FS: 1914 Cracker Jack Cobb and Jackson

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

If you post an asking price it may be helpful if you are actively trying to sell the card....also could prevent what you deem lowball offers.

+1 and you can also look at what one of them fetched from Heritage last year or early this year.. It wasn't too long ago.

What does deem a lowball offer? I would think most people would do a web search and see what it sold for in auction. Then make an offer based from that price.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

+1 and you can also look at what one of them fetched from Heritage last year or early this year.. It wasn't too long ago.

What does deem a lowball offer? I would think most people would do a web search and see what it sold for in auction. Then make an offer based from that price.

I have made offers before that were 10% less than what the last card of the same grade sold for a month or 2 earlier and was told by other sellers it was a low ball offer to them. So you just never know what the seller will deem a low ball offer when no price is listed. If they wanted what the last card sold for at Heritage for example they could probably just list that price...

There are some sellers who buy a card a few months ago and then want 10k more for it for example, so any offer that is above and beyond what the seller had just paid for that card could also be considered a low ball offer to that seller. Thus if the seller lists the card for 10k more then the past sale in that example they may not be bothered with what they deem as 'lowball' offer though others could disagree, but in the end it does save time

[ullmandds]

this board at one time was a relatively close knit community...where many members kinda knew each other.

the seller is a reasonable man and I'm sure has a $$$ in his head that he would take whether thats what the last comparable sold for or maybe even a little less.

the problem is that there are board members who would offer maybe 1/3-1/2 of the real value looking to make big profits...this is a lowball offer.

i'd guess that most who submit "lowball" offers are well aware that they are low ball offers.

not to speak for the seller but this is what he is referring to.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

not to speak for the seller but this is what he is referring to.

you are speaking for this seller......Talking generally,however, when theres no price listed that at least creates doubt that there may be a price thats being asked that far exceeds the last recorded sale.... the seler in this example is free to list a price or not but if a price was listed and someone offered 25% of that, than i can understand why the seller feels its a 'lowball' offer..but when no price is listed..its entirely possible that an offer can far exceed a recent last auction price (which another member on this thread said that that sale price was important) but still be considered a lowball offer to that seller.

[ullmandds]

I don't like when people don't list asking prices either...BUT...you know good and well what a lowball offer is...don't act like u dont!

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i don't like when people don't list asking prices either...but...you know good and well what a lowball offer is...don't act like u dont!

+1000

[Mikehealer]

One definition/example of a low ball offer on one or both of these absolutely beautiful examples would probably be(just a guess) any offer submitted by
1952 boytoycollector. Then again I could be wrong.

By the way Jeff, gorgeous cards.

[Jdoggs]

Nice Cracker jacks.