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Originally Posted by rhettyeakley
You admit you aren't a dealer and don't make a living selling cards but call people that don't want to lose money on an investment they have made "bad at their job"? You are right we need more dealers in this hobby that offer people pennies on the dollar for their quality items because that makes them "good at their job", because hey, they never lose money right!?!
Honestly, it isn't that hard to wait for a screaming deal that may show up from time to time and then sell for a pretty good profit. We have all done this. Making these types of deals in bulk and consistently turning a profit is very difficult and I know I don't envy people that try to make a living doing so.
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I never said pennies on the dollar...just fair market price. And wait are they investing or buying for resale? Investing is totally different.
Recently I messaged with a gentleman selling a Mean Joe Greene PSA 8.5 RC card currently for $25k despite the fact that it is about a 2-3k card. He wrote me a dissertation about why that price is accurate yet he won't purchase the other PSA 8.5 sitting there for (also overly inflated price) $11k. I just said "thank you".
If the public actually educated themselves, shops like Dean's Cards would be out of business. But gotta give him credit because they "are one of the only trusted sports card stores on eBay" and they have their own grading system and neat little stickers (gasp)...and probably a truck full of money out back so who am I to judge.
And yes I do believe dealers who invest in items they can't afford and then hold them for years at ridiculously inflated prices are dumb.