Antique Dealer Reneges, Blames His Wife...

[wolfdogg]

Originally Posted by mintacular

I was at a show once and a couple of younger guys busted out a laptop and started quoting VCP avg to a dealer or two and they seemed to get pissed off with this activity...

I go to a small show where most of the "youngsters" walk in (or set up) with a laptop......I have set up several times and all day I hear "Well, I can get it on eBay for this" or "The last 3 sold for under $xxx"......I have told a few "This isn't eBay....eBay is where you go to give stuff away 98% of the time."

[barrysloate]

A good rule of thumb is to pay for the card quickly before he has a chance to find out more about it. I would have given him the $20 and then walked away. However, his actions were still wrong.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

A good rule of thumb is to pay for the card quickly before he has a chance to find out more about it. I would have given him the $20 and then walked away. However, his actions were still wrong.

Looking back on it, it's easy to say that, but that's one of the first cards I ran across in the box...who would ever expect a dealer to renege on a quoted price while you were still looking through his stuff? Plus the show was closing down...most dealers were packing up their stuff.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by wolfdogg

"This isn't eBay....eBay is where you go to give stuff away 98% of the time."

I like it! I am often faced with the same sort of nonsense and my response 99.999% of the time is "then go buy it on Ebay."