Quote:
Originally Posted by bounce
Yes you can get decent prices but you will have to haggle some
Ignore the marked prices, the dealers mostly know what the going rates are and you can always pull out your phone with Vcp or eBay
Most are going to be 10-20% over expecting some negotiations, and you'll figure out pretty quickly who is there to sell versus just show
I would NOT wait until late in the show, there's a lot of dealer to dealer sales before the show even starts, and some guys make their show that way and so don't have any really incentive to make deals
Just be ready to offer a lot and be willing to walk away if necessary - there's plenty of buying opportunity, but it can sometimes be a grind
|
A big +1 to all of that, with one addition--do your homework first (preferably on vintagecardprices.com), payiing the most attention to recent sales, so you actually know what a card you're looking for has gone for in any particular grade.
Best of luck,
Larry