How do you prefer to shop for cards?

[tschock]

Originally Posted by polakoff

Thanks for the feedback Taylor (I was actually going to message you directly about this as you're one of the few people on the board who has seen me set up at a show!)

Most of the stuff is 50s-70s and that's what I've figured - there will be so much competition that my selling point isn't that I have cards, it's that I have cheap cards. Most of my stuff is low-mid grade and I price it to move, so I think I'll have a lot of bargain hunters as opposed to set collectors. Because of this, my initial thinking was to have boxes separated by price in order to allow someone to say something like "hey, let's see what I can get for a buck a card", but seems like the overwhelming response here has been that the preference for bargain hunting would be to have all prices mixed in with price stickers on the back.

It'll be a trade off no matter what method you use. Some 'categorization' is probably good to attract the casual 'digger'. For example, you might have a '50s bin, '60s bin, etc if you are going to have mixed pricing.

Or like you suggested, $5 bin, $2 bin, etc. Going that route, you might want to 'color code' your cards/holders as well with those colored dots. Makes it easier on your eyes and brain by Saturday.

The only thing I would recommend is keep the sports separate. That is probably one thing that might annoy many collectors who enjoy the hunt for bargains.