What's The Best Way To Sell 1980s-1990s?

[G1911]

For a few thousand star cards, packaging them as player-specific lots can sometimes get them to move. There are a number of player collectors for 80's and 90's stars that will buy such lots.

[Dandor]

Unfortunately, this may not be worth your time. I have boxes of HOF players from 1980 to 1996 from my childhood and I am thinking of just recycling them. I could work an hour at McDonalds and make more profit than the money I could from these cards spending 10 hours. HOF cards on COMC go for $0.50 and below a lot of time. With the 50-cent fee to just list the cards, you will probably never recoup your money unless you have a bunch of Jordan's. Dealers don't want to deal with these types of lots either. If you have $1000 of card value, they will offer you $20 to $50. Really not worth their time.

The way people make money off of these cards is to make mystery packs and rip people off. I have a soul, so I can't do this.

[John1941]

Originally Posted by Dandor

Unfortunately, this may not be worth your time. I have boxes of HOF players from 1980 to 1996 from my childhood and I am thinking of just recycling them. I could work an hour at McDonalds and make more profit than the money I could from these cards spending 10 hours. HOF cards on COMC go for $0.50 and below a lot of time. With the 50-cent fee to just list the cards, you will probably never recoup your money unless you have a bunch of Jordan's. Dealers don't want to deal with these types of lots either. If you have $1000 of card value, they will offer you $20 to $50. Really not worth their time.

The way people make money off of these cards is to make mystery packs and rip people off. I have a soul, so I can't do this.

It depends on the cards, but if you're just going to throw them out I'd be interested in paying shipping for some of them. I don't like seeing cards getting thrown out.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by Dandor

Unfortunately, this may not be worth your time. I have boxes of HOF players from 1980 to 1996 from my childhood and I am thinking of just recycling them. I could work an hour at McDonalds and make more profit than the money I could from these cards spending 10 hours. HOF cards on COMC go for $0.50 and below a lot of time. With the 50-cent fee to just list the cards, you will probably never recoup your money unless you have a bunch of Jordan's. Dealers don't want to deal with these types of lots either. If you have $1000 of card value, they will offer you $20 to $50. Really not worth their time.

The way people make money off of these cards is to make mystery packs and rip people off. I have a soul, so I can't do this.

If maximized profit is the goal, of course. But there is some satisfaction to be had helping others complete a set, or fill a hole. In the end, this is still predominately a hobby. Most days I won't get out of bed for a work order under $25/hr, yet I have spent 6-8 hrs searching, measuring, grading, scanning cards for deals that netted me under $100. No one, in the history of the hobby, has made more than minimum wage actively selling commons. Yet 2 for $1 common boxes still exist in shops and shows, mainly as a service.

[swarmee]

We still should give honest advice when someone plans to piss away their time for nickels.

Throw them in your campfire. There's a much better use of your time.