A month or so ago I had a bunch of 'cheap' lots on ebay one week - maybe 20 items.
7 of those sold for more than high TCR value - one went for double the high TCR
The previous week that same chip had sold for 1/3 of the price.

The problem is that a lot of people find the cheapest sale they can on ebay, they determine that is the market price in their mind, and set that as their maximum buying price.

Yes we still look at all completed auctions, but if TCR says $40, and I (and possibly Ricky and others) am getting that price regularly from website sales, then I dont care what ebay says.

Also, many sellers trying to rid themselves of quantities will look at TCR and sell at 50%. People here seem to think that means we should cut the TCR price in half. Well if we do that.....guess what.....the sellers cut their price in half again!!