Comments on: A More Accurate Pop Price Guide, Adjusting for Buyer’s Premiums on Mercari and More

By: Joschik

Joschik — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:24:18 +0000

In reply to Vito.

We replied to your comment here – https://www.poppriceguide.com/2024/10/shipping-included-price-point-collectibles-estimated-value/ (if you like to reply please do it there).

By: Vito

Vito — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:01:02 +0000

Shipping should absolutely be included in the total value of a sale. You see it all the time on eBay and others, someone low balling a price and making up the difference on the shipping charge! This is not a fair representation of an items true value and is causing a downward spiral in pricing. The method PPG uses to calculate value is awful and a detriment to the hobby and collectors. Anything they profess to be improving won’t matter, till this flawed system is fixed.

By: Swannie007

Swannie007 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:56:39 +0000

In reply to Joschik. Agreed :)

By: mup_ppg

mup_ppg — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:57:28 +0000

In reply to Joschik. apples to oranges. if something is valued at 120. someone ain't buying that from someone who has a 30 dollar shipping fee on there. then for the buyer they just payed 150. so if someone is going to put something on there for 90 but with a 30 dollar shipping cost then it's not an overpay. plus one low sales taints ppgs value when it only sold for that low bc of the high shipping cost

By: mup_ppg

mup_ppg — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:53:54 +0000

still affects the price, especially when it’s being factored in for value. in other words, if you have 5 sales in a 2 week span. 4 of them are say around 120 to 130 then an 80 dollar sale shows up but shipping was 30 bucks with tax, that’s closer to the price of 120 130, it’s selling for. PPGs value system will then drop the value to say 90 to 95 all bc of that one sale when actually the only reason it sold for that low was bc of the 30 dollar shipping. so yea it does need to be factored in.

By: The Collector

The Collector — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:35:07 +0000

In reply to hvik. I don’t consider shipping in the total value. Considering the alternative would be I had to buy a plane ticket or drive there shipping is doing me a favor. I also don’t consider taxes because some states happening in some states don’t.

By: Joschik

Joschik — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:01:47 +0000

In reply to hvik. If we started to add shipping costs and somebody in Argentina is willing to pay $40 shipping as they cannot get the product locally that would distort the value of the item. Shipping and tax are ancillary costs that you know about and that are based on your location (Zillow does not add your realtor costs, lawyer fees or real estate taxes for that reason). And to be fair we would otherwise also have to add the costs of fuel and other costs associated with car ownership if somebody drives to Target to buy a Pop. And even if we did add sales tax it wouldn't work - if you live in Arab, Georgia the local sales tax is 16% while there are places like Alaska where sales tax is under 2%.

By: hvik

hvik — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:40:06 +0000

In reply to mup_ppg. That is true, tax is almost 10% and shipping is another $10+ for higher end pops, people on facebook literally law ball you because the PPG "average" doesn't reflect those two costs

By: mup_ppg

mup_ppg — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:16 +0000

yall need to add shipping and tax grand totals for ebay. they never used to charge tax now do and there has been plenty of listing that get posted and are lower than the normal sales due to high shipping cost and tax. for example, there are sales that happen from other countries like Australia and the uk and shipping is usually 20 to 30 bucks, that 100 percent effects the sale price and should be factored in, especially if it’s an offer or buy now.