Cards, where do you buy?

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Posted By: Ted

As a dealer, most of my card acquisitions come from collectors and occasionally auctions. I only rarely buy anything on ebay. I do buy in bulk, and will take the bad and ugly with the good. Since my clients are mostly set builders, or collectors of individual cards, I want to have a good variety on hand. Lots of collectors just throw the duplicates in a box, including cards that they have upgraded. I ask them to think of me when they get ready to cash them out, as they want to move a bunch at a time, with little work on their part instead of doing their own scans, listing, selling, bookkeeping, etc. not to mention the time committment of selling themselves on ebay. Many recognize that for them, cashing out for a lesser price is much easier than the effort required to sell for full value one at a time. Very high dollar or rare cards are the exception however.