SMR pricing for raw commons.

[mintacular]

Based on $6.50 per card this fella could put near 4K into a '60 set with no stars and ya'll think that's a good/reasonable deal? The only way he should pay anywhere NEAR this price is if they are razor sharp centered blazers with no snow, no dings, etc.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Personally, I would give some kind of quantity discount for 70 cards, but if you want a NM set oddly enough you have to pay NM prices for cards.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by mintacular

Based on $6.50 per card this fella could put near 4K into a '60 set with no stars and ya'll think that's a good/reasonable deal? The only way he should pay anywhere NEAR this price is if they are razor sharp centered blazers with no snow, no dings, etc.

^^This.^^ As a would-be set builder, commons are what jump up and bite me right in the rear. I sometimes have given in and paid too much for nice commons. However, this was my flawed logic: My budget wasn't very large, and I could afford a few commons at a time. So, over time, I put the set together a little at a time in chunks that I could afford. In the end, though, I had waaayyyyy too much in the set because of that approach.

[mintacular]

Also, tell the dealer to spend $500 in grading fees to get his 70 commons graded, then tell him most commons sell for 50-75% of SMR and pretty quickly the conversation changes. Pricing raw cards at graded prices is apples and oranges, those SMR prices already nearly double market prices on most commons have the cost of grading baked into the cake. I stick to my original that anything over $200 you probably spent too much

[Johnny630]

Pay a percentage of high Beckett :-)

All is good

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by mintacular

Also, tell the dealer to spend $500 in grading fees to get his 70 commons graded, then tell him most commons sell for 50-75% of SMR and pretty quickly the conversation changes. Pricing raw cards at graded prices is apples and oranges, those SMR prices already nearly double market prices on most commons have the cost of grading baked into the cake. I stick to my original that anything over $200 you probably spent too much

Without knowing the amount of High #'s it's hard for me to say. For 70 Low Numbers I could see me discounting to $200.

The flip side is when I guy comes to your table and wants all 165 of your 1952 Topps commons and minor stars. You quote him $1200 (the low numbers avg VG the rest avg EX) thinking you hate to go that low but it's a good sale overall and there's a little profit in it and the guy comes back with "I was thinking $800" If you want to buy wholesale maybe you should invest in a booth at the show like I have to! This happened at Philly this weekend.