BINs or auctions?

sletia · Post by **sletia** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:16 pm

Which do you find sell better? I need some advice for when I liquidate most of my gallery.
I find shipping a real pain.. do lots sell better than individual items? I was thinking of lumping my Belldandy cels in one lot, my angel cels in another.. etc.
Thanks for any advice.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:31 pm

Here's the worst answer ever. It depends.

I have auctions that have BINs when I'm hoping to get some money quickly. Sadly though, my buyers who use the BIN still typically wait the week to pay.

But the BINs are what I'd ask for if I was selling it straight. As soon as someone bids, it goes away. I notice with my auctions that most people bid. I assume so they can get the cel "cheap". It's okay though since I had a couple of the auctions end at over what the BIN was so it does all work out.

So long story short, it's all about how quickly you want to be done selling.

sletia · Post by **sletia** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:32 pm

I have over fifty cels I'm definately knocking off.. so I'm thinking lots might cut the price..
Basically, I have a ton of AMG cels to go, but the fees kind of scare me off.
However I don't want to scare away buyers by sticking a whole bunch of cels in one lot...

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:32 pm

Again it does depend. I mean ideally if you have a price in mind that you want to sell the cel at, I'd stick with BIN. If you just want to get rid of them stick them on at $1 each and see how the bidding goes...you never know it may go over what you were hoping too, but again it could go at a loss, but at least the cels sold right?

As for group lots, I'd say avoid it. People generally only want to pay for cels they actually want and you're 1) more likely to sell the cels separately and 2) get a better price for them if sold separately.

I can remember a lot of X cels on rubberslug, they were great cels, but there were 8 all together in one lot and they didnt sell quickly because why would you pay a high amount if there’s only 1 or 2 cels you actually want in the lot.

Anyway it's up to you at the end of the day, but I'd stick to individual auctions if you want to sell quickly. I know it’s a pain listing them all, but I think it’d be worth your while.