I have to ask opinions on Dean's pricing

[Jim65]

Apparently, he has a pretty loyal customer base. Somebody is paying his prices, otherwise he'd be out of business.

[Casey2296]

I've bought from Deans before, usually very specific cards, I always go direct to his website, try to bundle to get the volume discount, and they don't charge sales tax so the net price is more reasonable.

[skelly423]

Pure speculation on my part, but I think he probably does well with the impatient collector. He seems to have a lot of cards that aren't always readily available. If you're not the type to wait for your missing card to show up elsewhere, you'll pay his prices to have it immediately.

I don't care for his prices, but the scope of his inventory is undeniable.

[ALR-bishop]

He always has back scans. I have never bought from him on ebay, always direct

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

He always has back scans. I have never bought from him on ebay, always direct

^What Al said^ plus in some of the rarer tobacco cards his prices are the best or close to it. That is only because their prices are the same as 2 years ago and the market has gone crazy.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

He always has back scans. I have never bought from him on ebay, always direct

...doesn't E-Bay get upset when a buyer and seller bypass E-Bay fees and conduct business directly and privately ??.......they won't even let me give my contact info in a "contact the seller" ..

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[jayshum]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

...doesn't E-Bay get upset when a buyer and seller bypass E-Bay fees and conduct business directly and privately ??.......they won't even let me give my contact info in a "contact the seller" ..

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I'm not sure what eBay can do if sellers have their own separate website where they also list their cards that people can buy from. I have bought a few cards from Dean's directly through his website just as I have with TonyETrade and some others who I have found by just searching for them to see if they had their own website.

[Seven]

If you have money to burn, and want to buy the cards you want ASAP, then Dean is an option. He provides back scans, has rarer issues and you can reliably get cards from him.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Apparently Dean does enough business to employ approximately 10 people, or has enough margin from the business he does do to keep them employed.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

...doesn't E-Bay get upset when a buyer and seller bypass E-Bay fees and conduct business directly and privately ??.......they won't even let me give my contact info in a "contact the seller" ..

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I am sure they recognize that some large sellers like 4SC, Dean's, etc. etc. have their own websites and indeed they are linked because if you buy something off the website it disappears instantly from ebay. As long as they are generating substantial ebay sales, ebay I am sure accepts the reality.

[ALR-bishop]

Peter, a known hobby fearmonger, is right for a change . Dean's has it's own web site, just like COMC and lists stuff on both. Cheaper on web site without the middle man. You give up ebay protections, but Dean has good service and long hobby reputation. As a long time customer I sometimes just email or call them with a best offer for something on their web site.

But for COMC you are best buying on ebay if you want the card this year

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Peter, a known hobby fearmonger, is right for a change . Dean's has it's own web site, just like COMC and lists stuff on both. Cheaper on web site without the middle man. You give up ebay protections, but Dean has good service and long hobby reputation. As a long time customer I sometimes just email or call them with a best offer for something on their web site.

But for COMC you are best buying on ebay if you want the card this year

Even thru ebay COMC is extremely slow these days.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Peter, a known hobby fearmonger, is right for a change . Dean's has it's own web site, just like COMC and lists stuff on both. Cheaper on web site without the middle man. You give up ebay protections, but Dean has good service and long hobby reputation. As a long time customer I sometimes just email or call them with a best offer for something on their web site.

But for COMC you are best buying on ebay if you want the card this year

I didn't think Deans was willing to entertain offers since there are discounts through their website based on how much you spend.

[mikemb]

I've bought from him. I stay away from his graded and higher condition cards. Way too high. But prices are not bad for very good or slightly higher conditions. A good source in finding print variations, especially on the back of cards.

Mike

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by mikemb

I've bought from him. I stay away from his graded and higher condition cards. Way too high. But prices are not bad for very good or slightly higher conditions. A good source in finding print variations, especially on the back of cards.

Mike

I am surprised to hear you say that. I am mostly a '50's and '60's collector and I expect I have easily skimmed over 5,000 Dean's cards while doing ebay searches and have yet to see one that is in the market.

If I might ask, what particular cards have you found to be reasonable.

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

I am surprised to hear you say that. I am mostly a '50's and '60's collector and I expect I have easily skimmed over 5,000 Dean's cards while doing ebay searches and have yet to see one that is in the market.

If I might ask, what particular cards have you found to be reasonable.

Al

Here are some of the cards I bought from Dean's in the past year. All of them have some sort of print variation. So I'm not as picky on condition as I already have a nice condition one in my collection. The prices seemed reasonable to me or at least inexpensive.

1967 Topps #171 Cal Koonce Cubs 6 - EX/MT (#293464107245) 3.50
1967 Topps #132 Ozzie Virgil Giants 4 - VG/EX (#402089849200) 1.20
1965 Topps #418 Johnny Edwards Reds 5 - EX (#402073034961) 3.25

1965 Topps #80 Turk Farrell Astros 4 - VG/EX (#293474405101) 1.20
1967 Topps #195 Al Jackson Cardinals 5 - EX (#293471950922)) 1.30
1967 Topps #51 Dave Adlesh / Wes Bales - Astros Rookies 5.5 - EX+ (#274258826025) 3.00

1965 Topps #119 John Kennedy Dodgers 4 - VG/EX (#274240367089) 1.60
1967 Topps #68 Bob Buhl Phillies 6 - EX/MT (#402073679810) 4.50

I have not bought anything from him in the last 6 months so there prices were from at least 6 to 12 months (or slightly longer) ago.

Mike