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t206 bulk question
Posted By: sesop
Hello. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: jay behrens
don't expect any bulk discount when trying to win a lot of t206s on eBay. I am checking groups of cards all the time and it has almost gotten to the point where small groups of t206s are selling for more than if you won the cards individually, not figuring in shipping costs. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: Ray Piskadlo
I totally agree w/ Jay on this one. I have gotten T206 cards at much better prices individually than what I have seen lots go for on eBay over the past few months. It hasn't always been like this, but over the past 6 months or so, this is definitely the case. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: sesop
interesting- that certainly seems to be the case. i've been buying individually- got one lot (poor to fair)- 6 for $67- that was my first t206 purchase. i have since bought from mike wheat- for the equivalent prices of the 6 for 67 deal, i got some cards in way better condition. it's funny- i always wanted t206s when i was a kid and only in the past 2 months or so, i have been obsessed, and based on what i see on ebay, i'm not alone- i have 100% feedback on 4 purchases, and most of the stuff i bid on has people with low numbers also. why is this? |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: Chad
I think a lot of people just don't have the energy to pick these cards off one at a time. There's a premium for buying a large lot, but if you're just starting the set, it may be worth it in terms of saving time and getting a head start on the set. I'm a poor bastard, so I'd rather spend time than money, but for a lot of people the opposite is true. Also, I would imgaine some people are speculating that they can pull a decent grade card from the lot. In some cases, if you get lucky and find one 5, that can almost pay for all the other cards. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: sesop
my best bet is probably to find a reputable dealer or dealers and buy through them- save on shipping by getting 10-20 cards per month. i am not interested in graded cards. this may go completely against the notion of t206 as investment, but i like being able to touch the cards and put them into an album and want to be able to flip the pages and look at them, and when i have all but the big 4 or 6, get them all graded and enjoy the monster. anybody know any good ungraded shop? mike wheat is the best i found so far. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: sesop
i should also mention that a few nights ago i bought 4 polar back cards on ebay- two i got for $10.51, the others $14.51 and $20.50. even with shipping, that IS less than if i bought a bulk lot, which speaks to your notion of buying separately. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: bob donaldson
I used to always by group lots of F-P T206s on ebay and often could get cards in the $5 range, sometimes less. In the past year or so it has gotten more expnesive to by in group lots as opposed to individual cards. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: jP
I too agree with Jay. bulk lots are going for alot these days. little by little i guess it will have to be. |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: Jason
if it has actually become cheaper to buy individual cards than group lots (as many are saying here), then I would volunteer that perhaps we are seeing alot of speculative buying by inexperienced ("fast money") folks who want to collect sets fast, and are less sensitive to per-card costs....perhaps with a housing market in decline, all that equity withdrawal has to go somewhere else after the house renovations are all done !!! |
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t206 bulk question
Posted By: T206Collector
I agree that bulk lots of 6-10 or so cards does not get you much of a discount and will often lead to paying more per card than if you bought cards individually. But I believe that once the number of cards in the lot increases substantially to, say, 100 T206 beaters, that you might get a better rate. |
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