Everything tagged Price research
Working out whether a price is good, and what the numbers can and can't tell you.
17 posts- AUG 30
Buying ex-corporate laptops on eBay: the BIOS lock a wipe won't clear
A supervisor password set by a company IT department lives on the motherboard, not the drive. Lenovo's own remedy is replacing the system board.
8 min read · Buyer protection, Deal hunting, Price research
- AUG 29
Buying vinyl records on eBay: no authentication, real bootlegs
Vinyl records sit outside eBay's Authenticity Guarantee entirely. Every grade is a seller's claim, and bootleg pressings are a separate, real risk.
7 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- AUG 29
Buying graded trading cards on eBay: fake slabs eBay can't catch
eBay's own pages disagree on the price threshold for authenticating trading cards. Here's what the program covers, and how to spot a fake PSA slab.
8 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- JUL 26
Free eBay deal hunting tools in 2026, checked one by one
We loaded 19 free eBay tools on July 29, 2026. Goofbid and BayCrazy are gone, Terapeak was renamed, and several of them beat us at their own job.
12 min read · Tools, Price research, Deal hunting, Reselling, Alerts
- JUL 22
"Untested" isn't an eBay condition. Here's what the seller actually picked.
A seller who types untested has still picked Used or For parts off eBay's list. That field, and not the prose around it, is what a claim is measured against.
10 min read · Collectibles, Buyer protection, Authentication, Price research
- JUL 20
Buying video games on eBay: fake cartridges and who grades games now
WATA stopped grading under its own name on 2025-10-15 and is PSA Video Games now. How to spot a fake cartridge, and where eBay's coverage stops.
11 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- JUL 16
Buying watches on eBay: what $2,000 authentication misses
eBay authenticates watches automatically from $2,000 and sells the check for $80 below it. It catches counterfeits, not frankenwatches built from real parts.
11 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Buyer protection, Price research
- JUL 14
Dating vintage clothing on eBay from a photo of the tag
Care labels, fiber percentages and RN numbers each set a floor on a garment's age, never a date. Single stitch is evidence, and reproductions copy it.
11 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- JUL 10
Buying Funko Pops on eBay without overpaying for a lot
Box condition carries the value, and a mixed lot sells at roughly 50 to 55 percent of summed guide values. We compare asking prices, not sold prices.
10 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- JUL 8
Retired LEGO sets on eBay: box grades, seals, and fake bricks
What B1, B2 and B3 actually mean, the tells a resealed box gives away, and where to price a retired set. We compare asking prices, never sold prices.
11 min read · Collectibles, Authentication, Price research
- JUN 24
How to find eBay listings that have been sitting unsold
A listing's start date is the signal, not its price. How to read a listing's age, the categories where it matters, and why sitting usually means overpriced.
10 min read · Deal hunting, Reselling, Price research
- JUN 18
Is there really a best time to buy on eBay? We went looking for proof.
No study backs the Sunday evening rule, and two statistics behind it are fabricated. Automatic bidding is why the ending hour can't lower what you pay.
10 min read · Auctions, Deal hunting, Price research
- JUN 16
eBay listing red flags: 12 checks and what untested means
Twelve checks to run before you buy. Untested isn't an eBay condition. The seller still picked a label from eBay's list, and that field sets your protection.
10 min read · Price research, Buyer protection, Reselling
- JUN 12
eBay has no price history chart. Here's what you can check instead.
eBay has no price history chart, and no tool can show you prices from before tracking started. Here's why that's structural and not an oversight.
10 min read · Price research, How eBay works, Tools
- JUN 8
How to calculate eBay sell-through rate from free data
Sell-through rate is sold listings divided by active listings on one eBay search. Both counts are free to read, and there's no price anywhere in the answer.
10 min read · Reselling, Price research, Deal hunting, Tools
- JUN 5
What an eBay watcher count tells you, and what it doesn't
eBay shows a public watcher count on many listings, and we checked one signed out on 2026-07-29. Sellers get a count and never a list of names.
8 min read · How eBay works, Price research, Alerts
- MAY 29
Is this a good price on eBay? How to check without sold data
Sold prices tell you what buyers paid. Asking prices tell you what sellers hope for. Here's how to check eBay sold comps free, and where they fall short.
8 min read · Price research, Deal hunting, Reselling