Will B/S/T Activity Pick Up AFTER the National?

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by donmuth

Stuff listed on the Net54 B/S/T board SHOULD be listed for 10-15% less than eBay pretty much always. No ebay fees here and if people pay with PPFF or similar there is even more savings to the seller.

I have noticed much fewer ungraded T206 sales threads. I don't know if that is because more people are collecting T206s now than say 5 years ago and aren't parting with as many. Or if more and more are getting graded and thus not as many ungraded available. A combo of the two. Or something else. I think that the prices of most T206s at the LCS, ebay, and shows are high. So I usually wait to find them here for a reasonable price.

While technically I agree with you. But also consider buyers here don't pay sale tax or usually shipping.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

While technically I agree with you. But also consider buyers here don't pay sale tax or usually shipping.

Good point.

[raulus]

I have seen an acceleration of sales on eBay. I suspect buyers who went to the National and didn’t find anything to buy decided to buy my stuff online instead.

[egri]

I haven't seen as much of interest on the B/S/T compared with when I first joined, but also, as I've picked up the cards I needed for my project, my interests have narrowed. Now, I'm down to ten cards, and with some of them probably being in the single-digits in terms of number of signed copies out there, the odds of one of them popping up here, at a price that the seller and I can agree on, before someone else sees it and swoops in, are low.

[Topnotchsy]

It's been pretty slow on the BST section. Something we once tried on another message boards years ago was a virtual card show. Arranged a time where people all made up to post virtual tables of items with prices, and buyers knew to check it out. Got a lot more action than the regular day-to-day and definitely seemed like a real success. Maybe a thought to try here.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by Topnotchsy

It's been pretty slow on the BST section. Something we once tried on another message boards years ago was a virtual card show. Arranged a time where people all made up to post virtual tables of items with prices, and buyers knew to check it out. Got a lot more action than the regular day-to-day and definitely seemed like a real success. Maybe a thought to try here.

That sounds like it could be fun.

[Brent G.]

I'm at the point now where there's nothing I really want to let go. Maybe that's where the majority is for the time being.