BST Flippers

[parkplace33]

The problem with flippers right now is there are wayyyy more sellers than buyers. This will continue in 2022.

[Johnny630]

Things are not going to be as easy as they were in 2020/21 for the flash sellers.

[ullmandds]

It's almost comical over on facebook card groups...People are routinely posting cards from the junk wax era looking for advice on selling...grading, etc...thinking these cards have significant value. The pandemic may have given these cards a life...but now they appear to be back to junk status where they belong!!!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

It's almost comical over on facebook card groups...People are routinely posting cards from the junk wax era looking for advice on selling...grading, etc...thinking these cards have significant value. The pandemic may have given these cards a life...but now they appear to be back to junk status where they belong!!!

They may be junk and almost completely worthless but they are by far my favorites. It is like throwing cash out the window of a moving vehicle but opening junk wax is the most fun in collecting cards. I used to love going to games and watching those guys play baseball.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by bnorth

They may be junk and almost completely worthless but they are by far my favorites. It is like throwing cash out the window of a moving vehicle but opening junk wax is the most fun in collecting cards. I used to love going to games and watching those guys play baseball.

No doubt they are fun…overproduction of the cards to go along with the overinflated steroid stats. A bloated era indeed!!

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

The problem with flippers right now is there are wayyyy more sellers than buyers. This will continue in 2022.

Not for the cards I'm looking for unfortunately.

As for the issue, I've always thought that flipping cards here you just bought elsewhere, or buying a card here just to send to an AH is in bad form and goes against the spirit of this site. But as others have mentioned many dealers are members and all are free to do as they please with cards they bought. I don't like it, but it is what it is.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Not for the cards I'm looking for unfortunately.

As for the issue, I've always thought that flipping cards here you just bought elsewhere, or buying a card here just to send to an AH is in bad form and goes against the spirit of this site. But as others have mentioned many dealers are members and all are free to do as they please with cards they bought. I don't like it, but it is what it is.

Agreed. I think we're seeing a glut of many modern cards probably due in part to the PSA backlog getting cleared and huge numbers coming to market, but like Jesse, not noticing any declines in the cards I mostly look for.

[frankbmd]

Back to the original premise.

This happened to me on a recent sale. Two weeks after the sale, the card was listed in a Sterling Auction. I considered buying the card back for less than I sold it for.

And in fact the card sold the second time for less than I received in the initial sale.

So I guess I did okay. The odd part was that when I inquired about the listing in Sterling, the original buyer claimed that his collecting focus had changed. Plausible deniability I suppose, but the timing is still suspect.

[NiceDocter]

Seller.... Im selling this because my collecting interests have changed.
Me..... I will take it!
Seller..... Okay I will ship it as soon as it arrives from the auction house where I just bought it!!!! ( Wow your collecting interests sure changed quickly!!!)

[Snapolit1]

I guess the bottom line is if you buy something on BST and offer up a song and dance about how its your dream card you've been searching the 4 corners of the globe for, can't believe this is really available, and, hell, appreciate a nice discount among friends, its really not cool to put it up for sale next month. Gaming the system. No one's "collecting interests" change that fast.

Other than representations like that, you are free to buy a card and save it, burn it, put it in some one's vault, or list if for immediate sale, just like any other buyer.

[RCFire82]

Purchased a 14-card t206 lot not long ago on B-S-T. So as not to burn any bridges, made it known to the seller I only needed a few of the cards for my set-build and would be relisting the rest. He said he was cool with it. Could be wrong, but I feel like honesty has the potential to go a long way, even if it is, "hey, I'm probably going to try and resale this thing."

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I've probably said this before, but unless you are using a sob story (anything from "My hamster died and he wanted me to have this card" to "I need it for my set and have been looking for 742 years") I don't really care what you do with a card that I sell privately. I got a price I was happy with, godspeed.