The Hobby Boards

eBay is testing a new extended bidding for trading cards being auctioned through its marketplace…but you may or may not see it.

The company acknowledged what collectors had been seeing over the past few days—an option for sellers to have their card auctions extended by two minutes when a bid is placed in the last two minutes of an auction.

“We’re constantly exploring new ways to make the buying and selling experience even better for our community. We’re excited to be testing extended bidding on select Trading Cards—a feature we know many of our collectors have been asking for. This is a limited test for now, and we’ll share more details as we learn and expand.”

mindcycle wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:44 pm

I know zero collectors who were asking for this, lol.

Sniping is honestly one of the major benefits of the platform as a collector since you can often win something for cheaper than you would on the big auction sites. I specifically avoid those sites due to the extended bidding along with the stupid buyers premium on everything. That, and using something like Gixen (a snipe tool) allows you to set a max bid and let it roll so you aren't potentially overpaying in the final moments.

Not only will this kill eBay for me, it has the potential to increase shill bidding even more on the platform IMO. Now shillers can have essentially unlimited time to bid up an auction. If they don't implement immediate payment required for these types of auctions it could be disastrous.

Let me know what you all think.

I agree with you, mindcycle. The greed of these companies knows no bounds. Yet another reason to get out of the hobby.

AbraCalabro wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:34 pm Anything that would enable further shilling / price fixing is a big no from me.

No interest in using Goldin, ever...and I sure as shit will never, ever use ALT - I don't think that ball gargling shit head ever paid Artee his money to this day. PWCC / Fanatics..............honestly, think I'd rather catch AIDS than ever do business with them.

All I use now are eBay and trading / selling between other hobbyists, that's basically it. On the plus side, it's a lot easier to be extremely selective when it comes to buying, which is 'the lane' I've chosen for current and future acquisitions and I don't plan on changing that, so overall even though the stuff I get is a little higher end, I'm spending less money than I ever have before on cards.

kingofsnake wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:43 pmI agree with you, mindcycle. The greed of these companies knows no bounds. Yet another reason to get out of the hobby.

mindcycle wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:04 pm

AbraCalabro wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:34 pm Anything that would enable further shilling / price fixing is a big no from me.

No interest in using Goldin, ever...and I sure as shit will never, ever use ALT - I don't think that ball gargling shit head ever paid Artee his money to this day. PWCC / Fanatics..............honestly, think I'd rather catch AIDS than ever do business with them.

All I use now are eBay and trading / selling between other hobbyists, that's basically it. On the plus side, it's a lot easier to be extremely selective when it comes to buying, which is 'the lane' I've chosen for current and future acquisitions and I don't plan on changing that, so overall even though the stuff I get is a little higher end, I'm spending less money than I ever have before on cards.

Same here. I’d never use any of the big auction houses unless it was to sell a really valuable card. Buying on those platforms with all the tacked on fees seems miserable.

I’ve really slowed down buying on eBay this past year and ramped up going to shows and doing deals on platforms like IG. You avoid the shill fest happening on there nowadays and get to make new acquaintances. Much better experience.

kingofsnake wrote: Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:43 pmI agree with you, mindcycle. The greed of these companies knows no bounds. Yet another reason to get out of the hobby.

I don’t think I’ll ever completely leave, but I’m slowing selling off a bunch my non-PC stuff and putting it towards non-hobby pursuits. With almost every buying platform trying to suck the life out of collectors now It honestly just doesn’t seem fun anymore. I’ll take the profit for now and just pick up low end stuff from shows, COMC, or directly from hobby friends I’ve made. Or trade. That’s been more fun for me these past few years anyway as prices get more and more out of control.