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Posted By: Joann
I don't want to hijack the "shrewdest pickup" thread, but it made me think of something I've been meaning to ask. |
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Posted By: David Vargha
I'd pay the asking price that the seller set. |
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Posted By: James Feagin
Exactly. There is nothing wrong with getting an awesome deal if the seller set the price. Happy Easter all..... |
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Posted By: Martin Neal
That, to me, is a very tough question. |
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Posted By: jackgoodman
For those of us that collected before price guides made everyone an expert, didn't we use the knowledge and experience we had taken the time to acquire, to "find" good deals? I don't necessarily think it is our job to educate a seller. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
If there is a set price, it's fair game. I regularily scour garage and estate sale for deals to flip on eBay. Now if this same person came to me asking what I thought the value of the cards were, I'd give them an honest answer and decent offer. |
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Posted By: Joann
Martin, |
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Posted By: Andrew Parks
This is an easy one. |
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Posted By: Seth B.
I agree that you just pay the seller's quoted price and walk away. He (or she) set a price on those cards that he would be happy walking away with: if someone doesn't value a box of cards more than $5, then they're worth $5 to him. If you value those cards more, then that's your boon. |
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Posted By: Andrew Parks
You would be comfortable if someone did that to you? |
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Posted By: Seth B.
Yes, if I set the price. If only charged five dollars, then that's exactly what they're worth to me, and I'd obviously be perfectly comfortable giving it up for that amount. I mean, I don't think there's a Net54 Garage Sellers board right now with a "Dumbest Deals You Ever Struck" post, nor do I see anyone on our "Shrewdest Deals" thread jumping into to identify themselves as someone at a garage sale that got swindled: they were probably just as happy to get money for those pieces of cardboard. When you sell something, you sell at the value you think appropriate, and if you set that value, you suggest you'll be happy with it. |
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Posted By: Andrew Parks
Seems reasonable to me. |
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Posted By: Glyn Parson
I would pay the asking price ask if he had any more if the answer was no i would leave quickly with my treasure. if i made a killing i might stop by the house the next time i was in the area and hand the guy a few extra dollars. If it were a dealer at a card show i would pay the asking price ask if he had any more then leave. if you are going to set up at an event you need to have a little more expertise. |
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Posted By: Martin Neal
Joann, |
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Posted By: Mike Pugeda
In all honesty, I would probably purchase the cards for the asking price. |
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Posted By: Mike Pugeda
If the dealer is presented with a $10,000 lot, and asked to make an offer, I think the offer should be a fair one, but if the offer is only $2000, is this still unethical? What if that is all they are willing to pay? The seller still has the right to seek out potential higher offers. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
I have a personal websted that is dedicated to Wild West and Indian cards. Every few months someone will contact me about some cards they found or bought and want to know what they are worth. I've gotten to the point where I will not give estimates of value anymore without getting paid first. All but one has ended up using my knowledge to sell the cards to someone else instead of me. What I do now is charge $50 for the valuation and if I end up buying the cards, that money will refunded. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
Several years ago there was an elderly woman who wanted to sell an SF Hess baseball card (forgett the ACC, but the real photo one of Major League players). She said she wouldn't take less than $20 for it. I paid her $800 for it. I later resold it for profit, so we were both happy. |
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Posted By: Zach Rice
Thats great David, do you still have a scan or picture of it ? BTW it would be an N338-2 if a major leaguer. |
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Posted By: barry arnold
I'm supposed to be out hiding easter eggs but ran across |
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Posted By: martindl
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I go to lots of garage sales...I have never found any prewar cards, but I do find lots of memorabilia and equipment. I'm not about to feel guilty about buying something at a garage sale for a set price. What's the point in going to a garage sale if you aren't searching for bargains? If someone priced it then that's what they want for it...if something's not priced I will ask what they want for it. My brother got me a load of bats at a garage sale last year for $20 which included a Ty Cobb Louisville Slugger, A Victor Sporting Goods bat, and a Stall & Dean James Delahanty model along with a bunch of other 80-100 year old bats. No guilt here. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
A man said he had started off as a junk dealer but was now an antiques dealer. When asked how me made the transition, he said "I changed the sign on the store." |
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Posted By: RP60
..What if a person comes to you at a card show or shop and have a kick-ass collection that was left to them, and THEY set a super low (uneducated) price?.They give you a story of how much it ment to them, but they needed the quick cash..Then what do you do?.They set the price. Is it still fair game?. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
Can god make a rock so large that even he cannot lift it? |
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Posted By: Anson
Wouldn't a Easter Tango Eggs hunt be worthwhile today? |
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Posted By: joe
Buy at the price listed. |
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Posted By: Joe
with my luck (and my conscience) - |
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Posted By: HandsAtNeck
Well,Id take the cards at her price. But before I ran, I'd offer her a plenty for her ugly old lamp. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
A practical, dare I say self-serving, reason to raise this person's price, is you will now have a person who will testify to others that you are as honest and honerable a person as there is. She will point her faimly and friends to you when they are looking to sell, as she knows you will give them a fair shake. |
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Posted By: HandsAtNeck
If you enter into a card transaction to generate a profit, your time in finding, acquiring, and selling the cards have to be factored into the equation. Similarly, the time researching and studying the hobby are relevant in assessing whether you are operating profitably. |
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Posted By: Daniel Bretta
Well I don't think anyone here has to worry about finding a stack of T206's at a garage sale for $5. I don't believe I've ever found a card older than the 1960's at a garage sale ever and I hit a lot of them. I've gone to "garage sales" that advertise baseball cards, but when I get there it's always been a collector/dealer with PRICE GUIDE prices. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I would probably not only not tell the li'l ol' lady she had a Wagner in the box, I would inquire whether she could do a little better on the box. If the seller sets a price on her wares, it is her tough luck if she set a low price; next time do your homework. Sorry to inject a little reality into the debate, but I don't see the need to give up my hard-earned competitive advantage (knowledge) in an arms-length transaction. |
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Posted By: Daniel Bretta
My thoughts exactly Adam....How many folks here emailed the seller of that t206 card that was missing all the red ink to tell them they had a rare printing error? I mean before he sold it offline? |
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Posted By: pat
my 2 cents regarding the garage sale pickup is this: |
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Posted By: Julie Vognar
Does he live in the Berkeley Hills, or the flatlands? Is he rich or poor? Would I rob a poor man of $5000 worth of cards so I could get them for $10? No, I wouldn't. |
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Posted By: Mike
I will throw in a bit of a curve. What if you wander into an antique store 1500 miles from your home, and stumble on an unbelievable deal? You see something for $40.00, and it is worth a few thousand ? Do you speak up ? Or buy it and leave with a smile ? Lets say the owner is not a little old lady, but a 30 year old fellow. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
No curve ball there. That's a big fat pitch down the middle. Antique shops are in the bunsiness to make a profit. If they are selling them for $40, then they are making the largest profit margin they think they can get for item. They made a nice tidy profit based on their purchase price and you walk away with somenthing great at a cheap price. It's win-win all the way around. |
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Posted By: Mike
This happened to me in Vermont. And yes, I slept very well that night. No guilt here. The little old lady scenario might be a bit tougher, but sorry, there would be no guilt there either. |
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Posted By: Daniel Bretta
The little old lady scenario is silly anyway....what if she's a little old lady millionaire? |
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