Happy Festivus! Airing of Grievances 2023 Edition

[mikemcgrail]

Someone asks for a price on an item. The answer is provide. And they then vanish and nothing is heard from them again.

Come on man ... Make some noise to wrap up the communication that you started! "I'll take it" or "Thanks but I will pass on this" or "Would you accept X?"

Something!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Rampant card doctoring and the indifference of most of the hobby to it.

[butchie_t]

Overpriced, overproduced, out the back door 1/1's that are endemic to a hobby (not even a hobby at this point) that will ultimately collapse on itself.

Fanatics taking over EVERYTHING. (This will only make things worse for the actual hobbiest.)

Case Breaks. Seriously WTF is that all about????

Not being able to buy a true wax box of cards anymore. What in the hell is a blister box, and why do they exist?

SP's, SSP's, SSSP's SSSSSSSSSSP's. And induced error cards (that is not an error card, just another damned hyped up variation).

Excuse me while I go outside and yell at some clouds.

[Lobo Aullando]

Seriously. There can't be that many people getting into terrible car crashes right after inquiring about a collectible.

Originally Posted by mikemcgrail

Someone asks for a price on an item. The answer is provide. And they then vanish and nothing is heard from them again.

Come on man ... Make some noise to wrap up the communication that you started! "I'll take it" or "Thanks but I will pass on this" or "Would you accept X?"

Something!

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by mikemcgrail

Someone asks for a price on an item. The answer is provide. And they then vanish and nothing is heard from them again.

Come on man ... Make some noise to wrap up the communication that you started! "I'll take it" or "Thanks but I will pass on this" or "Would you accept X?"

Something!

Originally Posted by Lobo Aullando

Seriously. There can't be that many people getting into terrible car crashes right after inquiring about a collectible.

I agree but this goes the other way too...seller writes that they're considering offers, potential buyer writes with "would you accept X?" and never hears anything back.

[Gmrson]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I agree but this goes the other way too...seller writes that they're considering offers, potential buyer writes with "would you accept X?" and never hears anything back.

Yes!! And why not list a price with the item?


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[4815162342]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I agree but this goes the other way too...seller writes that they're considering offers, potential buyer writes with "would you accept X?" and never hears anything back.

Or after submitting a reasonable and fair offer on eBay, the seller raises the BIN and blocks you.


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[The Detroit Collector]

Non-vintage sellers selling vintage, pricing their inventory at 10x the value.

[Fred]

Hmmm.... when it comes to this "hobby", I don't think I want to get started.

I will say that I still enjoy looking at the stuff, but it's lost a little sparkle.

[raulus]

Sometimes all the whinging gets old.

[Spike]

I lament the apparent end of vintage card scholarship inside grading companies. I've got some free time, if they need people willing to scour Newspapers.com and write cogent, 100% correct opinions!

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by mikemcgrail

Someone asks for a price on an item. The answer is provide. And they then vanish and nothing is heard from them again.

Even worse...someone contacts you about a card and makes an 'offer'. You agree to the 'offer'. Then when it's time for the payment, the potential buyer asks for an even lower price after doing more 'research'.

Happened to me last week via messaging on Ebay. What a jack-off.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by mikemcgrail

Someone asks for a price on an item. The answer is provide. And they then vanish and nothing is heard from them again.

Come on man ... Make some noise to wrap up the communication that you started! "I'll take it" or "Thanks but I will pass on this" or "Would you accept X?"

Something!

I believe the asker was looking for a steal and when none was provided, they quickly scurried off.