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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1780105, member: 31533"]P.S. I used to sell postcards on ebay, and most of my postcards were listed at 3.85 to 6.00 to start (auction....because who knows, more than one might be interested and I'll get more $$$ --- which did happen on occasion. One I started at about 5.50 ended up selling for nearly 50.00). I used 3.85 as a base because that was approximately 1/2 hour of a min. wage job at the time. I figured if someone wanting a certain postcard wasn't willing to spend 1/2 hour working (if they were min wage people, and much less if they earned a lot more) and 2.00 for postage <u>then they didn't deserve my postcard.</u> For collectors wanting to find one cheaper, they would have to spend a LOT of time and gas money going places (estate/garage sales, flea markets, etc) to look for what they wanted. In the long run, it's much cheaper for them to put together a collection for what they are looking for by looking on ebay and paying prices like that.</p><p> </p><p>So.... you might say the price is near actual value, but maybe you aren't factoring in what you will spend in time and money to go get one elsewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1780105, member: 31533"]P.S. I used to sell postcards on ebay, and most of my postcards were listed at 3.85 to 6.00 to start (auction....because who knows, more than one might be interested and I'll get more $$$ --- which did happen on occasion. One I started at about 5.50 ended up selling for nearly 50.00). I used 3.85 as a base because that was approximately 1/2 hour of a min. wage job at the time. I figured if someone wanting a certain postcard wasn't willing to spend 1/2 hour working (if they were min wage people, and much less if they earned a lot more) and 2.00 for postage [U]then they didn't deserve my postcard.[/U] For collectors wanting to find one cheaper, they would have to spend a LOT of time and gas money going places (estate/garage sales, flea markets, etc) to look for what they wanted. In the long run, it's much cheaper for them to put together a collection for what they are looking for by looking on ebay and paying prices like that. So.... you might say the price is near actual value, but maybe you aren't factoring in what you will spend in time and money to go get one elsewhere.[/QUOTE]
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