Well . . . I used to do a lot of reselling on ebay. I kept accurate records in excel categorizing every lot I ever purchased, the price I paid, how much I sold each individual item for, what the Net amount of the item sale price was (after ebay and paypal fees) and what my net profit (loss) was on each lot.
My goal was usually to make 100% or more net profit on a lot. My system for bidding . . . well, I bid on many, many lots of all type of
RPG items. So, my system - which worked very well - was to assign a value to each item in the lot - For the most part $5.
So, every hardcover, module, supplement, etc. would get a $5 value. Some items might get the $10 treatment (i.e. modules like Baltron's Beacon, box sets, Expert Rules modules, etc.). The occassional item would get a slightly higher assessment if I knew I could get it: Various box sets, mods like The Marklands or Vecna Lives . . . whatever. (Of course, by and large, it was easier to bid on Non-D&D/AD&D items as there was less competition.)
A quick and easy run through of an available lot would mostly be $5 an item with occassional high end items. That would be my Max bid amount - Based on condition, quantity, shipping I might add up to 25% to this amount. Then I would just enter the bid into Bidnip and move on.
$5 an item might be a bit low, but I was all about moving the items in and out. Besides, once fees are deducted it all usually worked out to give me 100% - 150% profit.
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