That Dennis Collectibles (aka: 8***e) reseller on eBay has been pissing me off for awhile now. Why, you ask?
Exhibit A:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230617592384http://www.ebay.com/itm/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230617592822http://www.ebay.com/itm/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120715990654(all 3 listings ended in May)
Becomes:
www.ebay.com/itm/150609463473(still for sale)
And there are more.
I say, for fun, lets scout out the the original auctions and compare them to the new listings. *bwahaha*
Or guess the future listing prices of some of their newest acquisitions.
More examples...
Exhibit B:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=260893501913Becomes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150712550569 (you're in luck, this one's one sale!)
Exhibit C:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=330643445832Becomes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150712546295Exhibit D:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=290621959100Becomes:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400255792953I need to stop posting active auctions for reference. But some of them keep relisting because they NO ONE WANTS THEM AT THE PRICE THEY ARE LISTED FOR. And then my favorite reseller is the exclusive bidder and sets them BIN at 10x the price?!?
A few yet to be relisted:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=140652779285http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&rt=nc&item=280774253625Wonder what price they'll be listed at?!?
What really gets to me is their terms. Some of the highlights:
NOTE TO ALL BUYERS: IF YOU ARE PICKY ABOUT YOUR BOXES/PACKAGING, PLEASE DO NOT BUY MY ITEMS, ALL OF MY ITEMS HAVE SOME TYPE OF WEAR, FROM CREASING, CRUSHING, CELLO (PLASTIC) DENTS/CREASING/CRACKS, ETC., PLEASE REMEMBER MOST OF THE ITEMS LISTED ARE VINTAGE TOYS THAT YOU ARE BUYING. I TRY TO LIST ANY MAJOR FLAWS, BUT SOMETIMES I MAY MISSING SOMETHING, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION ON PACKAGE CONDITION, SO PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
(Thank goodness you take that into account when you price your stock!)
I AM NOT TAKING OFFERS, SO PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME, YOU WILL NOT GET A RESPONSE IF YOU DO, THANKS.
LAYAWAY IS AVAILABLE, PLEASE EMAIL ME FOR DETAILS.
FROM A NON SMOKING/PET FREE ENVIRONMENT.
(How can they possibly guarantee that when they're buying 20+ year old toys that have only entered their inventory within the past few months?!?)
ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
RETURN POLICY: ALL SALES ARE FINAL, THERE ARE NO RETURNS ACCEPTED, NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.
I did some toy reselling on eBay once so I understand that profit must be made. And sometimes BIN is definitely the way to go (as you see when you compare the one bidder auction price to the proposed BIN prices in these scenarios). But this is taking the "sit and wait for the right buyer" approach to a ridiculous extreme, I believe.
Anyways, this most likely backfires and just gives them free advertising, but at least I'm entertained.