Anyone watching the insane basketball card prices?

Peter_Spaeth · #1 09-28-2020, 06:01 PM

You have to wonder how much of it was accomplished, as it was before, by "sales" never paid for.

Lorewalker · #2 09-28-2020, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You have to wonder how much of it was accomplished, as it was before, by "sales" never paid for.

Do you actually have to wonder?

I am sure there have to be some people who wished they had not paid.

Peter_Spaeth · #3 09-28-2020, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Do you actually have to wonder?

I am sure there have to be some people who wished they had not paid.

You also have to wonder how the extended return periods (as I understand it anyhow) might play into it. If you follow Blowout, on this new Topps issue (Project 2020) where cards were run to the moon then dropped to the ocean floor, there apparently were a huge number of returns from unprincipled people with buyer's remorse.

Lorewalker · #4 09-28-2020, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

You also have to wonder how the extended return periods (as I understand it anyhow) might play into it. If you follow Blowout, on this new Topps issue (Project 2020) where cards were run to the moon then dropped to the ocean floor, there apparently were a huge number of returns from unprincipled people with buyer's remorse.

Yes I saw some of that on that board. I just figured in most cases they had to be millennials having remorse as opposed to some price manipulation but who knows. The vast window for returns leaves a lot of sellers vulnerable for returns on everything that was run up that has made its way back down or is heading there.

Hang on to the funds fellas ya might have to give them back 4 months from now. Book the sale and the contingent liability!

Exhibitman · #5 09-29-2020, 02:35 PM

What am I missing? I just read eBay's return policy and (assuming you do not accept returns) it states that a buyer has 30 days from delivery to claim the item was not as described and return it, 30 days from the end of the delivery window to claim it was not received. How does that morph into four months? Is that on the assumption that the buyer used a credit card and initiated a charge-back?

samosa4u · #6 09-29-2020, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

What am I missing? I just read eBay's return policy and (assuming you do not accept returns) it states that a buyer has 30 days from delivery to claim the item was not as described and return it, 30 days from the end of the delivery window to claim it was not received. How does that morph into four months? Is that on the assumption that the buyer used a credit card and initiated a charge-back?

Paypal gives the buyer 180 days to return an item, and that's a pretty long time. Some of these cards have already lost half their value in just a few weeks!

Exhibitman · #7 09-29-2020, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by samosa4u

Paypal gives the buyer 180 days to return an item, and that's a pretty long time. Some of these cards have already lost half their value in just a few weeks!

If you follow the eBay platform requirements and you have proof of delivery then the eBay seller protection should apply.

samosa4u · #8 09-29-2020, 05:35 PM

All of you guys are a bunch of silly monkeys!

First of all, all these buyers of super-inflated sports cards are just very passionate collectors (like Gary Vee). None of them are going to return these cards - nope! Many of them have done well for themselves financially, so what's a few dollars here and there? I mean, if a $15,000 USD card drops to $3,000 USD in a few months, then who cares, right? It's all about having fun! I'm sorry, what was that? Discord servers? Groups organizing pumps of certain cards? Oh rubbish! I don't want to hear it!

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