the lines of: "I saw that you purchased [card] back on [date]. Do you still have that card? If so, is it available for sale? Thanks." I have been declined only once, and I just thanked the individual for taking the time to respond and left it alone. Hopefully, that's not too intrusive.

ChasHawk · Feb 23, 2012

^^^That is a great way to go about it.

bear0555 · Feb 23, 2012

Thanks for the info!

nborton · Feb 23, 2012

ChasHawk said:
^^^That is a great way to go about it.

Agreed. I wouldn't be annoyed by it. This is a hobby hopefully I'm not the only one who wants the same cards.

Gonzaleznut · Feb 23, 2012

nerdherd020 · Feb 23, 2012

Gave it a shot last night and when I woke up this morning I had three responses waiting for me in my inbox. Pleasantly surprised! One person even took the time to respond saying he didn't have the card anymore. I'm working on deals for the others.

Thanks for the tip. In the early 00's I used to print out the entire auction page of auctions I had lost so that I could contact the winning bidder later on. Back then the name of the winning bidder was displayed on main page so I never had to do all this research.

Thanks again for the tip!

alwayson22 · Feb 23, 2012

nerdherd020 said:
Gave it a shot last night and when I woke up this morning I had three responses waiting for me in my inbox. Pleasantly surprised! One person even took the time to respond saying he didn't have the card anymore. I'm working on deals for the others.

Thanks for the tip. In the early 00's I used to print out the entire auction page of auctions I had lost so that I could contact the winning bidder later on. Back then the name of the winning bidder was displayed on main page so I never had to do all this research.

Thanks again for the tip!

You're welcome! The search method seems to work best for cards that were sold from 2009-present. For me, it's been hit or miss on Worthpoint listings of sales pre-2009.

heavy_hitter · Feb 23, 2012

Thanks for the tip.

I have a couple of auctions from 2008 that I'm interested in, however the language in the description is too generic to yield any references as to which ebay seller originally sold the item.

Would a search engine like Terapeak contain seller information for auctions that far back?

Mozzie22 · Feb 24, 2012

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