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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>"No one cares about the money spent as long as the auction was legit. "<br /><br />Toby, I disagree with your post. Some people are upset that registry guys are buying cards and driving up prices. Their perception is that the registry guys care less about cards than they do.

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Posted By: <b>Zinn</b><p>I too have the impression that Registry guys, by and large, care more about the grade than the card. They pay stoopid money for that PSA 8, enter it in the Registry, and put the card away probably without ever really having looked at it.<br /><br />I don't collect that way and I suspect that most here do not as well. If I buy a card, be it an 8 or a 3, I do so because I want the card and want to enjoy it not because it increase my position on the Registry..

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>"They pay stoopid money for that PSA 8, enter it in the Registry, and put the card away probably without ever really having looked at it."<br /><br />I think that's an easy assumption to make. But I don't think that's the case for everyone. I'm sure there are a ton of PSA 8 collectors that look at their cards all the time and care just as much about their cards as the PSA 4 collector, I know a few of them. <br /><br />The assumption that "they" care less than "I" is a justification, a crutch, that people use to reason why they aren't getting the cards they want...and heck, its always fun to blame someone else when we lose out on something, isn't it?

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>the auctions appear to be shilled because a whale was bidding. we can not say for sure but the winner of 3 of 4 auctions does not seem to buy cards and lets be realistic,why would someone start out with an uncle jacks candy as a set to begin baseball card collecting (more suited for the likes of dan mckee). maybe the seller thought dan is a whale too, & was going to start a registry set. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>jeffdrum</b><p>Who hasn't been frustrated by losing a card be it raw or graded because someone could and did bid more than they were willing to. There is no right or wrong here. This is a part of what the hobby has become, it's evolution and investing has always been a part of any hobby. Who can say that these people are or are not collectors, obviously they are collecting something - high grade cards. Somebody does not have to collect what I do and the way I do it for them to be a collector. Is it frustrating - yeah, sometimes. But I am not going to question their motives or whether they are a collector or not. If I lose a card, I deal with it and move on. Now, if the auctions were subject to shilling, that is another matter entirely!

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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>I don't know about you guys, but I can state, for a fact, that each and every time I lose an auction it happens because some IDIOT decides to grossly overpay for that card! <br /><br />By the same token, every time I win an auction, it's because I, shrewdly decided to outbid someone by just one little bid increment! <br /><br />This little rationalization helps me cope and get by until the next auction. I know exactly how Dan feels. <br /><br /><br />Richard Pryor used to say that "cocaine" was God's way of telling you that you had too much money. I think he meant "vintage baseball cards".

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Posted By: <b>PC</b><p>Glad I was sitting down when I read this thread.

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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>this thread is funny...<br />

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Posted By: <b>Corey</b><p>This was an interesting read. Very Emotional, lots of action! And I think I learned a little more about what to look for when bidding. <br />It almost makes me think that bidding on these cards is a sport in itself. The sport definately has it's superstars! <br />I wonder if any of these old ballplayers had half the heart or will to win that some of the collectors who bid on their cards have? <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Rawn Hill</b><p>OK, so I had a response to this thread a couple of days ago about someone driving up the prices of a certain card that I collect....................well, it turns out that I have found my arch nemisis, my loving wife trying to get me a birthday present.........I hereby nominate myself for the biggest horses ass of the year. If our resident artist, Mr. Wonka could put his outstanding ability to work to come up with a proper award for this honor, I would be most grateful. Now, I must find a way to get me out this nasty situation.

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Posted By: <b>Kenneth A. Cohen</b><p>Wow Rawn that's awesome. Truly the Gift of the Magi.

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Posted By: <b>Rawn Hill</b><p>Any jewlery sellers out there?

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Posted By: <b>Richard L.</b><p>delete and off for a bubble bath, sorry

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Posted By: <b>bigfish</b><p>I am going to take a cold shower. This is not worth it. It is only baseball cards. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>I thought it was the raw card collectors who keep bidding insane amounts just to get all those slabbed cards out of holders. <br /><br /><br />By the way, actual "mint" cards, those in 7, 8, and 9 holders today, got big premiums back in the days before card grading as well, though admittedly, there is more interest in them today. For the record, I know a lot of high-grade collectors who pay up for high-grade cards and have no interest at all in the registries, competing, or garnering public acknowledgment for their collections. They simply like high-grade cards. To each their own. Why this is a relentless issue for those that do not even collect high-grade cards is beyond me.<br />JimB