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    While we're at it...

    in Suggestions & Feedback

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    19 minutes ago, RH said:

    Ah, I wasn't aware that the Best Offer values weren't available (if I understand what you're saying.)  I knew you couldn't get those details if you went to a SOLD page, if they sold that way, but I assumed their APIs would properly return that information.

     

    Best offers on an auction.  Best offers on a BIN are available, though I'm noticing GVN and PC not properly returning some of those too. 

    While we're at it...

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    11 minutes ago, Fleck586 said:

    Is there no way to mine historical data on Ebay once the tools are in place?  I know absolutely nothing about the process, so purely just asking to understand.  I don't doubt that Rick poured that much time into it, and I certainly don't blame him for cashing his check.  I just think that because of GoCollect's handling of the site so far, it will go the way of NA and I think there is a huge need for that data, and for it to be as accurate as possible.  That is what I don't think PC has going for it.  You just look at all the the shit that it is pulling in to it's pricing averages and you can tell it's not going to be accurate.

    No.  That's why GVN didn't go back as far as PC.  Best you could do would be to go back to 60 / 90 days (whatever eBay keeps in completed) from the day you started the project. 

    Not to mention, PC and GVN both didn't change as eBay changed.  eBay rolled out their best offers on auctions within the last year or so, yet no one can see the data.  If I list something at $9.99 auction with "best offer" and you buy it for $50, it doesn't show up in completed listings and it doesn't get caught by either site.  

    Not to mention the countless side deals that happen on BIN / OBO that gets pulled.

    Either way, the pricing sites do the best they can but are just guides and nothing more. 

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    While we're at it...

    in Suggestions & Feedback

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    It would be, but the problem is that these sites (PC / GVN) benefit from their longevity.  If you start now, you miss out on all of the prior data the other sites have.

    And it also strikes me as a monumental task, not easy to build eBay scraping API tools with flashy interfaces.  Hogie poured in thousands upon thousands of hours into that site.  I helped him with some of the manual overrides (reviewing the flagged listing each day), but even after a few weeks of that I told him I just didn't have the time. 

    Has anyone thought about Secret Santa this year?

    in Everything Else

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    Well, we briefly mentioned it amongst the mods and I'm pretty sure we would do on here.  And for obvious reasons, we aren't going to be affiliated with anything NA does, if that site even exists in two months.  We don't want to get ahead of ourselves but yes, I would expect a formal announcement in November if we go through with it.

    Also, could possibly welcome volunteers to help coordinate. 

    Vinyl Expected to Outsell CDs by End of Year... Retro is In Apparently!

    in Everything Else

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    Saw an interesting article worth sharing:

    https://www.channel3000.com/news/national-news/vinyl-expected-to-outsell-cds-by-end-of-the-year/1134307215

    Cliff Notes:

    Sales of new and new and used vinyl records have been increasing over the past decade, going up 55.8% from 2010 to 2011 and 131.8% from 2011 to 2012, CNBC said, according to eBay data. The network also said there was an 18.5% year-over-year increase in sales of new records from 2016 to 2017.

    Vinyl is making a comeback apparently, but when's the last time anyone has listened to a CD?  It's been several years for me.  It's all radio / streaming / SiriusXM in my car.  This isn't that much of shocking news, but neat to see. 

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