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Originally Posted by the 'stache
I hate to say it, Matt, but if you are always paying 100% of what you've budgeted for the few baseball cards you do buy, you are participating in the BS that comes with the hobby. You do so through no fault of your own, of course, but you are still part of the viscous cycle.
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Bill that guilt by association is a BS argument. I don't shill and not even sure if I've been shilled.
My point was very simple; I pay what I'm comfortable - and usually less, I only snipe and I do quite a bit of research before sniping. If there is a card I'm chasing that sells for 400 bucks in a good looking PSA 6 than I set my snipe for 400 bucks, usually less. When I win I generally win below the comparable. I lose way more auctions than I win.
Obviously this way of buying won't work on cards that only come up once a year but I don't play in that sandbox.
If you have a strategy for paying less for cards on Ebay I'm all ears.
PS. good discussion, I mostly lurk as I can't add much value to threads, which may in fact be the case with this thread as well!