One quick glance at one auction in particular has, uh, made me want to run away.
18% buyers premium - that means whatever your final bid is, you'll be tacking on an additional 18% for the auction company. Win that for $20, add on $3.60 premium. Now you're paying at least $23.60, and that doesn't include shipping (marked as "available", who knows for how much?).
Keyword manipulation - the listing I was looking at was a 6-card 1972 Topps baseball lot. Contains cards numbered 270, 272, 447, 474, 500, & 668. Title of listing was fine "1972 TOPPS BASEBALL LOT WITH HIGH NUMBERS", however the item description is as follows:
MLB BASEBALL ROOKIE AUTO upper deck UD NBA basketball rookie FLEER SIGNED packs GRADED PSA BGS GC BBCE CGC PSA 10 Donruss numbered SEALED UNOPENED BBCE NHL AUTHENTIC football card sports memorabilia Trading Card TOPPS collectables vintage packs Sealed NBA NFL HOF toys nascar tshirt antique
Notes: *SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION!*
What? Very, very misleading. Not sure if this is the case on all listings, but I don't even want to look any further after seeing that nonsense being tolerated on there.
-- Dan --
Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).