Rant: Why Cant people List pages properly on Ebay?

[Ares]

I am looking under Original art and Covers section to find a Superman cover.

But most of the listings in there are panel pages and sketches.

 

of 135 listings in Orginal art>Covers hardly any are covers!

[mister_not_so_nice]

...and I wish eBay would ad a "prints" catagory! !! ! ! !(so I dont have to go through them). And hire me part time to move all of the "stuff" into the correct catagory

[blowout]

It is not just art though is it? There's all sorts of crapola listed in the wrong catagories on eBay. Part of the fun I guess.

[mister_not_so_nice]

It is not just art though is it? There's all sorts of crapola listed in the wrong catagories on eBay. Part of the fun I guess.

 

Oh, yeah, you're correct on that. Just the OA section is my pet peeve. Someone else can monitor the Comics area. I'm sure folks get just as angry seeing "Death Of Superman" in the golden age catagory.

[Ares]

and then people wonder why the pages dont sell

[Apotheosis]

and then people wonder why the pages dont sell

 

Why? Because they're in the cover category? I think not.

 

Unless I'm a minority, I believe most people just go to the OA section and type in what they're interested in (i.e. Sandman). The sub categories only help when you have cash to burn and just want some cover (any cover will do) to buy. Focused collectors don't miss panel pages because they're in the cover category. Most Ebay buyers (obviously not all buyers from this thread) realize that stuff gets put in the wrong categories all the time and if they don't look in more places they're going to miss some good stuff.

[Ares]

and then people wonder why the pages dont sell

 

Why? Because they're in the cover category? I think not.

 

Unless I'm a minority, I believe most people just go to the OA section and type in what they're interested in (i.e. Sandman). The sub categories only help when you have cash to burn and just want some cover (any cover will do) to buy. Focused collectors don't miss panel pages because they're in the cover category. Most Ebay buyers (obviously not all buyers from this thread) realize that stuff gets put in the wrong categories all the time and if they don't look in more places they're going to miss some good stuff.

I meant to type Items not pages dont sell.

to often I see items listed in categories they dont belong

[Apotheosis]

Scratch my whole arguement then...

[CW]

Yeah, every once in a while I like to browse the cover or splash page sections to see if there is something really cool sitting in there. Expand my interests a little but I am mainly confronted with a whole bunch of "5th grade sketches" and have to sift through page after page to find actual comic art by comic artists. Prints and fan drawings should have there own sections.

[matewan1990]

and then people wonder why the pages dont sell

 

Thank God for those mislabeled pieces of art, though! I've bought some of my best pieces for cheap prices because people labeled them as prints or posters. Am I going to tell them, "hey, you've got it wrong?"

No way! You list something, you'd better know where to place it. If not, and I find it and want it, it's mine for however cheap a price I can get it. There's no shame in doing that. If you list something, you'd better educate yourself about it first, or it'll get bought for far less than what it would have if it were listed correctly.

[Thomas]

Ditto on this. I ended up buying a cover not too long ago that wasn't even in the comics category if I remember correctly. Needless to say I got it for a song and have since traded it for 3 times the value of what I paid for it. Gotta love those sell on ebay consignment shops.