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    I sometimes wonder if eBay prices might be the correct prices. Making all of us the fools not eBay buyers. Afterall, we believe our material is worth what those who buy it from us say it's worth. Many antique dealers will say that eBay killed their business. But what really happened was eBay just showed everyone how many of those supposedly unique items were really out there. Resulting in the market getting a much needed pricing adjustment. My 2 cents (my cost) and worth less probably.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinthills View Post
    I sometimes wonder if eBay prices might be the correct prices. Making all of us the fools not eBay buyers. Afterall, we believe our material is worth what those who buy it from us say it's worth. Many antique dealers will say that eBay killed their business. But what really happened was eBay just showed everyone how many of those supposedly unique items were really out there. Resulting in the market getting a much needed pricing adjustment. My 2 cents (my cost) and worth less probably.
    I have always said that e-bay prices are true prices, but I never applied that to scrap items and always bought into the argument that scrap is over priced on e-bay. Thanks for the mind worm and something to think about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinthills View Post
    I sometimes wonder if eBay prices might be the correct prices. Making all of us the fools not eBay buyers. Afterall, we believe our material is worth what those who buy it from us say it's worth. Many antique dealers will say that eBay killed their business. But what really happened was eBay just showed everyone how many of those supposedly unique items were really out there. Resulting in the market getting a much needed pricing adjustment. My 2 cents (my cost) and worth less probably.
    I can tell you this:

    As someone who's bought materials off eBay and shipped them to the commercial refineries, it's a huge losing proposition. eBay pricing is mainly morons speculating and over paying because they read some guide on how to recover precious metals that they bought off eBay.

    If you learn the usernames, you'll notice that even boardsort doesn't buy on their very much any more. There's eBay pricing, and then what it's really worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinthills View Post
    I sometimes wonder if eBay prices might be the correct prices. Making all of us the fools not eBay buyers. Afterall, we believe our material is worth what those who buy it from us say it's worth. Many antique dealers will say that eBay killed their business. But what really happened was eBay just showed everyone how many of those supposedly unique items were really out there. Resulting in the market getting a much needed pricing adjustment. My 2 cents (my cost) and worth less probably.
    I agree somewhat that ebay pricing is probably close to real value on most items but NOT scrap items. What we sell our ewaste to our buyers for, is what the market brings for scrap at that particular time. Is ewaste worth a bit more, of course it is why would anyone buy anything unless to make a profit? But realize this, lets say a good green board is worth 2.50 to 3.00 per pound to the sellers. That same board may be worth 4.00 to 6.00 per pound to a buyer who is going to have that board refined.
    Ok so the buyers are doubling their money you say? Not really. Remember the big buyers have mucho overhead. Employee salaries, utilities, vehicle maintenance, insurance to name but a few. So in reality that board to them after refinement and expenses is probably worth 2.75 to 3.25 per pound. Also they have to have certain weights to make it worth refining. Not a few hundred pounds, more likely a few tons!
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