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01-31-2015, 04:55 PM
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Richard, tend to agree with most - the cart is just a placeholder and prices aren't guaranteed until check-out. Much like the Amazon reference noted earlier or other industries, like airlines (IE: ticket prices aren't guaranteed until time of ticketing)
As far as Deans - I never understood buying anything from them as many have noted. The "..makes 707 look like a yard sale" was funny as well as accurate IMO. If you find one-of-a-kinds and don't mind overpaying, more power to you. But I'm sure the common police reference "move along, nothing to see here" had roots born from stumbling over their cards/prices at some point. Last edited by Edwolf1963; 01-31-2015 at 04:57 PM. 
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01-31-2015, 05:06 PM
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Agree with all that has been said about their prices and why anyone would buy from them, but they must be making money somehow, and a fair amount of it.
Does anyone have any closer knowledge of their business model? I imagine they are reading all this criticism and laughing all the way to the bank. They must be doing something right. Is that they serve a large clientele of high wealth customers - some of who have more dollars than "sense" - and prefer to deal with someone they perceive as large and reputable and gives them more service?
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01-31-2015, 07:33 PM
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Some independent (non-ebay), e-commerce sites offer a feature that allows the admins to view "abandoned" shopping carts...from the Volusion (an e-cart) website, here is the "benefit" of the abandoned shopping cart report:
Boost sales by identifying shoppers who added products to their cart but didn’t complete the purchase. This profit-building feature shows all abandoned carts for your store, including key customer contact information.
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01-31-2015, 07:38 PM
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*The OP and I collect obscure, uncataloged, and little known printing error/variation cards, and Deans Cards is a good source because they show good scans of the fronts and the backs"
So basically, both of you look for cards not readily known so you can re-sell for a nice profit on the secondary market. I'll repeat what I said, if you know something is good, complete the purchase and move on. After all this, I don't think the original poster has one thing to complain about.
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01-31-2015, 07:48 PM
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Rich, I have never seen either of these variation collectors "flip" any of their cards ....they simply collect them. See the OPs webiste (he recently shared this link in the post war forum) for details on his variation collection:
https://sites.google.com/site/richarddingmancards/
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01-31-2015, 08:42 PM
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It hurts me to hear some posters say things like (paraphase) "you are crazy to buy from dean's". The original poster obviously buys from dean's so in essence you are criticizing him. Who are you to judge. It seems like there are mean people on this site.
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My want list is located at: randysbaseballcards.webs.com
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01-31-2015, 08:58 PM
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01-31-2015, 08:40 PM
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