Will B/S/T Activity Pick Up AFTER the National?

[jingram058]

Seems pretty slow to me right. Just typical summer slow down, or due to the National? I'm guessing activity will pick up when it's over.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Seems pretty slow to me right. Just typical summer slow down, or due to the National? I'm guessing activity will pick up when it's over.

Years past, was always an uptick before the National, as people were raising funds. Don't see that anymore.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Maybe it's just the stuff I look at, but BST activity in general seems like it's been on a slow downward curve here for few years now.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Maybe it's just the stuff I look at, but BST activity in general seems like it's been on a slow downward curve here for few years now.

Totally. People bottom pick the $45 and $75 items, but once you move into higher end stuff things generally just sit. For the same reason all the "eye candy" from the National will be at the next show. Buyers want post covid prices with a haircut; Sellers want pre-covid prices with a bump.

[minibbcards]

i hope it picks up after the National. hoping people upgraded their collections and have the lower grades for sale and need to pay off their credit cards!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Maybe it's just the stuff I look at, but BST activity in general seems like it's been on a slow downward curve here for few years now.

I will go the other way and say there is just less buyers on here so listing stuff is a waste of time. I have noticed stuff doesn't sell even when listed below eBay prices. I recently had 3 auctions and I pretty much gave 2 of the items away. I seen one a few days later listed on eBay for 20 times what it sold for on here.

I know over the years I have bought a ton of great items in the BST section but have not bought much in the last couple years.

[Snapolit1]

I remember when BST was a lot of eye popping stuff. Unless I dreamed it, Jeff L. once listed a Joe Jackson Cracker Jack PSA 7.

Originally Posted by bnorth

I will go the other way and say there is just less buyers on here so listing stuff is a waste of time. I have noticed stuff doesn't sell even when listed below eBay prices. I recently had 3 auctions and I pretty much gave 2 of the items away. I seen one a few days later listed on eBay for 20 times what it sold for on here.

I know over the years I have bought a ton of great items in the BST section but have not bought much in the last couple years.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I will go the other way and say there is just less buyers on here so listing stuff is a waste of time. I have noticed stuff doesn't sell even when listed below eBay prices. I recently had 3 auctions and I pretty much gave 2 of the items away. I seen one a few days later listed on eBay for 20 times what it sold for on here.

I know over the years I have bought a ton of great items in the BST section but have not bought much in the last couple years.

My experience as a seller lately is T206s listed at 90-100% of eBay/VCP sale prices move right away. All the other common stuff (Goudey, Topps, etc.) just sits there. Rare stuff is hit or miss. Generally, if I'm looking to sell something from PSAs "Top 250 Sports Cards in the Hobby" (which accounts for much of what I sell) I'll end up clearing more if I consign it to one of the big eBay sellers than I was able to get on the BST, so I figure the people buying that stuff via eBay are not the same eyeballs we have on the BST.

[jingram058]

I have built a number of low grade Topps and Bowman sets, probably 75% through the B/S/T. And while not full sets, quite a few t205, t207, CJs, Goudey and Play Ball in lower grade from the B/S/T. There is one nice large group of raw t205 listed right now. Also a big lot of 1971 Topps. I already have a complete 1971 set, but it's a nice lot, nonetheless. But other than that, not so much. I'm sure I am overlooking some. Seems like oh so many high grade individual cards. And way fewer of them of late, or so it seems to me anyway. I wonder if there is a real trend downward, or if it's seasonal, or an effect caused by the National. Looking, unfortunately, like it may be a trend, based on what you folks are saying.

[donmuth]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I will go the other way and say there is just less buyers on here so listing stuff is a waste of time. I have noticed stuff doesn't sell even when listed below eBay prices.

Stuff listed on the Net54 B/S/T board SHOULD be listed for 10-15% less than eBay pretty much always. No ebay fees here and if people pay with PPFF or similar there is even more savings to the seller.

I have noticed much fewer ungraded T206 sales threads. I don't know if that is because more people are collecting T206s now than say 5 years ago and aren't parting with as many. Or if more and more are getting graded and thus not as many ungraded available. A combo of the two. Or something else. I think that the prices of most T206s at the LCS, ebay, and shows are high. So I usually wait to find them here for a reasonable price.

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by donmuth

Stuff listed on the Net54 B/S/T board SHOULD be listed for 10-15% less than eBay pretty much always. No ebay fees here and if people pay with PPFF or similar there is even more savings to the seller.

I have noticed much fewer ungraded T206 sales threads. I don't know if that is because more people are collecting T206s now than say 5 years ago and aren't parting with as many. Or if more and more are getting graded and thus not as many ungraded available. A combo of the two. Or something else. I think that the prices of most T206s at the LCS, ebay, and shows are high. So I usually wait to find them here for a reasonable price.

While technically I agree with you. But also consider buyers here don't pay sale tax or usually shipping.

[Section103]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Years past, was always an uptick before the National, as people were raising funds. Don't see that anymore.

Exactly this.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Years past, was always an uptick before the National, as people were raising funds. Don't see that anymore.

I raised around 50% of the funds for a Jim Thorpe auto purchase this week through B/S/T over the past month -- mostly small items, but I cleared the cash I needed to make it happen.

That said, from a buying perspective since I joined 14 months ago, I've had more luck throwing out an LTB post, then someone reaching out to me via PM who didn't have the item officially for sale.

[pawpawdiv9]

I recently sold my 48/49 leaf Paige here
But no luck on the 51 mick i had up
It’s a hit or miss
But I made some good purchases thru bst here