The following tends to apply to any item for sale. The problem with selling large items on eBay is the cost of shipping or the hassle of collecting the item. These factors tend to depress their true value. Smaller items don’t tend to suffer from this issue.
If you search in ‘completed items’ and use the sort feature to list them highest to lowest price you’ll get a reasonable idea of the ‘trade value’ of the item but not the retail value. The only way to get a good idea of retail value is to find a dealer with a shop who is selling or has preferably sold an identical item. Finally there are differences in value by country. For example if you have a Moulton F frame or an apb for sale then be prepared to ship it to Japan where the value will be doubled. don’t ever set a low reserve on an item - it’s better to list it with a start price you won’t be too disappointed with receiving if you only get one bid. You can always re-list and reduce that price if it doesn’t sell first time. Alternatively you can keep it as a spare if you don’t get any sensible bites.
If you search in ‘completed items’ and use the sort feature to list them highest to lowest price you’ll get a reasonable idea of the ‘trade value’ of the item but not the retail value. The only way to get a good idea of retail value is to find a dealer with a shop who is selling or has preferably sold an identical item. Finally there are differences in value by country. For example if you have a Moulton F frame or an apb for sale then be prepared to ship it to Japan where the value will be doubled. don’t ever set a low reserve on an item - it’s better to list it with a start price you won’t be too disappointed with receiving if you only get one bid. You can always re-list and reduce that price if it doesn’t sell first time. Alternatively you can keep it as a spare if you don’t get any sensible bites.
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