Long time lurker with first question

[ksabet]

I am five cards away from completing a PSA graded 1938 Goudey set (Currently #9 on the registry). I haven't been putting together sets for very long and this has been a thoroughly enjoyable process that I expect to continue with future sets when this is done.

My question is that a few cards that I need are on ebay but the sellers won't budge from asking around 5-8 times what VCP or Ebay has as the completed sales for the last few years...Why is this?

Am I missing out on some hidden sales strategy? I offered about 15% above what any have sold for and it still seems I am not even close.

I used to work for a substantial auction company and was told when I worked there that some of these guys just clearly want to rip people off and will hold on to cards for years despite price fluctuations. I don't want to out the dealers but it seems to be consistent across all the material they have for sale and I am sure most know who they are.

Sorry if it seems I am whining, I don't have the connections of a lot of board members so the process of finding the last few cards has been sort of daunting.

Any help in understanding the process would be appreciated.

Also if any one can help find:

1938 Goudey

#250 Dimaggio
#252 Bonura
#262 Medwick
#274 Dimaggio
#280 Kennedy

It would be greatly appreciated. I am willing to pay even a little above market, but don't want to be ripped off. I have already scoped the buy/sell and it seems none are for sale so I thought I would ask here.

Thanks and look forward to participating further in the future.

Kiya

[egbeachley]

Don't buy from them. The moment you do it legitimizes the prices.

[shammus]

Hi Kiya, welcome aboard. You can also start a thread in the BST section about those final 33 Goudey's you need. Lots of Goudey collectors pay pretty close attention to the "'20's to '40's cards VBC Forum B/S/T" page that is listed there. Hopefully someone can help you out with at least a couple of those. Good luck.....

[Leon]

Have you scoured ebay continually, contacted other Goudey Registry members, checked out as many major auctions as possible etc....?? There are some Goudey collectors on the board so maybe this post will help...Good luck and welcome aboard.

[barrysloate]

Walk away from those ebay sellers, it isn't worth your aggravation...and welcome to the board.

[green rhino123]

I noticed this with the '38 Goudeys...
and I only want a few of em

they are priced higher than T206s and such
just plain wrong

[ksabet]

Thanks for all the quick responses. I have been checking almost weekly for about two years now and have been relatively successful at finding my price, but as you get down to a few, especially the Joe D's, it becomes tougher.

Just as an example there is a #280 Kennedy PSA 4 for $150. I checked VCP and the average of the last few is around $35 with $79 being the highest ever. I offered $60 and got a firm no.

Just seems like bad business to me, but I am no expert so thanks again.

[Matt]

Kiya - welcome to the forum!

I don't know the logic behind it, but as others have mentioned there are a good number of eBay sellers who won't budge from their BIN prices that are WAY over market. It gives a bad name to the whole eBay BIN category, which is unfortunate, as I used to list the cards I had to sell on eBay as BINs but haven't listed for a while since many people don't even look there anymore.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ksabet

Just as an example there is a #280 Kennedy PSA 4 for $150. I checked VCP and the average of the last few is around $35 with $79 being the highest ever. I offered $60 and got a firm no.

Just seems like bad business to me, but I am no expert so thanks again.

Just have more patience. You will find this card in your price range.....Cards like these are a bit soft right now. If I were a set builder I wouldn't want to pay more for a (seemingly) common card than has ever been paid before. Quite the contrary, I would be looking for a deal on the low end. regards

[Potomac Yank]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

Don't buy from them. The moment you do it legitimizes the prices.

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I totally agree .....

Let it be part of their estate!

[HRBAKER]

[]What you have entered is known as Pre-War Buy-It-Now Museum on ebay. It is a sort of Show and Tell as opposed to Show and Sell. Keep looking you will find them.