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Posted By: Bryan
Not to offend any dealers on ebay but I am wondering what are some of your thought about dealers picking up underpriced cards only to resell on ebay. I realize that they are in the business and need to make money to stay in the business but as a vintage collector on a budget I have been beaten numerous times by dealers looking for a bargain. Kind of disheartening losing a card I had my heart set on to a person only looking to make a buck. |
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Posted By: Scott Elkins
The best advice I can give is to bid high on the stuff you really want. If not, and you expect to acquire the card in the future, you will be paying that price PLUS the profit for the dealer! |
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Posted By: Richard
Just my two cents: |
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Posted By: Ben
Bryan, the heartbreak of getting outbid on an item you really wanted is something I think everyone here can sympathize with. I'd say I win about 1 of every 10-15 items I bid on, and that sort of winning percentage is probably pretty typical of most collectors on a budget. Frankly, getting outbid is what ebay is all about, and it's something you'll have to come to terms with as a collector. If a dealer choses to buy for the sole purpose of flipping for a profit, they are free to do so and there's really nothing inherently wrong with that. |
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Posted By: Judge Dred
Ben, |
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Posted By: pete
sell off a couple of your less desired (by you) items and put that $ towards your more desired cards...hopefully breaking even if not making a small/big profit...sometimes cutting your losses is better for your hobby in the long run.....which brings me to say that I will be selling about 10 less desired cards (hopefully breaking even) on ebay in a month or two to get those more expesive cards I really want. |
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Posted By: Texas Ted
Yes Virginia, I am a dealer. But I can tell you, as a dealer I almost never bid on single cards on ebay with the idea of reselling for a profit. The profit is just not there to make that kind of transaction worthwhile for me. I do however purchase singles on ebay for my personal collection. Occasionally, I will buy a card that is an upgrade, and then I will sell the card that I replaced. |
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Posted By: Robert
Your thinking is not correct because EBAY in my opinion is the true price indicator of the value of cards and what people are willing to pay for that card. It would not make much sense for a dealer to buy cards and try to flip them back on EBAY. Just because it sells less then the SMR the chances of them re-selling again and making SMR are pretty slim. Then there are those freak times when you get 2 idiots trying to outbid one another but that is a rarity as well, but nice when you are the seller. |
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Posted By: DJ
If I ever won one of those giant misc. lots from a glossy catalog, I'd have them slabbed and I'd throw them all up on eBay. At this point in time, it would be a gamble since the prices are out of control, but that's the preferred way of filling holes and purchasing trading cards. I see A LOT of dealers buying off eBay and perhaps they are putting them in their Retail Forum and/or sending off to Mastro for bigger profits. |
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Posted By: Dan Koteles
the only way to combat that a little is to focus on ungraded cards. There are alot of people that shy away from them...especially dealers, so....just know where they are(the cards) coming from. |
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Posted By: Julie
1) I'm MUCH more likely to be outbid by COLLECTORS than dealers. Dealers buying to make a profit have to buy cheap! |
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Posted By: DJ
The cards I WANT always seem to have those big baseball card dealer id's attached to them as high bidders. |
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