{"id":815,"date":"2014-03-05T05:48:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sneakerheaddata.wordpress.com\/?p=815"},"modified":"2016-04-29T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:36:36","slug":"ebay-prices-are-a-lot-better-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockx.com\/news\/ebay-prices-are-a-lot-better-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay prices are a lot better than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common criticism we receive about our <a title=\"Campless Sneaker Price Guide (03.01.14)\" href=\"http:\/\/beta.campless.com\/Avg-Price-DS\" target=\"_blank\">Sneaker Price Guide<\/a> is that some prices are too low.\u00a0 While it&#8217;s possible that we&#8217;ve made a mistake (and so we double check every sneaker that someone questions), more often than not the problem is not with our price, but with the\u00a0sneakerheads\u2019 perception of true value.\u00a0 We agree that many prices in our Guide are lower than we expected them to be.\u00a0 In fact, when we first started doing this work &#8211; way back in the summer of 2012 &#8211; we feared there was a problem with our data or methodology.\u00a0 So we reviewed thousands of sneakers by hand until we were convinced that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>many sneakers do, indeed, sell for much less than the &#8220;expected price&#8221;<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>So we decided to prove it, mathematically.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hypothesis<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Sneakerheads think eBay is more expensive than it actually is<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0 <strong>True. Perception is $46 more than reality for Jordans on eBay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following is a complete explanation of the work done to reach that conclusion, broken down by our four key findings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Criteria<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We analyzed all Jordan Retros, 3 to 14<\/li>\n<li>We collected all eBay auctions (sold and unsold) for all DS mens Jordans over a 14 month period ending in May of 2013<\/li>\n<li>Each sneaker had to have at least 20 sales and 20 non-sales, or was excluded<\/li>\n<li>We identified six &#8220;time bins&#8221; related to the length of an auction:\u00a0 0-1 days, 2-4 days, 5-7, 8-10, 11-20, and 20+<\/li>\n<li>Each sneaker had to have at least one sale and one non-sale in each of the 6 time bins, or was excluded<\/li>\n<li>143 different Jordans qualified, resulting in 219,353 eBay auctions included in the analysis (119,976 sold; 99,377 unsold)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FINDNG ONE:\u00a0 THE BEST DEALS ON EBAY DISAPPEAR INSTANTLY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first step was to study the price of auctions over time. To do so, we calculated the aggregate average price for the Jordan auctions (both sold and unsold) at six different points over time (&#8220;time bins&#8221;), correlated with the time it takes an auction to end.\u00a0 We also calculated the average price &#8211; the single &#8220;true market value&#8221; for all Jordans.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Average Prices of Jordan Auctions Over Time<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0 to 1 days: \u00a0$278 (sold)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $298 (unsold)<\/li>\n<li>2-4: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $284 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $320<\/li>\n<li>5-7: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $286 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $352<\/li>\n<li>8-10: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $305 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $361<\/li>\n<li>11-20: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$334 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $379<\/li>\n<li>20+: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 $341 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $398<\/li>\n<li>Total\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $289\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 n\/a<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we plot these data points on a graph we can see a clear pattern and an interesting visual hypothesis as to why eBay auctions are perceived to be so expensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"StockX Image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1112\" src=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one.jpg\" alt=\"Auctions over time chart ONE\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-chart-one-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Key Insight:<\/b>\u00a0 This chart shows that the lowest prices are found in eBay listings which end quickly. \u00a0The first three points on the \u201cSold\u201d line \u2013 those priced at or below average &#8211; actually account for 89% of all eBay sales.\u00a0 But the average sales price increases the longer it takes the eBay listing to end, whether the shoe is ultimately sold or not.\u00a0 The very clear upward slope is evidence that these deals disappear almost instantly, leaving \u201cstale digital inventory\u201d sitting for weeks.\u00a0 This has clear implications for three people:\u00a0 Buyers, Sellers and You<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Buyers:<\/b>\u00a0 The lesson here is to ignore any auction which has been sitting for more than 7 days \u2013 odds are it\u2019s overpriced and a better deal will come along soon.\u00a0 In fact, if you\u2019re looking to save more than $10 you should really stop looking after the first day.<\/li>\n<li><b>Sellers:<\/b>\u00a0 If your auction hasn\u2019t sold after a week, it\u2019s probably overpriced and you should consider lowering the price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you&#8217;re reading this article, waiting for us to prove that eBay prices are lower than you think, the previous chart may have sparked your curiosity, but as an astute sneakerhead you are certainly thinking, &#8220;That&#8217;s all well and good Mr. Campless, but we still need a way to measure perception.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FINDING TWO:\u00a0 OVERPRICED AUCTIONS ARE SEEN 5X MORE OFTEN THAN UNDERPRICED AUCTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The way to measure eBay perception is not the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">volume<\/span> of auctions at each price point, but rather how often people <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see<\/span> a particular priced auction.\u00a0 This is best represented by the total number of days each auction spends on eBay.\u00a0 We can calculate this by taking the volume of auctions at each price point, multiplied by the average number of days the auction takes to close.\u00a0 The result is a percentage of total auctions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> for each price point\/time combination.\u00a0 This allows us to measure perception.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Total Days on eBay<\/strong><\/span> = Avg. # days\u00a0 an auction is on eBay (time bin) * Volume of auctions at the average price<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"StockX Image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1144\" src=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Auctions days data table v2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-days-data-table-v2-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At an aggregate level, the 219k auctions we analyzed spent a total of 1.22 million days on eBay.\u00a0 When we plot the % of total days seen on the chart, and add up the time bins greater than the average, we get very interesting results:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"StockX Image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1121\" src=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31.jpg\" alt=\"Auctions over time with percentages TWO v3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/auctions-over-time-with-percentages-two-v31-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key Insight<\/span><\/b><b>:<\/b>\u00a0 Quickly adding the percentages in various locations relative to the actual market price provides several fascinating statistics, all of which support the hypothesis<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overpriced auctions are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> 69% of the time, or 5.3 times more often than underpriced auctions<\/li>\n<li>Auctions priced at least $50 more than the average are seen 56% of the time, or 4.3 times more often than underpriced auctions<\/li>\n<li>Only 13% of all auctions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> are underpriced, and these are underpriced by, at most, $11 less than average<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting to connect the dots . . . we\u2019ve proven that low priced sneakers disappear quickly . . . which leads to \u201cstale digital inventory\u201d . . . so people see overpriced auctions more than five times as often as underpriced ones . . . presumably creating the perception that eBay prices are higher than reality . . .<\/p>\n<p>The next step, then, is to actually quantify \u201cperception price\u201d.\u00a0 How much greater is the perception of eBay pricing than actual?<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FINDING THREE:\u00a0 PERCEPTION IS $46 GREATER THAN REALITY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The statistical definition of &#8220;perception&#8221; is the price at which exactly half of the auctions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">seen<\/span> are more expensive, and exactly half are less.\u00a0 We can quickly identify this point by creating a table from the data used to calculate \u201cdays on eBay\u201d.\u00a0 When we sort this table in ascending order of price we can then calculate the cumulative % of auctions seen which \u2013 at 50% \u2013 will tell us the exact dollar amount of the \u201cPerception Price\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"StockX Image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1140\" src=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality.jpg\" alt=\"Perception Price vs Reality\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/perception-price-vs-reality-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key Insight<\/span><\/b><b>:\u00a0 <\/b>The Perception Price is $335.\u00a0 The actual price is $289.\u00a0 The difference of $46 (16%) represents how much more expensive people think eBay pricing is than reality.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$46 is almost exactly how much the eBay &amp; Paypal fees (14%) would be on a $335 sale (perception price).\u00a0 Many people already think sellers tack these fees onto the sneaker price, so this lends even more credence to the notion that sneakerhead perception is in line with the auctions they see.\u00a0 (Or it&#8217;s an absolutely ridiculous scary coincidence).<\/li>\n<li>This chart shows how we calculated the 89% of sales volume priced at or below average referenced previously in this article.\u00a0 We add the number of auctions from the first three rows (110,074) and divide by total number of auctions sold (123,443).\u00a0 Note, these 89% of auctions are only seen 31.7% of the time (3<sup>rd<\/sup> row, last column).<\/li>\n<li>This analysis does not take into consideration many other factors which could further increase a sneakerhead\u2019s perception of eBay pricing, such as the shock factor of seeing one or two of these <a href=\"http:\/\/var\/app\/current\/news-tmp-0801.businessweek.com\/articles\/2012-06-07\/nike-air-yeezy-2-auction-on-ebay-closes-for-90-300\" target=\"_blank\">ridiculous auction stories<\/a>, or any latent recollection of Flight Club\u2019s pricing (which has a 20% commission tacked on top), or simply the constant chorus of talking (sneaker)heads who lament eBay by involuntary reaction.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bottom line<\/span>:\u00a0 We at Campless believe the eBay price perception gap is much greater than $46, but that is the extent to which we have been able to show statistically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FINDING FOUR:\u00a0 OTHER FACTORS IMPACT PRICE BUT DON&#8217;T CHANGE PERCEPTION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When considering the accuracy of our Price Guide, which is the calculation of eBay average pricing, there are a few other reasons why the data-driven price we report may be different than what you expect to see.\u00a0 Here are the top four:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fakes vs. Lots<\/span><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fakes:<\/strong>\u00a0 We take significant measures to remove fake sneakers from our data including:\u00a0 statistical outlier analysis, minimum &amp; maximums, spot checking and, in the case of significant sneakers like the Yeezy, in-depth auction-by-auction analysis.\u00a0 Our <a href=\"https:\/\/stockx.com\/sneaker-blog\/2013\/11\/19\/yeezy-2-analysis-spotting-fakes-with-data-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">four-part series on using data to spot fake Yeezys<\/a> goes into great detail on the process.\u00a0 That said, it&#8217;s still possible that the rogue Fake finds its way into our data.\u00a0 In general, the inclusion of Fakes lowers the average price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lots:<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;Lots&#8221; are auctions which contain multiple pairs.\u00a0 They are most often an issue when trying to price the individual sneakers from a pack.\u00a0 We use many of the exact same methods to eliminate Lots as we do for Fakes.\u00a0 And like Fakes, we eliminate the large majority of Lots, but some still slip through the cracks.\u00a0 When they do, the result is an increase of the average price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IMPACT:<\/strong>\u00a0 It&#8217;s possible that the high level impact of Fakes and Lots offset each other &#8211; one drives the price down, the other drives it up &#8211; leaving the price right back where it started.\u00a0 That is probably the case for any sneaker which is both part of a pack and highly replicated.\u00a0 But we err on the side of exclusion &#8211; if there is any question, we exclude the auction.\u00a0 So the reality is that when looking at 8.8 million auctions, the very few Fakes and Lots which slip by have a negligible impact on average price or other Campless statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Volume vs. Volatility<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Volume:\u00a0<\/strong> The average price of a high volume sneaker (the Gamma 11s, for example, sold 12,066 pairs since release) is, in general, more reliable than a sneaker with low volume.\u00a0 Simply put, the more auctions, the lower the chance the price is negatively impacted by &#8220;bad&#8221; data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Volatility:\u00a0 <\/strong>Price volatility (defined as standard deviation divided by average price) is a measure of how much you can expect the price to deviate from the average.\u00a0 Simply put, the greater the volatility, the wider the range of expected price.\u00a0 The lower the volatility, the more confidence you can have in the exact average price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IMPACT:\u00a0 <\/strong>When reviewing the Campless Price Guide, which now includes sales volume and price volatility, remember that higher volume and lower volatility means you should have higher confidence in the exact price listed.\u00a0 Lower volume and higher volatility are indicators to expect a larger range around the price listed.\u00a0 For more information on volume, volatility and other statistics we use to extract meaning from sneaker data, see: &#8220;<a title=\"Math Class:  Sneakerhead Statistics\u00a0Defined\" href=\"https:\/\/stockx.com\/sneaker-blog\/2014\/02\/24\/math-class-sneakerhead-statistics-defined\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sneakerhead Statistics Defined<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fakes, Lots, Volume and Volatility are important concepts for our work.\u00a0 The manner in which we account for these factors is just one of the reasons the Campless methodology can be trusted, and why data analysis is inherently more accurate than the &#8220;expert knowledge&#8221; of any individual.\u00a0 It also helps explain why your perception of eBay pricing is not as accurate as our data-driven analysis of it.\u00a0 How many auctions have you looked at?\u00a0 100?\u00a0 1,000?\u00a0 Even 10,000?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s say you do nothing but search eBay all day, every day and you&#8217;ve actually seen 100,000 auctions.\u00a0 Great, just 8.7 million more to go.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IN SUMMARY<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><i>The best deals disappear immediately<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 89% of eBay sales are priced at or below average, but these auctions disappear within a few days, leading to \u201cstale digital inventory\u201d which sits for weeks, some that never sell.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><i>Expensive auctions are seen the most<\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 The result of \u201cstale digital inventory\u201d sitting for weeks is that overpriced auctions are seen 5 times more often than underpriced auctions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b><i>The perception gap is at least $46.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 Quantifying the \u201cstale digital inventory\u201d phenomenon into dollars, perception is that Jordans are at least $46 more expensive than reality, not counting the unmeasurable impact of extreme auctions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>External factors don&#8217;t impact perception.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Fakes, Lots, low volume and high volatility all play a part in the accuracy of any one auction.\u00a0 However, traditional data analysis techniques combined with almost 9 million auctions ensures that these factors have nominal impact on aggregate sneaker statistics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Finally, in the interest of boiling it all down to one simple chart, here&#8217;s one to show your friends:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"StockX Image\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1189\" src=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart.jpg\" alt=\"eBay pricing perception chart\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images-wp.stockx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ebay-pricing-perception-chart-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All that said, please keep checking our work.\u00a0 If you see a price that doesn&#8217;t look right, let us know.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll double check it.\u00a0 I mean, we&#8217;ll probably refer you to this post again, just to make sure you&#8217;ve done <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> homework, but we&#8217;ll always double check ours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common criticism we receive about our Sneaker Price Guide is that some prices are too low.\u00a0 While it&#8217;s possible that we&#8217;ve made a mistake 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