>>52709826My ebay secrets.
1. Don't bid until the last second. The app lags a few seconds behind the desktop site. You can even bid on 0 seconds in the app.
2. Keep track of what you buy. Some people claim to get nearly 100% of their cards but I had plenty of people who don't send the cards. Ebay always refunds me but it's hard to tell when you buy a lot of cards if you got them. It takes a few days so as soon as the expected delivery day arrives and you don't get the card report it as the item never arriving. Ebay gives the seller a few days to respond then you get your money.
3. Look at the images. You can gamble on poor images if you want but make sure you know what is being sold.
4A. Look at the seller rating and negative feedback. Again, you can gamble if you want but for me it's not worth it to try and save a few dollars from a new or low rating seller.
4B. Look at the seller's other items. You can see what they sell, what they have sold, and if you are interested in their other cards. If you buy multiple cards from the same seller send them a message to combine shipping.
5. I search "Pokemon", "Auctions only", sort by "ending soonest", item location "US" (I avoid international sellers if I have an option), and set number of bids from 1-100 (weeds out things nobody is interested in). The bid numbers can't be set on the app, only in advanced search on the desktop or full site but you can save it and it work on the app. After you click it twice because the first time it shows you all the new items for that search.
6. Yes, I search all "Pokemon". Some cards slip by because they don't say "Pokemon" in the title but they are few. You also get games and toys in the results but the vast majority is cards.
7. Don't let your searches get set to a specific category. There are two categories, "Toys and Hobbies" and "Collectibles", full of pokemon cards.
I have made many mistakes, bought fake cards, bought shitty lots, overpaid, all because I didn't look carefully.
