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Old 08-04-2018, 06:20 PM
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Default Uh oh...I think Dean's Cards Disease is now spreading

Can anyone in the world possibly explain the pricing of this buy-it-now listing????

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-JOSE-L...LH_TitleDesc=1

The last couple of PSA 9's sold for like $11.

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Old 08-04-2018, 06:40 PM
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Mistake or inside joke probably.
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i don't care if it is a pricing mistake, if i buy it at that price, the seller better damn well deliver. oh wait .....
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Old 08-04-2018, 06:51 PM
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If it was priced at $1,800.00, I could believe it was a mistake of the decimal point placement and should have been $18...but where in heck did the 6 numerals (186890) come from???
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Why do people keep posting about overpriced cards on this site? Just ignore them and move on. You don't need to ask us why.
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Why do people keep posting about overpriced cards on this site? Just ignore them and move on. You don't need to ask us why.
because it's fun to see how crazy people are?
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The price is back down to 18.69 now....
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Why do people keep posting about overpriced cards on this site? Just ignore them and move on. You don't need to ask us why.
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Why do people keep posting about overpriced cards on this site? Just ignore them and move on. You don't need to ask us why.
So, instead of having a little fun, you want people to ignore it and move on...yet YOU didn't ignore this thread and move on, didja???
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Probstein has had this one listed for some time now. Typically sells for under $100

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-Topps-...sid=m570.l1313
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So, instead of having a little fun, you want people to ignore it and move on...yet YOU didn't ignore this thread and move on, didja???
This isn't a criticism, but finding vastly overpriced cards on eBay isn't exactly like spotting a unicorn. I collect racing cards, and there has been a 1990 Wendell Scott card listed on eBay for a while now at $15,997.95. That card is worth about $10-20.

Examples like that are easy to find on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-90-TG-...from=R40&rt=nc
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Old 08-05-2018, 07:25 PM
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As someone who buys high grade singles for my sets from ebay, I have noticed that Deans Cards have a nice psa 8 1959 common for $120 when I can find one from someone else for $25. Does that also mean that they pay much more your cards?
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Old 08-06-2018, 08:54 AM
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How about when someone wants to sell their card and quotes as Deans asking price. My response is, cards not for me best of luck.
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As someone who buys high grade singles for my sets from ebay, I have noticed that Deans Cards have a nice psa 8 1959 common for $120 when I can find one from someone else for $25. Does that also mean that they pay much more your cards?
Last December he purchased a 1956 Yankees Team card PSA 3 for $33.50 on Ebay (going price was about $40). He has the same card still listed at $125. So I guess it depends on what is a reasonable margin. In this case, I'd say no, he didn't pay that much more for the card.
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Last December he purchased a 1956 Yankees Team card PSA 3 for $33.50 on Ebay (going price was about $40). He has the same card still listed at $125. So I guess it depends on what is a reasonable margin. In this case, I'd say no, he didn't pay that much more for the card.
Ok thanks for the response.
What about the private collector who clicks on the sell your cards and expects a fair price for high grade raw sets based on what they are selling their cards for. I would guess that they are not the best option for a fair price.
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Somebody must be plain loco for Coco. LOL
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I don't want to sound like a jerk, but he must be selling something to someone. He is apparently well known and not just for high prices to have endured so long. I have personally never bought a card from him as far as I know, and I agree with the sentiment expressed in this thread, but he must have customers ( as incredible as it may seem).

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$18.69 for a PSA 9 1972 High number is a nice buy. $1869, not so much.
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I don't want to sound like a jerk, but he must be selling something to someone.
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"When a card sells, and we sell over 1,000 cards a day......."

He has his own excellent website. He has a huge inventory. He markets his cards extremely well - eBay, COMC, and Amazon. In short, I think he's a good businessman, and I believe he actually does sell 1000 cards a day.

I learned a long time ago that when you run a business you're better off choosing one of these three ways to compete: best price, best service, or best product. Choose one of the three and really try to excel at that. Dean seems to be leaning towards the product aspect - he offers more cards than any other dealer. But he's also pretty good at the service end as well. His website is really well done. But in order to benefit from his product and service you're gonna pay more!

Ask yourself this: If you asked your wife to buy you a certain card online, wouldn't Dean's website be the best place to send her? No PayPal account required. No eBay account required. Just pick the card and pay for it like you're buying a book on Amazon.

And no, I do not work for Dean! But people on this board rip the guy at least a few times a year - every single year. But take a minute and understand the business model he's set up. It's probably not designed for the collector who scours eBay looking for the best price, but give the guy a break - he must be doing something right!
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Talk about putting earrings on a pig. On the internet/ebay/COMC/etc. you can easily find any card you need in seconds. Why in heck would anyone pay ten times as much for the same card in the same condition from that ripoff artist?? You wanna throw your money down the toilet, all the power to you. Go for it.
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Dean's Cards (and their high prices) kinds of reminds me of Larry Fritsch Cards a generation ago. They were always way higher than anyone else, for singles and sets (prices for new sets were $30 when everyone else charged $10-15).

Not sure what the clientele is for each but clearly they both had successful businesses despite their prices not being competitive.
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Dean's Cards (and their high prices) kinds of reminds me of Larry Fritsch Cards a generation ago. They were always way higher than anyone else, for singles and sets (prices for new sets were $30 when everyone else charged $10-15).

Not sure what the clientele is for each but clearly they both had successful businesses despite their prices not being competitive.
Yeah but Fritsch had his ads all over, magazines, SCD, etc. And pre internet. Different now with most cards a click away.

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Dean's Cards (and their high prices) kinds of reminds me of Larry Fritsch Cards a generation ago. They were always way higher than anyone else, for singles and sets (prices for new sets were $30 when everyone else charged $10-15).

Not sure what the clientele is for each but clearly they both had successful businesses despite their prices not being competitive.
Yeah - Mr. Fritsch's prices were always oddly higher...their adds always featured this prominent perk - "professionally hand-collated", which probably caught some peoples' eyes in a positive way, but I was ordering at the time from Renata Galasso whose prices were far more competitive and who's cards were, nevertheless, collated just fine.
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