Post a Price..or "Make an Offer?"

[Thromdog]

"I have a T206 Lundgren Chicago that is a Piedmont 350 back, one of the elite 8 or 12. It's trimmed on the three sides and has a touch of paper loss on the back."

Put a price on it? Tough to do. I'm all for being transparent but when there is not enough data to go with, the best way is to tell folks to make an offer on it. If the offers don't feel right, you just kindly say no and move on.

I get that kind of situation. Frustrating for the buyers? Maybe.....but it makes some sense to me from the seller's perspective.

I usually post prices when I want to sell a card. When I want to trade it, I will say that I will entertain offers, and would likely not include the price and would likely only accept an offer if it is above what I wanted to sell it for. I have had the situations above though and it's really tough to add a price.

[1952boyntoncollector]

"If you are genuinely trying to sell a card, why would you NOT post a price? Once again, being completely neutral on the subject...I'm curious to know what is there to gain, by not posting a price? It seems very counterproductive if selling the card is your true motive. By not posting a price, is it safe to say that you are automatically eliminating a good percentage of your prospective buyers from the get go?"


Basically, i dont think people are serious if they dont list a price.. and you will see on this forum that cards without a price tend to not sell like the ones with prices..

also for all the people worried about asking for too little, they can always do a price or best offer....can ask for sky high amount....you wont see people complain about people asking 10x more than perceived market value versus no price at all....plus you can still get offers in with 'or best offer'...with no price you lose some possible buyers.....

seller is free to do what they want but if they are serious in selling a card , i dont think the no price option is a good idea....

[Filthy]

Originally Posted by Thromdog

"I have a T206 Lundgren Chicago that is a Piedmont 350 back, one of the elite 8 or 12. It's trimmed on the three sides and has a touch of paper loss on the back."

Put a price on it? Tough to do. I'm all for being transparent but when there is not enough data to go with, the best way is to tell folks to make an offer on it. If the offers don't feel right, you just kindly say no and move on.

Once again, as a seller, it's your prerogative to ask whatever you want for a card. But, I don't understand the above? In regards to receiving the offers that don't feel right, vs. an offer that makes you say yes to doing the transaction.

So, if you have a card, and ask them to make an offer. If you are going to say no to $200, and are going to say no to $250..and are going to say no to $300, but if somebody offers up $375...and that offer feels right! So, you agree to it........ why wouldn't you post it up for $375 in the first place? You would already have to internally know what that threshold is.

[ullmandds]

I agree with the statement that if u want to sell a card you should price it.

BUT...if someone wants to buy a card out of my collection I am not advertising...they must make off Im ok with!

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Filthy

Once again, as a seller, it's your prerogative to ask whatever you want for a card. But, I don't understand the above? In regards to receiving the offers that don't feel right, vs. an offer that makes you say yes to doing the transaction.

So, if you have a card, and ask them to make an offer. If you are going to say no to $200, and are going to say no to $250..and are going to say no to $300, but if somebody offers up $375...and that offer feels right! So, you agree to it........ why wouldn't you post it up for $375 in the first place? You would already have to internally know what that threshold is.

That internal threshold may only be reached once he sees what offers are coming in.....in a housing analogy which i tend to use....you see someone list a house on the market for a price thats over market.....they may not accept an offer for 25% less the day after the listing..but if they keep getting offers in for 50% under listing for 2 months...they may now later accept an offer thats 25% under the listing price..

sometimes the first offer is the best offer.....usually the serious buyers know the market and jump on a newly listed item....however for some reason sellers seem nervous to deal with a first offer..