Annoying card things

[toledo_mudhen]

So in the world of Black Angus - Rare and Medium Rare are two very different qualifiers - Just Sayin

[jb217676]

One of my biggest pet peeves are people who only post pictures of cards taken with a phone, especially when it's a card for sale. There always distorted, blurry, poorly lighted, cropped badly, turned the wrong way, etc. Get a scanner, there cheap!

[barrysloate]

One of my pet peeves is when a collector says the following:

"If I sell this baseball card, I want to make sure it ends up in a good home."

Has any baseball card ever ended up in a bad home? Does anybody on this board abuse his baseball cards? Have you ever left a card on the stove next to the pilot light? Have you ever stored a card in a dank basement for an extended period? Have you ever drilled a hole in a slab with a power drill, impaling the card? Have you ever dropped a valuable card into a vat of sulfuric acid?

Trust me, anyone who pays up for a baseball card will take care of it and give it a good home. And if you are concerned it might end up with a dealer instead of a collector, forget about it. Once you sell it, it's out of your control. Just let it go.

[Rhotchkiss]

Major pet peeve - when people list cards on eBay and do not include a picture of the back (especially peevish when it's a t206 listing)

[wondo]

My pet peeve is the re-posting of the same overpriced card (ttt or bump) for months or years.

[Rich Falvo]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Major pet peeve - when people list cards on eBay and do not include a picture of the back (especially peevish when it's a t206 listing)

That's high on my list, too. And it's even worse when I contact the seller asking about the back (usually asking the factory number) and get no response.

[CobbSpikedMe]

When I see someone asking a few bucks shipping on a $5K card. Really? Covering the shipping when you're getting $5K is gonna kill ya?


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[AddieJoss]

For me it is the descriptions that always say, "nice for the grade", or worse, "possibility of a bump in grade!" And then most of the seller's listings say the same thing.

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Major pet peeve - when people list cards on eBay and do not include a picture of the back (especially peevish when it's a t206 listing)

Almost as bad is when you can't enlarge the scan. I guess a couple of the major T206 sellers on feebay disable the ability to magnify the scan? I believe that is an option when you post the scans?

If they don't post back scans I think maybe they are trying to hide something but likely, they are just too lazy to scan the back. When they disable the magnifying function, the only thing I can think of is they are trying to hide something.

One major T206 seller often doesn't post back scans on any card less than $300, always disables the magnifying function, and then has the nerve to add "No returns on professionally graded cards." I usually choose to avoid...

[Bill77]

Another pet peeve I have is getting a card taped up inside of a top loader taped between cardboard and taped to the inside of the envelope as if the seller owns stock in 3M.

[CW]

Buyers who expect free shipping just because they're buying a $5K card. You've got $5K to spend on a card and a few bucks for shipping is gonna kill ya?

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Bill77

Another pet peeve I have is getting a card taped up inside of a top loader taped between cardboard and taped to the inside of the envelope as if the seller owns stock in 3M.

I agree - Far too much tape is used to secure cards being shipped. While I do use tape when I pack cards, the tape goes on the bubble wrap which I put over the top loader the card is in...that way, tape never comes close to the card.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by slipk1068

Almost as bad is when you can't enlarge the scan. I guess a couple of the major T206 sellers on feebay disable the ability to magnify the scan? I believe that is an option when you post the scans?

That technique is used by a Net54 advertiser and major eBay consignor to hide problems on a card. I LMAO when looking through their listings and notice how they disable the magnifier on some listings.

[cardsnstuff]

I am guilty of above but usually on modern stuff

One of mine as a seller is when I have a PSA card priced low, say $17.95, and a person offers 14, {which is a reasonable offer} I check VCP and it's 22, or at least above my asking price; I check recent ebay sales and they are higher too, I check other live listings and are 30% higher or more above my asking price. I counter back at 16 or 17, and they decline or worse yet no response and it expires.

I just don't understand; if a person makes an offer I would think that means they are interested in my item. But I am one paying fee's including listing, final value, paypal, & grading. So why do I always have give up the few bucks. It's not a big deal, but definitely a pet peeve. I am a collector too, so I really don't understand why the couple of bucks matter, especially if I have been searching for a particular card in a particular grade for any amount of time.

I am appreciative of any offer and that's why I always respond, it's just some times the answer is no.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by cardsnstuff

I am guilty of above but usually on modern stuff

One of mine as a seller is when I have a PSA card priced low, say $17.95, and a person offers 14, {which is a reasonable offer} I check VCP and it's 22, or at least above my asking price; I check recent ebay sales and they are higher too, I check other live listings and are 30% higher or more above my asking price. I counter back at 16 or 17, and they decline or worse yet no response and it expires.

I just don't understand; if a person makes an offer I would think that means they are interested in my item. But I am one paying fee's including listing, final value, paypal, & grading. So why do I always have give up the few bucks. It's not a big deal, but definitely a pet peeve. I am a collector too, so I really don't understand why the couple of bucks matter, especially if I have been searching for a particular card in a particular grade for any amount of time.

I am appreciative of any offer and that's why I always respond, it's just some times the answer is no.

if its not a big deal and its only over of bucks, why not just sell the card...spending time looking at all the vcp and other listings to see you could get 2 dollars more seems to suggest that it is a big deal to you and a couple of bucks matter, thus you cant say its not a big deal to the buyer for a couple of bucks when it does matter to you..

my peeve is when i see 'priced to sell' but a card doesnt sell for weeks and weeks and when you ask for a lesser price the seller is upset because its 'priced to sell'...i think they should add a time frame, like 'priced to sell in a few years' etc.'

[Section103]

As in cards and wives, moreso wives than cards, it is extremely important to choose wisely. But if you do very well in either case, you will be happy for a very long time.