RE flips days later

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

As long as there is no deception in the listing I don't have a problem with someone trolling for a buyer at an inflated price. The educated buyers will just stay away.

There are a million reasons why something can sell for more in one venue over another. Not all of them are nefarious. I know of some collectors who do not like to do business through eBay because they don't have the time or inclination to troll thousands of listings. Some AH's don't have the reach to sell through certain items to the right market so they go cheap. All it means is that the right buyer wasn't watching that particular auction. Which is probably why I've run listings on eBay for months only to have them sell later. Just took the right buyer.

I agree Adam, your are right. In my case the problem was there was deep deception involved in the listing.

[Snapolit1]

". . .just because someone lists something for $1500, doesn't make it worth that . . ."

So true. When I first started collecting it took me a good while to grasp that.

My wife loves those antique shows where they size things up and dramatically announce what they are supposedly worth. I'm always yelling at the TV what nonsense so much of it is. "Yeah sure its worth $25,000 . . .try finding someone to pay it!"

[Shoeless Moe]

hey, someone is selling a "hyphen" for $2500 in the BST, a F'ing hyphen!

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

hey, someone is selling a "hyphen" for $2500 in the BST, a F'ing hyphen!

is it original or a reprint???

[Shoeless Moe]

not sure........I'm actually looking for an apostrophe or a semi colon, but if you are in the market for a hypen, she's a beauty.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

hey, someone is selling a "hyphen" for $2500 in the BST, a F'ing hyphen!

I saw that on ebay too tonight .. from Wrigley Field marquee.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wrigley-Fiel...MAAOSwTuJYuzgv

[scooter729]

I made a joke post about the same topic last week - makes me laugh when I see it, especially here on the board. Do these people think no one is aware of REA??

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=238950

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by scooter729

I made a joke post about the same topic last week - makes me laugh when I see it, especially here on the board. Do these people think no one is aware of REA??

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=238950

Ha, great post.

It is instructive though, because when I see a seller doing that I immediately assume all of their wares are priced at rip off flip levels and never give them a second look.

[Runscott]

I have bought photos for hundreds and sometimes even thousands of dollars, then later sold them for 1/3 - 1/2 of what I paid by going either through auction houses or straight ebay auctions. I once lost over $3,000 on a set of cabinet cards and I don't believe I paid the seller much over what he paid. I have also bought rare photos very cheaply and sold them for huge profits.

I have also seen collectors post here, ecstatic over the deal they got, knowing that the item sold for much less previously...which means a seller got royally screwed sometime along the way.

I am not currently losing sleep over either of the above situations. What bugs me is when something gets lost, stolen or dropped and broken.