Something I hate about ballcard collecting

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Brianruns10

So this past Monday I was bidding on a '52 Ramazotti gray back. The PSA card wasn't labeled as a grayback but it was obvious it was one. A PSA 5 broke 1K, and so I bid accordingly, putting in a final bid of $1500. I got outbid and it sold for $1600. Fair enough.

FOUR days later, the card turns up on ebay again, being sold by the new owner for $5500! It's barely been out of the mailer, and he/she is flipping it for an absurd markup.

I don't begrudge someone making a profit from baseball cards. It's one reason this hobby is so fun, to speculate and buy wisely and hope the value goes up. But to take a card you've owned less than a week and to just try and flip it for a 300% markup? I hate sellers like this. There is no love of the card, no appreciation. Just a desire for profit. And meanwhile, I or someone else who would've treasured this card and savored having it as part of the set, is deprived of the chance thanks to one persons avarice.

I hope whoever is selling that card is reading this. If so, shame on you.

It is only a part of the hobby. I don't begrudge anyone from asking what they want to for something they own. The exponential profit quick-flip has happened to all of us when we wanted something we didn't get. That is why when I really want something I sometimes bid way too much instead of thinking about what it will take to win it. I go a few times that. it almost always works until the time you need to sell it.