PWCC Bid History

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

No offense, but this makes no sense to me. That is like me saying "I will only buy my gas from Shell gas stations". I may be about to run out of gas, but I'm gonna zip by them to find me a Shell station. There are other sellers on Ebay that has cards. PWCC & Probstein don't have the monopoly on them.

If I am looking for a higher end rare card, the chances are I will find it with PWCC or Probstein. That's the (disappointing) reality. Maybe add yepbg and 707. There are a lot of cool sellers out there with neat stuff, but on eBay the high end stuff tends to end up largely in a few places. As but one example off the top of my head, a Goudey Ruth in a grade above 4. Good luck finding that on ebay and not with one of these sellers. If there are 30 such Ruths sold a year on ebay PWCC probably sells 25 of them.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

If I am looking for a higher end rare card, the chances are I will find it with PWCC or Probstein. That's the (disappointing) reality. Maybe add yepbg and 707. There are a lot of cool sellers out there with neat stuff, but on eBay the high end stuff tends to end up largely in a few places. As but one example off the top of my head, a Goudey Ruth in a grade above 4. Good luck finding that on ebay and not with one of these sellers. If there are 30 such Ruths sold a year on ebay PWCC probably sells 25 of them.

And the oddball sellers who have one for sale, the winning bidders turn around and consign the card with PWCC as soon as it gets in their hands. To me, that is a problem, and helps intensify the PWCC/Probstein phenomenon. No one wants to sell the cards themselves, because they feel like they are leaving money on the table. If some of these bidders would supports sellers other than those two guys.......I guess that's a pipe dream though.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

And the oddball sellers who have one for sale, the winning bidders turn around and consign the card with PWCC as soon as it gets in their hands. To me, that is a problem, and helps intensify the PWCC/Probstein phenomenon. No one wants to sell the cards themselves, because they feel like they are leaving money on the table. If some of these bidders would supports sellers other than those two guys.......I guess that's a pipe dream though.

This is a solid point....

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

This is a solid point....

My answer to that is very simple . . . if you have a nice card to sell, give it to a great auction house that will market it and take no seller's commission. There are a bunch of great auction houses that get kudos here all the time. LOTG. Brokleman. Others. Don't sell on eBay. Negotiate with someone who actually does some work on your behalf.