why do sellers change asking price to sold after a sale?

raulus · #1 09-06-2023, 08:48 PM

I�ve never bought or sold over the BST here, so I really don�t have a dog in this fight. And for that matter, the stuff that I buy usually doesn�t transact around here anyway, so the sales price data isn�t meaningful to me either.

But the contrarian part of me now desperately wants to sell something and then brazenly delete the price just because of the painfully odious response it seems to provoke.

Snapolit1 · #2 09-06-2023, 08:51 PM

"But the contrarian part of me now desperately wants to sell something and then brazenly delete the price just because of the painfully odious response it seems to provoke in people who weren't interested in actually buying the card"

G1911 · #3 09-06-2023, 09:27 PM

"But the contrarian part of me now desperately wants to sell something and then brazenly delete the price just because of the painfully odious response it seems to provoke in people who weren't interested in actually buying the card and 99% of the time has readily available public pricing information to value the card.�

Peter_Spaeth · #4 09-06-2023, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by G1911

"But the contrarian part of me now desperately wants to sell something and then brazenly delete the price just because of the painfully odious response it seems to provoke in people who weren't interested in actually buying the card and 99% of the time has readily available public pricing information to value the card.”

Which way does that cut? If that's the case, why are buyers requesting the price be deleted since it won't do them any good?

G1911 · #5 09-06-2023, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Which way does that cut? If that's the case, why are buyers requesting the price be deleted since it won't do them any good?

I�ve never had anyone request it. My reasons were different. Whether a T206 common sold for $75, $80 or $85 I really can�t see why anyone not in the deal cares, and I really don�t see why some people are clearly upset about it and using rather extreme verbiage.

Lorewalker · #6 09-06-2023, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by G1911

I�ve never had anyone request it. My reasons were different. Whether a T206 common sold for $75, $80 or $85 I really can�t see why anyone not in the deal cares, and I really don�t see why some people are clearly upset about it and using rather extreme verbiage.

It was only one person who used rather extreme verbiage and that was me. Apologies for offending you.

Just because I have not bought a T206 Wagner does not mean I would not like to see price point data. A deal today that I had nothing to do with might be a deal I end up doing in the future so the reference would be cool to have.

If we take things a step further should auction houses not keep sales data for us to access from their websites and stop feeding data to VCP?

G1911 · #7 09-06-2023, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorewalker

It was only one person who used rather extreme verbiage and that was me. Apologies for offending you.

Just because I have not bought a T206 Wagner does not mean I would not like to see price point data. A deal today that I had nothing to do with might be a deal I end up doing in the future so the reference would be cool to have.

If we take things a step further should auction houses not keep sales data for us to access from their websites and stop feeding data to VCP?

I’m not offended, I just don’t understand the value of this data and why people care so deeply rather than have a casual opinion. It’s a tiny amount of cards, which are mostly members ‘junk’, stuff people are just trying to move easily. It’s rare something sells here for which the pricing information would be legitimately useful and would help establish what a card is ‘worth’.

An auction house can do whatever they want with their sales data; it’s their data. They show it because it is in their fiscal interest to do so.

Casey2296 · #8 09-06-2023, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorewalker

It was only one person who used rather extreme verbiage and that was me. Apologies for offending you.

Just because I have not bought a T206 Wagner does not mean I would not like to see price point data. A deal today that I had nothing to do with might be a deal I end up doing in the future so the reference would be cool to have.

If we take things a step further should auction houses not keep sales data for us to access from their websites and stop feeding data to VCP?

But we're not an auction house here, we're like minded members who respect each other.
For example; a long time member posted his Rose Postcard of Moonlight Graham for sale, Ryan sent a PM and bought it.

Is the sales price anybody's business but the two of them? No.

If you were collecting Rose Postcards and wanted to get an idea of what that card sold for I'm sure you could pm Ryan and ask him, he's a nice guy and a good member so he would probably tell you.

If you want Net54 opinions to build a database of the card you want just make a post, "how much does a XXX go for?" you will get more opinions and data than you'd ever want.

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