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Old 07-01-2022, 09:21 AM
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Default Sellers listing past prices

Not so much on NET54, but what are thoughts on sellers listing past prices for a card.

Example: I paid $500, selling for $450.

For me, that has no bearing on the current price of the card.

I also never see it the other way around:

I paid $500 3 years ago, it is now $2k
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Old 07-01-2022, 09:41 AM
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Personally, I don't care one way or another. In your case the seller isn't stating anything not factual, and it is just additional information for a buyer to consider. However, I believe a seller should be mindful and accepting if someone corrects them on a "the last example sold for $x" type statement. For instance if someone says the last SGC 2 sold for $1000 and you can show a more recent sale of an SGC 2 was actually $500.
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I don't recall seeing this before but if I did, I'd just assume it's the seller trying to make it look like a deal for a potential buyer.
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It sounds like the car dealership I was at last week. I replied, "With all due respect, I could care less how much you have an it as that has no bearing on my bank account."
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I love at shows when the dealers say, "Let me see what I have into it"
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Old 07-01-2022, 03:18 PM
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I love at shows when the dealers say, "Let me see what I have into it"

Having worked at card shows and in sports collectibles stores for roughly 20 years I think that's a legitimate statement to make. We would have to purchase our older cards at shows to replenish our inventory and dealers weren't always generous in discounting their prices for the competition, us, to resell. If it was an out-of-state show, there were extra expenses added on to what we purchased. Our markup wasn't exorbitant, so we did have to consider what we paid and if we could afford to offer a discount.

For newly released cards if the wholesaler didn't have what we needed, we would go to the confectionary stores to buy as many boxes as they would allow. However, they were loyal to the ice cream sellers and we were limited to 2-3 boxes, which meant driving to several locations in search of cards. From each box, we probably made $5.00 after all of the packs were sold. Why go through all that hassle? Many of our sales were for newer material and if we didn't have the cards the collectors were looking for, they would go somewhere else, thus potentially losing a continuing customer to a competitor. Southern California in the 80s through the mid-90s had tons of card shops and shows, (how I miss those days), and the competition was tough. So, if someone wanted to buy an entire box, we would certainly have to consider what we would have into it as even a .50 difference in price could win or lose the sale.

Now, if I'm at a yard sale and the seller tells me what they may have into it or they have to see what it's selling for on Offer Up, I tend to say no unless it's a deal.

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I love at shows when the dealers say, "Let me see what I have into it"
Alan, when a dealer then mentions a seemingly high price he paid for it, do I correctly assume that your response to this dealer is, "were you sober when you bought it"?
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