Impulsive card purchases -- Trust your gut or run?

[ZiggerZagger]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

You either carry more cash with you to a card show than I do, or you have a trustworthy face and someone took a check or credit card. Either way, sweet pickup.

Past Eagle Scout, so the scout motto remains: Be Prepared
It's a dealer whom I know, but that didn't make the purchase any easier.

[Mariner]

Congratulations! That is a gorgeous Rose rookie.

[ALR-bishop]

Beuatiful card Jason

Bob-- it's ok to take a bunch of cash as long as you do not leave it in the rental car

[Exhibitman]

Brilliant card. Definitely try a crossover.

As for the OP. Gut all the way. I've rarely regretted a spur of the moment buy at a show. More often I regret passing on an item at a show.

[Scott6043]

Awesome pickup!

I actually looked at the card and came very close to buying it myself, for some reason just decided not to.

Glad you were able to get it

[irv]

Very nice, Rose!

As far as impulse goes, I do it all the time.

I constantly tell myself to stick with 52 Topps cards but more times than not, I deviate from that thought process!

Being a member on this site definitely doesn't help, and with the direct link to E-Bay postwar, well that just makes it worse!

As far as purchasing cards I have regretted purchasing, I don't recall any specific ones but I have questioned myself after the fact, why the hell did I bid on that?

[Republicaninmass]

99% of the times I've passed, I've regretted it.

Maybe 50% of the time I pulled the trigger, I've regretted it


Hard facts right there

[ZiggerZagger]

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm feeling somewhat more at ease with the decision today.
I really think that a lot of it is down to the BVG slab. I've made other purchases of that magnitude at shows, but always with the SGC/PSA slabs that I'm fully comfortable with.


Scott-- it amazes me that two people on the board would have looked at the same card yesterday!


(Also, I updated pic of the card, as there was an odd black dot showing up on the right border that is clearly not on the card.
I swear the only imperfection I can see on the card is the small white fish eye near the top right corner.
The corners are scary even under 12x magnification. I'm starting to think it's undergraded...)