[Snowman]

Lots of hate for Deans around here. But sometimes you can find some pretty nice cards at good prices (if you know how to grade). I bought a dead centered 1960 Topps Mantle from him a few months ago that was listed on ebay as a raw EX+ copy for $1550. Most people here would look up "comps" for that and blast his pricing (an average PSA 5 sells for about $760). But I thought it looked better than a 5. I bought it on his website and got it for $1240 (20% off). After it arrived, I was able to verify that it was indeed at least an EXMT+ copy and I knew I could get at least a PSA 6 and possibly even an SGC 7. So I shipped it off to PSA and they hammered it. Gave it a PSA 5. They hammered over half of my submission, many cards were even 2 full grades low. So I cracked it out and sent it back. They gave it a 6.5. Now I could easily sell it for $2500+. Although I'm not looking to sell it.

You just have to know what you're looking at sometimes. I've bought several cards from Deans over the years. I'm happy with all of them.

People get mad at me every day on ebay because they think my prices are too high. But I never have a problem finding buyers. Dean understands the value of eye appeal. Most buyers don't. I'm only interested in selling to people who appreciate and value eye appeal. Sometimes his prices are absurd for some reason, but not always. There are plenty of cards worth buying IMO.