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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1595798, member: 41665&quot;]<i>Generally </i>agreed, Log Potato. A few years ago I ran a little study (on client request) comparing auction fees with the alternatives; in 2009, eBay was NOT worth the risk. </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest here, however, is the AUCTION PRICE RECORDS. BIN is a useless metric, IMO. </p><p><br /></p><p>I DO believe eBay auctions tell you what market ASK is (underlying market-price) or &#039;trade.&#039; For example, if a dealer is willing to sell Product A for $113. in a FeeBay auction, s/he&#039;d <i>probably </i>accept $100. (net that eBay/PayPal fee!) in person. But you&#039;d have <i>to know that</i>, to get that!&nbsp; eBay is great for market-price research.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, just because eBay was &#039;not a great deal&#039; formerly, that position in the list of alternatives might improve. (Or not.) At any rate, it&#039;s useful to check auction prices (and figure net) <i>to glean insights into the true market price </i>and see what better vendors are willling to trade at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Internet taxes will be a bigger factor in 2013 &amp; 2014, I believe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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