Deans cards?graded for free by their expert?

[nsaddict]

Jantz, Could you please let all that don't know these 2?

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by nsaddict

Jantz, Could you please let all that don't know these 2?

Richard

Dean Han-ley of Dean's Cards

Lar-rie Dean of Dean's House of Cards

It could be easy to get the two mixed up.


Jantz

[JollyElm]

Deans Cards is a frickin' joke!!!

I'm upgrading my 1972 set, so I'm constantly trawling ebay for many of the commons I need. Without question, every time I see a card priced ten times what other sellers have it listed for, I know it's our ole buddy Dean once again. It just makes me laugh how ridiculous his prices are. Clearly the guy has a screw loose and has no concept of reality. And sure, he's not doing anything illegal. A fact his apologists love to point out, as if that somehow justifies his exorbitant pricing techniques.

Case in point. The card on the left is what the esteemed Dean grades an 8. Yes, with 4 bad corners and other issues, he gives it an 8!! And his opening bid is...mind you, it's just the OPENING BID...$10.80. Yes, ten dollars and 80 freaking cents for a common you can usually grab up for under a dollar.

The card on the right is a different auction by an unknown seller. I wanted to find a card quite similar to Deano's offering and this was basically the first one I ran across that wasn't in rough shape. It has pretty sharp corners and is a little off center. The price? A buy it now of $1.79, which is about 1/6 of our hero, Dean's, opening bid price. One sixth!! And that $1.79, in itself, is way overpriced.

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Keep in mind that I didn't search this out to find a pathetically overpriced Dean card. I searched "Deans Cards 1972" and used the first listing found there. You can be absolutely certain that each and every one of his other cards is similarly price bloated. He/his company annoys the living bejesus out of me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dodgerfanjohn]

Some of you guys may want to look at Burbank Sportscards. It's one of the very few sportscards shops in Los Angeles to have survived the past couple decades. They have a large inventory and the owner is as honest as it gets in this business. Cards are accurately graded though sight unseen you should expect centering issues. Pricing is generally on the higher side(I remember they always used to use high Beckett in the 90's. but no where near the prices of Deans cards. And they can be somewhat negotiable.

[CobbvLajoie1910]

Originally Posted by dodgerfanjohn

Some of you guys may want to look at Burbank Sportscards. It's one of the very few sportscards shops in Los Angeles to have survived the past couple decades. They have a large inventory and the owner is as honest as it gets in this business. Cards are accurately graded though sight unseen you should expect centering issues. Pricing is generally on the higher side(I remember they always used to use high Beckett in the 90's. but no where near the prices of Deans cards. And they can be somewhat negotiable.

+1. Love Burbank. Rob Veres & Co. are outstanding to deal with.

[autograf]

I've picked up some lots of 1960, 1961 and 1968 Topps this year and decided to finish out the sets. Needing anywhere from 10-30% of the cards in each set mostly in EX or better, I found most of them on ebay and finished the rest up at the national this year. In doing so, like a lot of other people, I saw Deans cards frequently. There was ALWAYS someone with similarly conditioned cards for 1/2 or less the cost of Deans cards. Everyone has a model they work on on ebay, but 80 cards sold out of 80K in a month isn't one that will net you a lot of money.....maybe they're trying to drive people to their website. I don't have specific experience with them but I would be equally mad that they took advantage of my wife and I'd see it the same way. I have dealt with some great people who have fantastic customer service in finishing these sets off including:

Joesvintagesportscardsii
Mantlerules
Battersbox

And a bunch of others for singles here and there. The above three have great photos, fair prices, healthy inventory and ship lightning quick. I'm not associated with any of them in any way but good people should get a note too. The best thing about Deans is that I can usually tell from the prices and quickly go past them. I don't begrudge them for charging whatever for their cards, I just don't buy anything from them.

[egbeachley]

It's amazing how people will justify paying double, triple, or more for something because they are "comfortable" with the company or they have great customer service. Does it not occur to them that they could have 1/2 their purchases at a less reputable seller never appear and still be ahead? And with Ebat buyer protection I doubt people even lose out on 1% of transactions.

What a great country to be able to have the luxury of grossly overspending. More money where that came from!

[JasonD08]

$563 for a trimmed T206 Gandil?