My plea to Sellers at the National

prestigecollectibles · #1 06-03-2022, 10:19 AM

Have you been to a National? When there are multiple customers at a booth and you want to see a stack of cards that aren't priced. It is not convenient at all.

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Originally Posted by Fballguy

Don't understand the problem with no price. Asking is easy.

Fballguy · #2 06-03-2022, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by prestigecollectibles

Have you been to a National? When there are multiple customers at a booth and you want to see a stack of cards that aren't priced. It is not convenient at all.

This year will be my first. I'll see if it changes my tune.

tschock · #3 06-03-2022, 01:26 PM

As a buyer, and reading through this thread, a visible price on the card isn't a one-size-fits-all answer to me. If it's something rare (to me), or a priority card, I'll ask if no sticker. If it's a relatively commonly findable card with no sticker, I might ask on a specific card, and based on that answer I might ask on others, or not. Or I might just walk on by. For the National, it would also greatly depend on whether it's Wednesday or Saturday.

Regarding the "I'm just looking" type of question. When asked what am I looking for, I frequently respond by saying that I couldn't really say because a lot of times I end up buying things I'm not looking for. And it would be the truth.

Tabe · #4 06-03-2022, 01:33 PM

On the one hand, from a dealer perspective, it's a major league hassle to price every single card every single time. The market is fluid, that's a lot of extra work to keep every card priced with a sticker reflecting the current market all the time.

On the other hand, as a buyer, it gets very old and tedious and to ask "how much for that one?" over and over and over and over.

Rhotchkiss · #5 06-03-2022, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tabe

On the one hand, from a dealer perspective, it's a major league hassle to price every single card every single time. The market is fluid, that's a lot of extra work to keep every card priced with a sticker reflecting the current market all the time.

I think this is a great point that I did not consider. I am not a dealer, but I imagine this is a major pain in the ass, especially in the current market with prices changing so fast

Bill makes another great point (related to the rapidly changing market). Interesting to hear from the dealer’s perspective

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