Deans Cards - something I never knew...

[rkrolewicz]

It hurts me to hear some posters say things like (paraphase) "you are crazy to buy from dean's". The original poster obviously buys from dean's so in essence you are criticizing him. Who are you to judge. It seems like there are mean people on this site.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by rkrolewicz

It hurts me to hear some posters say things like (paraphase) "you are crazy to buy from dean's". The original poster obviously buys from dean's so in essence you are criticizing him. Who are you to judge. It seems like there are mean people on this site.

This site has nothing on the Collectors Universe Forum, there are some cruel and vicious posters over there.

[rkrolewicz]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

This site has nothing on the Collectors Universe Forum, there are some cruel and vicious posters over there.

Thank you, but that is not very consoling.

[Rich Klein]

1) if you are just doing this purchasing for collecting interests, I do apologize for saying it was for re-sale purposes

2) What I'm NOT going to back down on and this is the same for COMC, where I was doing the COMC Challenge for as part of Rich's Ramblings in 2013 is, if you did not complete the purchase then don't complain.

Look, and this is also true for COMC -- if someone buys the card you are working on then it will be removed from your cart if you leave it open

And

if there is a run on a specific card for any reason, whether it makes sense or not, then the seller has a right to adjust his prices upwards for any reason and this is true for Dean's, COMC or even for same seller on EBay. As I said, and I'm sure in today's world it can be adjusted even quicker, if a card starts selling and you have inventory triggers prices can go up or down.

I'm sorry the price changed on you, but that's part of any collectible business.

If I put out a Clayton Kershaw RC at $3 in January 2014 and I find a year later the book price is $30, I can raise my price now and if hehas a sore arm and his price collapses in 2015, I can put the card out for $3 again next year.

Rich

[slidekellyslide]

Obviously people are buying from Dean's...I just looked at his completed auctions and he sold exactly (as of a few minutes ago) 100 cards today with BINs.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Obviously people are buying from Dean's...I just looked at his completed auctions and he sold exactly (as of a few minutes ago) 100 cards today with BINs.

It blow's my mind a bit that he has as many sales as he does given his prices but the majority of sales are low value items (although someone paid $48,000 for an overpriced T206 set back in November!), that being said with 101,000 listings active he is bound to sell some stuff I guess.

On a fun note (for those eBay sellers) just today I got an email from a long winded ebayer that was more than a little condescending about how he thught my pricing on an Old Judge boxing card was wildly overpriced and that he just moved to the US from the UK and that we here in the States don't know how to price cards (ie we are way too high). I don't feel like my prices are out of whack but I can't imagine the type of messages Dean's gets from people that have nothing better to do with their time.

I wonder what the monthly fee is to simply have 101,000+ listings on ebay after taking into consideration the final value fees? As far as the listing fees alone, the cheapest you can get (I think) is .05 listings per item with an anchor store (you get like 2.500 free listings) but have to pay $200 for the right to get the .05 listings. Thus at a minimum it is roughly $5,000/month just in listing fees alone for his stuff.