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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: ty_cobb
Being a long time collector, the most important avenue |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie Vognar
Why would ANYONE buy off the internet if he could see and touch the card or whatever before buying it? Doesn't make sense. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: jay behrens
becuase people are too busy with other things to be bothered with human interaction anymore. Or, in case of me and my brother, we live so far from any decent show that the internet is the only viable way to add cards to our collection. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: ty_cobb
1)It is not useful to a collector to have only |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: jay behrens
I know a number of people have yanked personal sites because they got tired of having to deal with people wanting them to sell cards from their collection that they posted on their site when it was clearly stated that nothing was for sale. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
unless they're for sale or trade--as a rule. I sort of do, even if they make me envious. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Gary B.
I just got back into card collecting after being out of it since the late 80's, and boy it has changed. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Pcelli60
Its a whole new world of faceless collectors and dealers. But I still like on line collecting as it gives me more choices/options..Of course we all need a balanced diet, so looking a dealer in the eye every now and then keeps us all "honest"... |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: T206Collector
I completely disagree. There is no relevance is seeking more competition for ebay. The fact that there is one gigantic market place (i.e. ebay) within which there are countless buyers and sellers is what makes for the closest to ideal conditions for educated buyers and sellers to purchase and sell their cards (or anything else for that matter). It's very simple economics. At a card store or even a show, you are at the mercy of the seller. On ebay, you can pretty much get anything you want if you are willing to pay a marginal cost above what another buyer is willing to pay. Moreover, the internet is what has given PSA and SGC so much business. Sure, you can look at a scan and read what the seller says about a card, but if PSA or SGC have graded it, that's the loudest most reliable voice in the auction. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
how much I miss all the great shows that used to be within half an hour of where I live (Berkeley, California); the Vintage Baseball Card Forum almost, if not completely, makes up for it. Ebay (only 80 feedback, after three years) is usually slightly disappointing. Add up a lot of "slightly disappointings" and you get--a big diappointment. Paypal was very novel, until I started feeling like i was being nibbled to death by mice. The tips and outright sales I've gotten from this board, however, really lessen the pain a LOT! Not to mention the information, outside contacts and friends. And TRADES! I never traded before... |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Hal Lewis
Anytime any of you are in the Tallahassee, FL, area and want to see these cards IN PERSON ... let me know and we can do it: |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: David Vargha
What's up with the color Mayo card next to those other three? |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: hankron
is that in one week I bought a rare movie poster from Italy, 2 photos from Austria, 7 photos from England and sold a photo to a someone in London-- all paid overnight with PayPal and all buyers were satisfied. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: hankron
An 8 year old girl in Austrailia emailed asking for help with her homework |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie Vognar
I'm just saying that's it's not the best place for the buyer of visual material too look at the stuff he's buying. Unless he already knows the seller very, very well. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie Vognar
I didn't say a thing for sale (or to look at) COULDN'T be |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Pcelli60
" ..I felt I was being nibbled away at by mice..." I love it! That explains my re-occuring dream as a piece of cheese! |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Hal Lewis
I edited my previous message JUST for you! |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
Does that mean I have to remove my Mayo Ewing? Maybe I can talk my way around it. I see Bill has had time to edit out David Rudd's gorgeous photos--because they aren't baseball related??? Good grief, I thought that eye's iris was moving! |
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Posted By: Hal Lewis
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: jay behrens
I doubt Bill removed the picture. If David does like me and hosts his own pictures, he may have removed the picture himself. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: Julie
I doubt he removed them. But it's possible. DRATS, didn't save those! |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: hankron
Julie, I removed the images on my own choice. |
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What the internet should be (and card collecting...)
Posted By: hankron
The only interesting fact about the photos I posted is that one is owned by the woman in the photo. |
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