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[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I am not seeing the issue.

No issue at all. Though I would love to hear the rationale of paying $2k for a card in a major auction like REA and the. Offering it for sale for $3200 a week later on a board where 99 percent of the members likely saw it in the auction. Does it bother me? No. Am I curious if it works? You betcha.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

No issue at all. Though I would love to hear the rationale of paying $2k for a card in a major auction like REA and the. Offering it for sale for $3200 a week later on a board where 99 percent of the members likely saw it in the auction. Does it bother me? No. Am I curious if it works? You betcha.

People miss auctions. People didn't bid because they were chasing a different lot and would have bid more had they known they would lose the priority lot. People decide they want a card one week that they didn't want the prior week (I change my want list constantly). People come into some spending money. Who knows.

[RedsFan1941]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

People miss auctions. People didn't bid because they were chasing a different lot and would have bid more had they known they would lose the priority lot. People decide they want a card one week that they didn't want the prior week (I change my want list constantly). People come into some spending money. Who knows.

Makes sense. Thanks.

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

No issue at all. Though I would love to hear the rationale of paying $2k for a card in a major auction like REA and the. Offering it for sale for $3200 a week later on a board where 99 percent of the members likely saw it in the auction. Does it bother me? No. Am I curious if it works? You betcha.

The rationale is easy, people will still buy it. It does work. Auctions are not perfect. Some items will go above market, others will go below market. If you can find the items that go below market, you can then sell them at market (or more) and make a profit. The real question is whether you have the desire to put the effort and time into finding those items that go below market price even if they are not what you personally collect.

DJ

[glynparson]

I hope every card I ever sell gets resold for more money than i sold it for. Why? Because those people will buy more cards. Just curious why you find it ok to sell i presume at a profit but its not ok for other people to do it? Or do you just have a problem with them trying to sell it immediately, and if that is the issue how long does one have to hold something before you think they should be allowed to sell it. PS I am a sometimes flipper feel free to block me, plenty of other places to buy from.

[Leon]

I will go as far as saying if I sell you something on the BST and you can sell it for more before I ship it to you, I will ship it to your buyer instead. I could care less, unless you tell a lie to get a better price (as Peter mentioned) .....

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[Republicaninmass]

I've found the opposite. Most are looking to sell over market.
However, if people don't want headaches and fees of ebay etc, a deal can be had.


Everyday there are thousands of people convinced a card"s value is going to go down, selling to thousands of people swearing the values are going up.

[Rich Falvo]

Unless you actually created the item, every card you ever sell is a flip. You had to have bought it or traded for it at some point in the past.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will go as far as saying if I sell you something on the BST and you can sell it for more before I ship it to you, I will ship it to your buyer instead. I could care less, unless you tell a lie to get a better price (as Peter mentioned) .....

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not a likely scenario

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

not a likely scenario

It's already been done.

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[mechanicalman]

I can certainly understand the sentiment behind the OP's post. A couple years ago, I kept losing ebay auctions to professional eBay flipper, Mike Denero. It was frustrating as hell, but then I realized the problem was me: I was bidding for a "deal." So I changed my strategy. Now, if there's a card I really want, I bid so aggressively that I either win it or lose it to another collector, as the hammer price will make it very difficult to flip quickly or profitably. And if the latter happens, then so be it. There are tons of guys trying to make money with baseball cards. Personally, I've found better ways to invest my time and money, but as a full-fledged capitalist, I can't find issue with the practice.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

I can certainly understand the sentiment behind the OP's post. A couple years ago, I kept losing ebay auctions to professional eBay flipper, Mike Denero. It was frustrating as hell, but then I realized the problem was me: I was bidding for a "deal." So I changed my strategy. Now, if there's a card I really want, I bid so aggressively that I either win it or lose it to another collector, as the hammer price will make it very difficult to flip quickly or profitably. And if the latter happens, then so be it. There are tons of guys trying to make money with baseball cards. Personally, I've found better ways to invest my time and money, but as a full-fledged capitalist, I can't find issue with the practice.

Perfectly stated.