Utter Frustration:

[ctownboy]

I would lay out the evidence of PRIOR cards sold, their condition and their final prices. I would tell the seller you are probably the BEST person to sell the card to because of the family collection and then offer a MUCH lower price.

Then tell the seller your offer will only go lower as time passes and he doesn't sell the card to someone else.

On a card like this, don't let emotion get in the way of financial sense (unless, of course, you have so much money that financial sense doesn't matter for such a small amount).


David

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

I would lay out the evidence of PRIOR cards sold, their condition and their final prices. I would tell the seller you are probably the BEST person to sell the card to because of the family collection and then offer a MUCH lower price.

Then tell the seller your offer will only go lower as time passes and he doesn't sell the card to someone else.

On a card like this, don't let emotion get in the way of financial sense (unless, of course, you have so much money that financial sense doesn't matter for such a small amount).


David

This may work with some people. Personally anytime someone has done anything even close to this I instantly add them to my blocked list. IMHO there is not much worse when selling a card than to have someone try to convince me I need to sell my item to them for their price.

EDIT: I have no problem with an offer for less than my selling price. I just don't want some story that goes with it.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This may work with some people. Personally anytime someone has done anything even close to this I instantly add them to my blocked list. IMHO there is not much worse when selling a card than to have someone try to convince me I need to sell my item to them for their price.

I sent the seller a message inquiring why he had the card at such a high price when the catalog listed it at $375 for VG condition.

I also told him that I may be interested in that price range, but would never even consider anything close to what he was asking.

His feedback record shows only 9 previous transactions so I am already cautious.

I'll wait for the response.

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