Selling on eBay around thanksgiving

jaydub · Nov 15, 2010

I am looking at posting some bowman chrome up on eBay and was wondering if people think it's a bad move to list stuff ending from sunday-tuesday before thanksgiving or over the thanksgiving weekend. On the one hand, people will be on the road and busy with family. On the other hand it's possible that people doing black friday buying might also be on the bay. opinions?
I pulled a couple some cards that should fetch interest in a normal auction period and I'd like to maximize the value if possible.

blazers091 · Nov 15, 2010

you will get lower sales if you have it end around thanksgiving weekend

ThoseBackPages · Nov 15, 2010

i think BECAUSE black friday has great sales and people have less money for cards, this will lead to lower prices.
doesnt matter when you list, due to snipers

PeteD · Nov 15, 2010

Also, the US Thanksgiving unoffically starts the xmas holiday slow/clog-up season. I usually stop listing that week. Made the mistake 1 yr and NEVER again.

Of course if you're mailing within the US you could stretch it out longer. But cross border...i'd advise against it.

brouthercard · Nov 15, 2010

I'll be surfacing ebay during thanksgiving break.

coltsfan23 · Nov 16, 2010

brouthercard said:
I'll be surfacing ebay during thanksgiving break.

As will I. It's a good time to buy, but I'd advise against selling a ton of items during that time period.

EricInCT · Nov 16, 2010

Just list as a BIN and don't stress.

gt2590 · Nov 16, 2010

coltsfan23 said:
brouthercard said:

I'll be surfacing ebay during thanksgiving break.

Click to expand...

As will I. It's a good time to buy, but I'd advise against selling a ton of items during that time period.

EXactly! I work all 4 days at a job with no-one around and PC access and will be doing the same, looking for bargains.

Any holiday weekend is deadly for sales. In the past I've done pretty well ending sales on Tues. and Weds. after the big weekend. But I try and sell gift-type stuff and not BC singles, which isn't really a gift-type item.

Good luck either way!

EricInCT · Nov 16, 2010

gt2590 said:
coltsfan23 said:

brouthercard said:

I'll be surfacing ebay during thanksgiving break.

Click to expand...

As will I. It's a good time to buy, but I'd advise against selling a ton of items during that time period.

Click to expand...

EXactly! I work all 4 days at a job with no-one around and PC access and will be doing the same, looking for bargains.

Any holiday weekend is deadly for sales. In the past I've done pretty well ending sales on Tues. and Weds. after the big weekend. But I try and sell gift-type stuff and not BC singles, which isn't really a gift-type item.

Good luck either way!

Ebay put an end to your bargain hunting this year though.......you can list an auction starting at .01, 4.99, 9.99, 49.99 or 499.99 and pay the same price for the first 100 you list........zero.

So instead of .99 opening bid, you will see 5.99 and 9.99 or 49.99 since it wont cost the seller a penny if it doesn't sell.

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