1925 Gehrig

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by orly57

I get that you only care about the price on a card that you want, but the collector in me hates seeing the card held for ransom by a flipper. Call me an idealist, but that's a special card that I prefer to see in the hands of a collector. That particular card is in rough shape, and for many folks is the only Gehrig rookie they are able to afford. So it bugs me that the price is jacked up. But like I wrote, the guy bought it and is entitled to ask whatever the heck he wants for it.

To me this is quite simple. If a collector (whatever that really means) really wanted the card that bad, they should have bid more to win the card when it was at auction. For whatever reason they chose not to. Now if they want it, it's simply going to cost them more or they can wait for the next one to come along.

DJ

[orly57]

I've missed cards at auction. But whatever. Yeah. That's true. I actually said he is entitled to do whatever he wants with his card. Just because it's true it doesn't make it palatable. It's a business. I get it.

As for the definition of collector, I would say it's a person who doesn't buy cards with the sole purpose of flipping them. A person who buys cards for their enjoyment rather than immediate pecuniary gain is what I mean when I write "collector." Like a guy looking for a red backstamp Fonseca W554. But of course, you knew what I meant.

[darwinbulldog]

The real test is what he does with the money if he makes the sale. He wouldn't be the first collector to pick up a card he saw as an opportunity to flip for a quick profit so he could sink the profits into whatever he's serious about collecting.

[orly57]

"Quick profit" being the key. He may just be putting up an absurdly high amount with a reasonable number in mind on a best offer. Who knows. It is what it is. It doesn't keep me up at night. Just a pet peeve.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by orly57

"Quick profit" being the key. He may just be putting up an absurdly high amount with a reasonable number in mind on a best offer. Who knows. It is what it is. It doesn't keep me up at night. Just a pet peeve.

Welll he may not really be selling it but just posts it on ebay just in case..sort of like those 'listening to offers' guys that never sell their cards...

eventually there will be a college to pay or medication etc....before the end of the year that card may change hands..

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

To me this is quite simple. If a collector (whatever that really means) really wanted the card that bad, they should have bid more to win the card when it was at auction. For whatever reason they chose not to. Now if they want it, it's simply going to cost them more or they can wait for the next one to come along.

DJ

+1 I don't care how much a person asks for a card they just bought. It only bothers me if they bought that card form me after begging for a discount saying it was for their PC.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by bnorth

+1 I don't care how much a person asks for a card they just bought. It only bothers me if they bought that card form me after begging for a discount saying it was for their PC.

100% agreed. Thats my pet peeve when someone talks you down, and gives you the salespitch to only sell it in the near future.

[darwinbulldog]

You guys drop your prices if someone says they really want a card for their personal collection? You're nicer and/or more trusting than I.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

You guys drop your prices if someone says they really want a card for their personal collection? You're nicer and/or more trusting than I.

I have done it with several people before. Now the first time I see the card relisted with a huge mark up in price with in a few weeks of me selling it to them it is the last card they will ever buy from me. For me it is totally different if several months or more has past because we all change our collecting goals over time, I don't expert them to have to keep it forever.

[BeanTown]

Ben, Would you have a different tune if they would have offered it to you first, before they sold elsewhere? I know on occassions where I have made it part of deal when selling or buying that we get the right of first refusual.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

You guys drop your prices if someone says they really want a card for their personal collection? You're nicer and/or more trusting than I.

I would not. If I'm selling a card I have a number in mind I'm willing to take regardless of who's making the offer. If the buyer is someone I know or have done business with before it will be a factor. But I don't really care what they do with the card after they buy it.