Burbank Sportscards and others

[Peter_Spaeth]

According to ebay, they have over 2 MILLION listings. That's a lot of scanning, if nothing else.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=...scards&_sop=10

[pclpads]

May have the same biz philosophy as United: "Treat the paying customers like s**t."

[clydepepper]

I use Burbank as my source for any modern cards I may want - very dependable dealer within that area...no vintage, but I have, on occasion, purchased 'art cards' if they are a 'new' photo and have 'legit' card backs.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

....hear of the decline of service and customer service ethic at Burbank. In the early to late 1990s they were terrific. There was a young guy and his Mom that were the movers and shakers there. Very nice people to talk to and do business with. They sold my wife cards as birthday & Christmas presents based on my previous purchases and her description of my focus on Chicago sports. I have a Charlie Trippi card from them that I treasure. The young guy told my wife "If he doesn't like it he can shave with it because it is so perfect". They never failed to deliver nice vintage material (Early '50's) in an honest and straight forward manor. "Oh well"...as a friend used to say when disappointed.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

According to ebay, they have over 2 MILLION listings. That's a lot of scanning, if nothing else.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=...scards&_sop=10

I believe they use "stock" photos, as opposed to scanning every single card. They may have hundreds of examples of a particular card, but they scan only one of the copies, and use that scan for every listing of a copy of that card.

I haven't bought from them in a couple of years, but when I have, I've always received outstanding service.

Steve

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by Steve D

I haven't bought from them in a couple of years, but when I have, I've always received outstanding service.

Steve

I buy from them now & then & have never had a problem. The cards come quick & are packaged well.
Wouldn't hesitate to deal w/ them again.

[Ronnie73]

My biggest issue with Burbank is if it's a serial numbered card, they don't tell you the actual number it is. Some details are actually important to some of us. Otherwise, I have all my saved searches with a -reprint added to the search line. It weeds out most but not all.

[insidethewrapper]

How does that work when you have "Millions" of items on ebay. Anchor stores get 10,000 free per month. Do they have to pay for all the listings over 10,000 each month ? That would be a lot of listing fees. Does anyone know ?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

How does that work when you have "Millions" of items on ebay. Anchor stores get 10,000 free per month. Do they have to pay for all the listings over 10,000 each month ? That would be a lot of listing fees. Does anyone know ?

Burbank SC is one of the "pioneers" of Beckett Business Solutions....it allows them to list millions of cards at a low cost due to the negotiated deal between ebay and BBS. Here is a 3 year old post with the details of the BBS offer (it may have changed since):

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=205407