Is it safe to buy an altered card ?

[larietrope]

Meaning will I have remorse if I buy an altered card for that price. If I had all the answers I would not have asked the questions.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by larietrope

Meaning will I have remorse if I buy an altered card for that price. If I had all the answers I would not have asked the questions.

That's a question ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER though. You seem to post a lot of those. That's the frustrating part. We shouldn't tell you what to do. You should figure out what you like.

If you know it's altered when you buy it, I don't think you'll somehow wish you bought an ugly PSA 1.5 instead. The main issue with buying a card and later finding out it's altered is that now it's on you to either sell the card honestly as altered, by getting it into an AUTHENTIC ALTERED holder and forcing PSA to pay out on their Grade Guarantee. That's stressful, and PSA could just tell you it's not altered and they don't owe you shit. They've done that about 10 times so far (that we know of) on cards valued $5K - $100K in the past year.

If you buy an altered card now, you know it's altered. You're never going to get surprised in the future that it's altered. You can just enjoy it for what it is.

[ullmandds]

can we please see the card

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

can we please see the card

A picture would be very helpful

[maniac_73]

I buy altered cards for ones that would be way out of my price range otherwise. Im a collector and not an investor tho

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by larietrope

Meaning will I have remorse if I buy an altered card for that price. If I had all the answers I would not have asked the questions.

If you are potentially second guessing the purchase at this point, then trust your instincts and pass on it. Put that money towards a card you have no doubts or reservations about. Pretty sure you will enjoy that card more than questioning the altered one.

Cheers,

[drcy]

Originally Posted by larietrope

Meaning will I have remorse if I buy an altered card for that price. If I had all the answers I would not have asked the questions.

I do not know. That's a personal psychological thing and only time will tell for you. I'm not a fan of (correctly labeled as) altered cards, but others own them and have no regrets. But the practical key is that when you buy it you know what you are getting and pay a fair market price. If you have psychological remorse you can sell it. Obviously, the biggest problem would be if you find it's altered only after you buy it, and/or you overpaid and lose money at resale.

Many items you don't know really know what you think of owning it until you own it. You gotta have it in hand and have it for a while.

[FrankWakefield]

Ok...

Is it safe? No, it's out.

With that outa the way... It depends on the purpose of buying the card. Do you want it for your collection? Are there other cards in your collection that you know are altered to a similar degree? If so, then maybe it's safe for you.

But if you're buying it as something that you're gonna turn around and sell, then it's not safe. Buy some Clemente rookie cards, or a few white border Cobbs, or a Wagner, Mathewson or Jackson Cracker Jack. Then, at some point, give some thought to what are sound investments (an education, a home, stocks, bonds, mutual funds and my favorite if you're young-- buy a few acres and plant hardwood trees like walnut or cherry, then make sure rabbits and such don't nibble them down to nothing the first few years, water them the first few years, and then sell them in about 35 years). Baseball cards aren't sound investments. Neither are other hyped sports cards, memorabilia, NFTs, and the like. They are far from safe.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by drcy

I do not know. That's a personal psychological thing and only time will tell for you. I'm not a fan of (correctly labeled as) altered cards, but others own them and have no regrets. But the practical key is that when you buy it you know what you are getting and pay a fair market price. If you have psychological remorse you can sell it. Obviously, the biggest problem would be if you find it's altered only after you buy it, and/or you overpaid and lose money at resale.

Many items you don't know really know what you think of owning it until you own it. You gotta have it in hand and have it for a while.

It's not my cup of tea. But Ken Kendrick seems to be ok with his...