T206 FS/FT - Journey to $100K Thread

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Originally Posted by Luke

You probably need to be willing to trade one card for a stack of lesser value cards and do the work to piece them out. Hard to believe people are just going to give you $250 for your $200 card very many times. And I think you'll definitely need to learn other issues like the e121s for example. Basically, you probably need to do the work that other people aren't willing to to turn their cards into cash. Otherwise it's basically, "hey guys does anyone mind getting ripped off so I can profit?"

I agree, it takes a little creativity. This is why I stressed the importance of finding the right collector(s) in my initial post. If a guy has been looking for a specific card forever, and I am able to provide him that card, I imagine he would be willing to give me a card that might be slightly higher in value to fulfill a specific collecting need that he has. If I fill a need, I would view a trade like that as mutually beneficial rather than "ripping someone off".

But to your point, this is going to require some creativity, especially since a Piedmont McGraw is not particularly special in any way. I expect I will have to do a lot of sideways trades to get unique back combos or branch out to other card types as you mentioned.

All part of the fun of this experiment. I know it will be challenge, but to be clear I have not idea if it will actually work.

Cheers!