Buying raw cards online

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by ASF123

Interesting. In my experience a BIN search is what you would do if for some reason you wanted a list of people who are delusional about their card values.

Part of the trick with BIN or BO is to sort by newly listed. If it's been on there a long time your odds of a deal are slim. Also, if you're looking for variations like many hunt for, the older listings have mostly been cherry picked. Sellers often will start an auction at .99 or whatever with a BO attached, so that's another opportunity. Do your research and shoot them a fair price to see what happens, not an extremely low offer, just one a little(or a decent bit) under the lower range of past sold items. You'd be surprised the people selling dad's old cards that will put a 20 dollar bill in their pocket when it's offered over the thought of waiting months, or even 7 days, to get 30. I've bought many readily available cards at the lowest past sold prices on ebay that way, you're doing pretty good when you can beat the average. With how hot the hobby has been lately many auctions are on the other end of the spectrum, raising the average. A lot of the best BIN deals sell within a few minutes, so most people miss them. The BIN approach involves a little bit of random luck and maybe broader searches.

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