Dean's Cards

[Peter_Spaeth]

I've bought NM cards from them that graded 9. Past a certain level the Dean's premium isn't worth it, but for certain types of cards I've found them to be just fine.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I've bought NM cards from them that graded 9. Past a certain level the Dean's premium isn't worth it, but for certain types of cards I've found them to be just fine.

What types of cards would that be?

All I see are thousands of overpriced 50s and 60s cards plastered all over ebay and comc. What am I missing?

I understand with their massive inventory you can get some hard to find cards to fill your set and you might find it worthwhile to pay Deans ask to get those. Beyond that though I am not seeing what they have to offer.



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[Chris-Counts]

I, too, have occasionally bought something from Dean, and was satisfied.

Dean gets a lot of flack because of his high prices, but I've never heard of him deceiving anybody, which I consider far worse than high prices.

[jingram058]

Lots of folks on these forums seem to have no problem at all paying 4 or 5 times what cards are worth. Whatever. There is an old expression about money and being soon parted. But it doesn't seem to apply to buying cards from Dean's. The money just doesn't ever seem to be parted.

+2 on the haha

[ALR-bishop]

Good of you to note our foolishness James.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Lots of folks on these forums seem to have no problem at all paying 4 or 5 times what cards are worth. Whatever. There is an old expression about money and being soon parted. But it doesn't seem to apply to buying cards from Dean's. The money just doesn't ever seem to be parted.

+2 on the haha

Well he's been in business forever so someone must be buying.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Well he's been in business forever so someone must be buying.

The one expensive card I've ever bought from Dean was a '67 Topps Brooks Robinson high number SP in a PSA 5. I made the mistake of doing this at the height of the bubble probably in 2020, but I was at a crossroads with my '67 set - and of the midgrade options for this card I had online at the time - Dean had the one I liked the best in the grade that I could afford. Working against me also was Covid lockdown fatigue, and I got it in my head that I really, really wanted THAT particular card. Yes, there were more reasonably priced cards by consideration of grade even on eBay, but I was not paying $1,000 or whatever for a PSA 7. So I bought the card. By today's standards I certainly overpaid for it a bit, but even at the time it was not what I would consider just off the charts egregious. It was packaged professionally and showed up on my front doorstep 2 days later.

Anywho, I digress. The point I wanted to make is that if you go on Dean's website and play around with the cart - the more things you add, the greater your calculated discount prior to checkout becomes. It's actually a clever little model, as you see things already added in your cart just continue to get discounted further the more cards you add. This of course is playing right into their hands, as you are spending more money total. But this model is not what you see off the bat when you just go looking for whatever expensive vintage card online one day, and of course with Dean - you hit on his site and he has the most expensive one you've seen. That's why people blow him off without further consideration most of the time, IMO.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Well he's been in business forever so someone must be buying.

Peter- apparently only fools seeking a parting from their money 😎

[cannonballsun]

I too felt the same about Dean's as do the majority of the net 54 collectors. When I see he has something listed on ebay, I just pass on by.
One day I noticed an SP at a not too bad of a price. I went to his website to get his 20% (and no tax) discount, and saw he had several more SPs at even better way too low prices that hadn't yet been listed at EBay. I bought several of them, and I actually got a great deal.
It just shows, to find great deals you have to do the due diligence and put in the work. We all know the old saying about when you assume.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Peter- apparently only fools seeking a parting from their money 😎

Pick a card, any card at Dean's. Look at the price. Look at that same card elsewhere. 'Nuf said.

If that doesn't matter to you, well, you played the game of life pretty well. Enjoy!