Do dealers even want to sell cards anymore?

[mrmopar]

I am the opposite of that. I almost always send my best and final offer first. However ebay is a funny case, because most of the items I end up offering on are way overpriced in my opinion, so my best offers might often look like low balls.

Originally Posted by ICollectT206

Since you offered so much in your initial offer, he must have thought that you would have accepted his counter or at least offered even more than your high initial offer. A lot of people do not send their top dollar amount that they are willing to pay as their original offer.

I also agree that there are some items on Ebay that are just there to garner attention to them instead of actually trying to sell the item.

[jchcollins]

My example for this type of thing is the 1980 TCMA Ryne Sandberg Reading Phillies card. I grew up a Cubs and Sandberg fan, and so am after this card just for my PC. Graded examples north of 7 routinely sit for months on ebay with 4-figure BIN prices. Really? How often do they actually sell for that much? In big auction-house catalogs, you will sometimes see the entire set sell for like $250. There have been times I've emailed the seller to plead my case, like "Hey if you are tired of that card just sitting there for months on end, I would be interested in the $200-300 range..." But of course nobody is ever interested.