I have an instance where I have two cards from an older set. I pulled these cards myself so they have been in my collection from “day one”. Someone said they were creating a set. I am a decent guy, said what I had and started discussing terms. One of the cards were low priced (est $40) and I was ok but the other was a retired superstar goalie. My initial price was $100, which the other person was like “$40” and said “because I am a student is why I am offering so little”…now, looking at last sale on Ebay, a comparable card sold for $150. I thought the card value I was looking for was decent, and I was willing to let it go for $70, but the $40 offer was an insult. There is a current version on Ebay right now that is listed for $325. Needless to say, my card will not go lower than a respectable $250.
Also, what erked me was the fact the person was also trying to build two other sets of similar age and difficulty. Hey, when I was in college, I didn’t have money to buy cards. To this day, I refuse to deal with this person, and he is an active member here. If this story reminds you of someone, please keep it to yourself. The person who this is about may read this should know that there are limits and “you should be out of college now, so offering more $ should be feasible”…:-/
But on another note, I pulled a card from ITG H&P…short printed patch of a player that I know a Player Collector has the other cards. I believe the patch variation for the year is /8 or /10. When I say they have the other cards, I mean they have almost the quincy of the production run. I have one of the remaining. Here is my dilemma on this and it falls right in this discussion: do I hold out for the value based upon the reality of its rarity in the market (seemingly being greedy), provide market value based upon player (being blissfully unaware of its rarity), provide a discount on the prior (knowledgeable dealings), or sit on it since the “deal” isn’t advantageous to sell it (collector pulls the “all the others I got for xx and it should be only xx, not worth XX”)?
There are some unscrupulous people out there. I am not trying to be one and like to be fair, but also don’t want to be taken advantage of. We have seen that one COMC vendor that will buy the sought after short print card and drastically increases the price. They are doing the extreme. “If someone wants the card bad enough, they will pay the asking price.” Totally ballsy and may work a few times but definitely gives a bad reputation for “being that guy”, to paraphrase Letterkenney.
Good discussion. Sorry, I may be a bit long winded.
