Anyone You Trade With Leave You Feeling Not So Fresh?

[HRBAKER]

Adam,
Not really. It seems to more of an issue sometimes with folks who may want something you have that you don't want to trade. Some can be relentless and you begin to understand how they accumulate what they do.

[mintacular]

Yes, there are a couple of people that I don't appreciate so I just ignore their pm's, etc...I do think there are instances where both parties can't come to terms on a final $. When that happens the tone/conversation should end respectfully even if a deal is not reached. Maybe I'm in the minority but since this board was created for collectors I don't think the B/S/T should be treated as a high-stakes game of poker.

[Ladder7]

There are a couple of persistent little monkeys that are amusing, with the back n forth banter. The impersonal tikes that sulk are just a turn-off, and I wouldn't sell a poor common to for a G. Some get caught up in this rarity thing and it can make us social retards.

Thing is, much of this prewar stuff is readily available... I'm often able to find a suitable niche filler in short order.

Very few of us DB's here, in my experience... And by a huge margin, my inter/transactions on the BST have been a hoot. Steve

[slidekellyslide]

My first ever transaction on this board I got ripped in a trade, but didn't realize it until a week or so later as I was doing more digging and saw that severely miscut T-206 cards can bring a premium. My own fault I guess, but I really felt ripped off after I found that out. That was in 2004, I haven't had a bad trade on this board since then.

[sportscardpete]

It depends... There are certain people I love dealing with and others that leave a lot to be desired. But usually if a trade goes through I never have a bad taste. I wouldn't do a deal unless I was happy in the end!

[Wite3]

Certainly people I would not trade with. Even if the terms were in my favor. I would rather deal with people who are respectful, polite, and helpful. Generally, I have had some very nice dealings with people on the board.

Joshua

[steve B]

I guess I'm a bit odd, as I'm usually ok with most people. All the trades/purchases here have been really good.

Back when there were shops everywhere and any flea market had 3-4 dealers there were a few guys I had little respect for. Generally ones that didn't know much if anything about cards. Some were decent at business, and I respected them for that but not for card knowledge. I'd shop what I called the "clueless and obnoxious circuit" about every 3-6 months just to see what they'd lucked into. No big scores, but a few interesting cards cheap. A couple worn 49 leaf for .25 each because " those aren't in beckett so they can't be worth anything"
My favorite was the guy at the flea market who somehow got the impression I was some sort of bigtime dealer. Not really hard to understand as my usual response to his pushy sales pitch for new stuff was to tell him I already had it. So one day I tell him I'm thinking of selling some stuff at the flea market. He asks me to come around behind the van and I'm figuring he's making an offer for my inventory or maybe offering his- or maybe a threat- He was that sort of odd. Any way, he hands me 3 boxes of cards and says they're mine for free if I don't set up at the flea market! Probably about $45 worth of boxes at the time. Nice, a bribe from a dealer! I still feel bad about never letting on that I wasn't a dealer, just a guy with some extras to sell. But at the time the occasional free box of cards was a nice perk since I was making about $30 a week. He probably gave me 5-6 more batches of stuff over the next couple years.

SteveB

[B O'Brien]

I stopped going to shows back in the day because it was nothing but scum bags and hustlers in my area. I personally love the dealing here. I have had a couple odd offers over the last few years, but it has always been "thanks for the time and good luck finding it someplace else" and we were both on our way!

I will admit that I did beg DavidR to sell me a card, once a quarter for two years, but hopefully, other than that I have left folks feeling good about our deals. I hope I have made it up to David with a few cards to fill a couple of those troublesome holes though.

Hope all is well,
Bob