What I don't understand about Dealers ...

[sycks22]

I love the dealers at shows that put the "book price" then "our price" assuming that a card without a left corner and 241 creases constitutes full book value and their "our price" is usually about 40-50% of full book. I think their hope is that someone just loses it when they see a Mantle or Ruth card, not knowing what the card goes for.

[SMPEP]

When I was saying dealer on Ebay, I was refering to someone like Levi (but not Levi in this case). This person has a brick and mortar store, this is their primary occupation, they go to nationals as a regular seller, etc.

Like I said, I get them sitting on something rare (little competition from other sellers and you can't readily replace it) makes a ton of sense to me.

But something generic like say a 1966 Topps Mickey Mantle (not the card in question but just an example) ... you can find 40 (or more) of them for sale on Ebay every single day of the week. This guy doesn't have the only one in that condition (and never will) and doesn't even have the cheapest one. So I don't understand why you would turn down an offer that is above average for the last 100+ sales in that condition.

Not upset by any means. I have my cash. He has his card. Everything is cool by me. But if I ran a card store, it would seem to me I would take a reasonable offer everytime to flip my inventory and not tie up my capital. I can making a bigger profit through volume on a "generic commodity" like card. On the rare stuff, heck yes, I make more waiting for the right guy to walk in, but not on mass produced Topps cards.

oh ... and this guy will NOT get $130. This card will still be for sale in three years. And that I don't get.