Lot calculator - free shipping only or calculated shipping only

Anonymous 5 years ago • updated by 5 years ago • 1

When I use lot calculator, I notice that sold listings include free shipping and calculated shipping. If I want to buy a lot of games and I put them into the lot calculator, I would like to know what formula the ‘value’ is being determined by.

Example: If a loose game is valued at $4.00 through the lot calculator and I want to buy it for half of what it’s worth, I would pay the seller $2.00. If the calculator was determining that value from a majority of free shipping listings when shipping a game can cost $3.00 - $4.00, then I actually lost money from that purchase.

I’m not sure if Ebay’s API will allow a search that specific, but if it can, it would make this tool a lot more reliable and allow the process of buying lots to be a lot more automated.

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5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. The vast majority of sales are for free shipping so the values we show generally are priced with that. Some listings have paid shipping, but with most using free shipping and being priced accordingly, the values we show generally have shipping costs included in the item price.

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