An eBay policy encourages scalpers

[Mira Yurizaki]

http://www.polygon.com/2016/11/21/13705494/nes-classic-edition-ebay-profit

 

It's reported by Polygon, but there's something in eBay's "Price Guarantee" thing:

 

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When your item qualifies for a price guarantee, you’ll lock in a guaranteed selling price value for your item when you follow our listing recommendation. This listing recommendation is based on the performance of similar items to yours that recently sold on eBay.

 

As long as you list with our recommendation, eBay promises that you will earn the guaranteed selling price if your item sells. If your item sells for less than the guaranteed selling price value, eBay will pay you the rest with an eBay coupon.

 

The catch is if you don't sell the item at the "guaranteed selling price" or something, they give you the difference in a coupon. So you may as well jack up the price for whatever it is you're selling.

 

I just wish we can set out a campaign to tell people to stop buying from scalpers. But ugh, people with more money than brains won't listen.

[Guest]

My GTX 760 will probably will have a $10 price guarantee

[Prysin]

for a moment i thought that eBay policy was going to benefit actual scalpers. y'know, like indians scalping people. And i thought. HOLY SHIT, this aint gonna be pretty.... but i was dissapointed.

[rn8686]

1 minute ago, Prysin said:

for a moment i thought that eBay policy was going to benefit actual scalpers. y'know, like indians scalping people. And i thought. HOLY SHIT, this aint gonna be pretty.... but i was dissapointed.

Now your making me think of the movie Inglourious Bastards. 

[goodtofufriday]

Thats been around for quite some time really.   

[Teddy07]

12 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

My GTX 760 will probably will have a $10 price guarantee

I sold my gts 450 on ebay last year for 30 € and the suggested price was near that.

[Space Reptile]

unless its a modern phone ebay is gonna suggest f all for price , what sells good is smarthphones shoes and cars