Beantown Find. the story...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pgellis

How do so many people know/assume the selling price was strong? He never posted what he was looking for in a lot and never posted what they sold for. So how can I make a competitive bid when my first bid was ignored and then the lot sold 3 or 4 hours later with no update?

I bought one lot and made offers on others...and Steve told me where those lots were at. The lot I bought I know I paid very strong for because I bought it. The ones I didn't buy, but Steve told me where they were at when I inquired, were very strong prices. That is how I know. (I inquired on 3-4 lots, not all of them). I probably won't post in this thread again but figured I would answer this question.

[basesareempty]

Originally Posted by Leon

I bought one lot and made offers on others...and Steve told me where those lots were at. The lot I bought I know I paid very strong for because I bought it. The ones I didn't buy, but Steve told me where they were at when I inquired, were very strong prices. That is how I know. (I inquired on 3-4 lots, not all of them). I probably won't post in this thread again but figured I would answer this question.

I too bought several lots this past weekend and felt I paid strong, but fair prices for the lots I bought. I put in an offer and Steve responded with a counter offer price it would take to buy the lots on 2 lots and agreed on my price on the other. I agreed on his counter offers and bought the 3 lots. Simple as that. My offers were within 10-20% of what he countered with. So I believe that the people who are not being responded to are offering low ball #'s and frankly Steve probably doesn't have the time or patience to play the back and forth offer game with people.Steve knows what these are worth and your not going to get $2000 worth of cards for $200...just saying.

Bob

[uniship]

i am starting to think Steve is an utter genius in how he is going about this.

[tonyo]

It's not surprising that this many raw previously uncirculated prewar cards from popular sets have stirred up emotions and differing opinions.

I hope it's still a blast for Steve....... based on the line he put on on the recent lots - "Sale will be determined when I say it is" - it probably is still a blast....Love it!

For those of you who have bought lots, What percentage would you say have been been trimmed?

[pgellis]

Originally Posted by tonyo

I hope it's still a blast for Steve....... based on the line he put on on the recent lots - "Sale will be determined when I say it is"

Sale will be determined when I say it is..................
How is that maximizing the money raised for the elderly woman that it is going to?

24 Homecare is very expensive where this woman lives. It is not cheap at all. Can that attitude really be maximizing her costs?

Also, people are saying that Steve can do whatever he wants with these cards. People are acting like they are Steve's cards and he can sell them any way he wants. That would be true if these were Steve's cards. These are not his cards. He is selling them (15%) for someone else.

[ChiefBenderForever]

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[barrysloate]

I agree that Steve can sell these any way he wants, providing the consignor agrees with it, which she has. But Steve might consider putting a time down when he expects to close the lots, and perhaps stretch the bidding period on each lot to a couple of days. At least it would take care of all the complainers.