Set building strategies

[Ronnie73]

Welcome to the forum Mark. Seems like everyone has some sort of strategy and heres what works for me. When starting a new set, I usually purchase the commons thats are cheapest at first. If i'm collecting a certain grade, such as PSA 4/SGC 50, I would go on ebay and search that grade and list the cards low to high. While waiting for your first purchases to come in, make a check list with a spread sheet like Microsoft Excel and start entering Buy It Now prices into the spreadsheet and then go to ebay finished auctions and enter auction ended prices in another column. As time goes by and more cards are for sale or auctioned, update your list, eventually having a high and low column for buy it nows and a high and low for auctions ended. Now you can see when a card is a good deal. This is why I say buy a few of the cheapest cards first since you can't go wrong with the price. Since your on a budget, you don't want to over pay for any of your cards. Good luck with your new set.