I'd love everyone's thoughts. Here's what happened.

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by EYECOLLECTVINTAGE

I have a serious question. I bid on a few dodgers stubs this past week with Probstein. I have spent a very nice chunk of change with him this year, including the past few auction runs where I have gotten some dodgers stubs at relatively low prices (40-50 range) which I think is fair if not a bit cheap. There were a few nothing games that I wanted to add to my collection this time around (9 to be exact) so I put a few stupid high snipes in for 150 on all them just to make sure I won them. Keep in mind I have bid constantly every time his stubs have surfaced at auction with him. Now out of nowhere, these 40-50 dollar stubs all went for 100-130 and I wound up having to shell out 860 for 9 stubs. I paid because I believe in a bid as my word, however I contacted him expressing my concern, and he replied that he had the consigners ebay ID and it wasn't them who bid... he said maybe someone else wanted the tickets as much as I did... HMMMMMMM Has anyone else had a experience like this?


P.S I forgot to mention a few of the same ID's ran my price up on over half.

its all about supply and demand that particular seller has a "massive following" his description is very detailed so they do not fall under the Radar
so when certain tickets come up for Auction starting at 99 cents no reserve
their going to get a lot of early action with no one scared off so they get vested in the auction , and when see they got out bid keep re-popping bids
more emotional with their heart than with their head sometimes some of his Dodgers tickets sell for under $40 due to the mediocre Game Result
Lets face it apart From the Ruth/Gehrig Era Yankees The Brooklyn Dodgers are the most sought after Baseball tickets especially Regular season
big collectors not resellers go after these "Better" game result tickets so they do not come back into the market for sale therefore causing more scarcity and higher Retail pricing ,
Trust me Vintage Brooklyn Dodger tickets are very sought after especially more meaningful games with so many Hall Of Famers that played their hard to resist , I know my limits when I bid for me its basic economics just set your budget lower and less buyers remorse but expect to win less
sorry about the long winded response But I spend $1000's on tickets every year so I know tickets can be intoxicating