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Just wondering, if anyone wins a card at auction do you add the shipping to the card price paid . Or do you just add the bid price? Example I won a 1975 Curley Culp Fb card for .25 , but shipping was 1.95 for a total of $2.20. I don't want to misrepesent the price when adding my card price paid.

We only track the card price. You eat the shipping price to get it. if you drove 100 miles to go to a cards show do you count the price of the gas to get there to a card you bought? Your wife will, but we don't.  But there is that problem again. Did you pay a fair price or over paid to win because you really wanted it? 

Wait for more response's from others before imputing it.

I wish I could answer. I debate that every time. But I only enter prices for more expensive cards, so the shipping isn't usually make or break. If I pay $3.50 on a $40 card, I usually put $40 for the price. But I don't think $43.50 is wrong. 

In your case, I might lean towards putting .25 for the price. I suspect that they'd combine shipping and you could buy 10 of those cards for $2.50, plus the $1.95. So the real card price is the 25 cents. Perhaps others can offer clearer guidance. 

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If I input a price in here I only input what I paid for the actual card. I don't factor in shipping cost when inputting here if I got it from eBay. I only worry about shipping cost when determining if I am getting a good deal in the end. Same with anything bought at a show, only the actual price paid.

Add S/H to the price of a card? Really? If many of us are doing that than "PRICING" definitely needs updating and we need a Price Check Committee for sure.

I really didn't think so either. I don't think anyone did, but I do see some value on the site that does make me wonder, that was why I was asking.

Yeah you did nothing wrong Sutton.   You were just asking for the rules.  You weren't trying to say we should or shouldn't include postage. You just wanted to be sure you did it right. I, for one, appreciate that you asked.  Many others may have wondered the same thing, because I dont think this has ever been addressed in the forums before.

Can I play devil's advocate for just a second?

In the original post, the winning bid is .25 and shipping is 1.95.

How many times in these forums is the answer to a pricing question "a card is worth what someone is willing to pay"?

I'm not saying the card is worth 2.20, but its clearly worth more than .25, because someone was willing to pay more than that to get it.

If in a hypothetical auction a common card was .05 with $100 shipping it wouldn't get any bids.  If it was .05 with free shipping it would.  The card clearly isn't worth 100.05, but it might worth more than .05.

Just a thought.

To add to Splinter's comment, when I bid on any card or buy online, I facctor in the shipping.  Obviously if I buy a bunch of cards,shipping is less of a factor.  But when buying a single card, shipping is a factor in how much I am willing tobid. The final bid I submit would be what I am willing to pay for a card including the shipping as part of the cost.

We also see many sellers where their true asking price is the shipping. It only costs just slightly more than a $ to send a card yet shipping is often in the $5.  The seller's profit is the shipping for a $1 card.

....and I didn't do anything wrong by suggesting that the member "pricing" format needs a makeover. Maybe a committee? S/H inclusive in a card's price is just wrong....and why would you do that? Were the original price guides including a "S/H charge"? I also don't know if that is a common practice or not on TCDB, but it should be investigated by L8s or ADMIN.