White Plains NY Card show this weekend

[botn]

If someone asking 3 times too much for an item is the worst thing in our hobby I would say we are doing pretty well. I do agree with those who claim fraud is rampant in the hobby however I am not sure that asking too much or even way too much for something falls into that category of fraud. Seems like Jeff is advocating for a Price Czar.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by botn

If someone asking 3 times too much for an item is the worst thing in our hobby I would say we are doing pretty well. I do agree with those who claim fraud is rampant in the hobby however I am not sure that asking too much or even way too much for something falls into that category of fraud. Seems like Jeff is advocating for a Price Czar.

LOL, yes that is exactly what we need! But seriously, the petty frauds that go on at a baseball card show should only be the worst thing in our hobby. At a card show, however, the crooks simply don't have a chance to do any more damage than lie every chance they get.

One thing that really made me laugh -- and keep in mind this was my very first card show -- were the fake looks of pain, anger and shock that the dealers would give when you point out their easily proven lies. Like the putz that told me the Orange Borders Tigers team card booked for $2400 and I told him straight out he was lying. You'd think that the dingo had stolen his baby.

[slidekellyslide]

A dingo ate my Goudey!

[bcbgcbrcb]

One interesting thing of note was a "1907" Ty Cobb Postcard in an SGC holder at the Huggins & Scott table which I had never seen before. I don't recall the issuer but it was for the purposes of marketing a product and could possibly be a 1/1.

The strange thing about it was that it specifically mentions on the back of the postcard that Cobb is 21 years old but the postmark on the back shows a date of October - , 1907. Cobb was born in December - , 1896, which would make him only 20 at the time that the postcard could have been issued based on the postmark date (no issue date is indicated anwhere on the postcard)..............

[Mrc32]

I'm no dealer, but I have heard dealers in the past say that they price their items high on ebay and at shows because getting high quality Pre-War inventory is quite hard.

Its not like people walk in with a stack full of Orange Borders every day. So when they get good stuff they price it high in hopes to make some good coin on it.

I don't condone the practice, but everyone should realize that inventory for pre-war dealers ain't that easy to come buy.

Every collector likes to get a deal....and I'm sure every dealer out there likes it when someone overpays.

[HRBAKER]

Business may be bad but by appearances most seem to be eating fairly well at the shows I have been to. Of course a cheeseburger is cheaper than a treadmill.

[calvindog]

Jeff, that's funny. Actually, I kept thinking of the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. Pretty much all the dealers looked like him.

[Robextend]

Unfortunately a good portion are also just as arrogant as Comic Book Guy!!