What would you do????

[JohnP0621]

I would buy the first card for sure at 50% lower price than the second card . It also has already been graded and will save you that cost and make it easier to sell when the time comes. Would also consider buying the second one also if it was that tough to find and could always sell later or use for trade material.

John P

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by JohnP0621

I would buy the first card for sure at 50% lower price than the second card . It also has already been graded and will save you that cost and make it easier to sell when the time comes. Would also consider buying the second one also if it was that tough to find and could always sell later or use for trade material.

John P

I agree with John here. If I could afford it I would buy both of the cards and have some nice trade bait for another tough card down the road.

[bobbyw8469]

I would buy both....keep the higher graded one, and sell the other one at a nice enough markup to offset some of the money you spent for #2.

[AGuinness]

Originally Posted by JohnP0621

I would buy the first card for sure at 50% lower price than the second card . It also has already been graded and will save you that cost and make it easier to sell when the time comes. Would also consider buying the second one also if it was that tough to find and could always sell later or use for trade material.

John P

I guess the way I read it is that the first card (graded) was the more expensive one, with the second being 51 percent the cost of the first.

If I'm reading this right, I would get the second one for my PC if I had trust in the seller and hadn't committed to the first yet. But doing due diligence is important for either card.
I would be wary of buying both with the idea of flipping - I've been in a similar situation in the past and tried it with mixed results. There's no guarantee that somebody else is chomping at the bit to own a copy of the same card, much less pay more than what you are paying for it. It could work, of course, but in this situation, I'd rather have the money to put into another card for my PC right now than go through the hassle of trying to flip it and take the risk of keeping my money tied up in something that doesn't move quickly, and even worse, for maybe a loss.

[Steve D]

[QUOTE=AGuinness;1925585]I guess the way I read it is that the first card (graded) was the more expensive one, with the second being 51 percent the cost of the first.

Here's the wording in the OP:

"BOOM! Out of the blue a SECOND example becomes available from a different source! This one is ungraded, maybe just a shade nicer but at a cost that is 51% more than the card you first found."

So for example, if the first card is priced at $100, the second card, costing 51% more, would cost $151. There is no way I would go for the second card in this scenario, as it is only "just a shade nicer", and "ungraded".

Steve