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Americans generally aren’t hagglers in the market place. Unlike a lot of europeans. We don’t usually go to stores and offer less than something is marked. Although I negotiate in the case of professional stuff all the time, I tend not to enjoy it in other contexts. Not saying I don't negotiate on higher end cards, but often times if something is marked $35 or $50 and it catches my eye I will just pay it. Guy selling it has his expenses, travel, etc. so big deal of I am paying $10 more than I had to.
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Bring your checkbook and you'll be fine....nearly every pre-war dealer that has the more desirable cards knows all of the collectors that collect them and will readily take a check, even if you have to get a fellow collector to vouch for you, it's a really small pool of buyers and sellers. Very few are set up for cc's or will do PP etc, on any type of large transaction.
Unless you are buying Luka's or something of that nature, that generation's transactions are all electronic.. |
I'd think that the bigger the show, the better off a dealer would be pricing his cards.
There's plenty of time to see everything thoroughly (and ask about anything) at the local VFW. But when there are endless rows of tables to get through, a buyer's focus can easily stay in a hurried daze that makes them more apt to keep moving past unpriced material |
I don't mind if the price of something isn't on the front. But you better be able to give me a price in real-time if I ask. When a dealer says they have to look up the price, I'm most likely moving on unless it's something really, really special.
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What other shopping experience do you participate in where there is no price indicated on what you are shopping for? Would you buy your groceries from a store that did not have the prices on the shelves? Or go car shopping at a dealer that did not list prices on the windows? Or buy your clothes from a place that did not have price tags on the items? Would you go look at a house without knowing what the seller is asking for it?
Why would you expect any less of a dealer for our little pieces of cardboard? |
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I agree one hundred percent on having things priced in customer view.
But one negative from this that was on full display last year in Chicago was: "Hey Bro one of these ended last night for $6 less than your price (on a $500 plus card). Don't you pay attention to comps???" |
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The last show that my son and I set up at I would say that 95%+ of the people at the show had their phones out at every table looking at comp pricing. If your cards are not priced near the comp pricing, they moved along quickly. Our cards were all priced on the front of the cards. We price our cards around 10% below comps on most cards.
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