will this ebay trick work?

(I dont know if i should delete this post and put it under Beanman's "Funny Thing ABout Ebay post")


I got outbid on an Amazon.com gift card. The card was for $75.... but sold for $97.50.

Can someone explain this to me?????


The only thing i can think of is the auction said "free shipping" so the dolt probably thought, "gift card + free [be4ad5a147f]Amazon[/be4ad5a147f] shipping." And maybe he/she is buying a sofa or something with high shipping.

But then i looked at this other Amazon.com gift card auction that i got out bid on and it had $2.00 for shipping and handling. It was for $100 but sold for $111. [be4ad5a147f]What is going on here[/be4ad5a147f]???????

Not all the gift cards on ebay do that. But 99% of them sell within dollars of the actual cost.

So my question is, can i make ebay auctions for $100 Amazon.com gift cards and set the reserve for $100 (so i cannot loose money on this sceme) and then just sell them for higher??? If the reserve is not met does ebay relist it for free? Or will i loose my listing charge?


Edit No wait! I looked at the auction and the title said Free EMAIL shipping.


This is all the listing says in description

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This auction is for an Amazon.com gift certificate worth $100.00. It is good for any merchandise from Amazon.com and expires 26-July-2007.

After payment is received, I will immediately email you the claim code to use at checkout on Amazon.

Please feel free to ask any questions and note that I have 100% positive feedback.

Using your gift certificate is easy

1. Visit the Amazon.com Web site at http//www.amazon.com/
2. Select the items you want and add them to your shopping cart.
3. When you have found the items you want, hit the PROCEED TO CHECKOUT button.
4. You can claim your gift certificate by entering its claim code number right on the order form.


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Maybe people don't like to put there credit card info in so they buy gift certs

[quote94953666f1="bruman"]Maybe people don't like to put there credit card info in so they buy gift certs[/quote94953666f1]


that is a good point. I did not take that into consideration.

Look at this auction
Item number 260038078941


It is a $10 certificate, and it has 3 bids, right now at $10.

If you were to make 110 on a $100 card you still would only be breaking even after listing fees, final value fees, and paypal fees.

[quote207745a49f="JOSHBOX"]If you were to make 110 on a $100 card you still would only be breaking even after listing fees, final value fees, and paypal fees.[/quote207745a49f]


I would use the cheapest listing, no pics or anything and maybe i can...... oh shat. You are right.

I just cannot understand why people would pay $10-20 more.

Some people are just dumb. On the day the 80GB iPod came out, I put a BIN for $400 and had a sale within a few hours (and shipped it to the address from the apple website for $370).

Yeah I have seen things on ebay go for ridiculous amounts. I wanted a book that was out of print, it was on ebay and amazon - through a reseller - and on amazon it cost $45 on ebay it went up to $132. I was like F That and bought the one on amazon. Funny thing is I had the trade marked in my ebay and I went back to check on the feedback and the ebay person said "could have gotten it cheaper elsewhere, horrible" and I though whos dumb fault it that you spent $132 on a book that you could have bought for $45.