Card Shows: Tech as a servant or master?

[parkplace33]

Originally Posted by gunboat82

You're probably right that there's a bit of an impasse. I left GBSCC after an hour because I saw many of the cards I saw last year and the year before at the same or higher prices.

Even when there are cards that are priced to move, it seems like the dealers cannibalize each other's inventory. I had my eye on a particular slabbed Cracker Jack card that was at one GBSCC table last year, and I was close to pulling the trigger but held off. This year, the same card was at a different dealer's table but was marked up about 45%. I don't know if they're all consigning to each other, but it feels like the circle is getting smaller.

I feel like the last paragraph is indicative of most shows these days.