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<p>[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 1078748, member: 26972"]I haven't checked specifically into that aspect - the indications are that I think you are spot on. The items that didn't sell were listings with either a BIN well above the average or an AUction with too high of a selling price.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would take awhile to determine whether those sellers eventually lower the BIN on the item or whether they took it to auction.. That data would be very interesting to know. I have seen the comment several times that when a coin sells and it has to be relisted - for some reason - it ends up selling for less the second time around. Probably due to collectors of specific series noticing the re- list on the coin and suspect something is wrong so the stay away...</p><p><br /></p><p>I should add, that often when I see a seller relisting a BIN for a coin I want that is priced to high. Most are willing to negotiate some when contacted in spite of not having a Best Offer on their listing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EyeEatWheaties, post: 1078748, member: 26972"]I haven't checked specifically into that aspect - the indications are that I think you are spot on. The items that didn't sell were listings with either a BIN well above the average or an AUction with too high of a selling price. It would take awhile to determine whether those sellers eventually lower the BIN on the item or whether they took it to auction.. That data would be very interesting to know. I have seen the comment several times that when a coin sells and it has to be relisted - for some reason - it ends up selling for less the second time around. Probably due to collectors of specific series noticing the re- list on the coin and suspect something is wrong so the stay away... I should add, that often when I see a seller relisting a BIN for a coin I want that is priced to high. Most are willing to negotiate some when contacted in spite of not having a Best Offer on their listing.[/QUOTE]
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