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Conference school::sports_memorabilia

Title:	Sports Memorabilia
Notice:	Wanted: 3.; For_sale: 4.; Traded: 5.*
Moderator:	SCHOOL::KOPACKO

Created:	Wed Aug 27 1986
Last Modified:	Thu May 08 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	730
Total number of notes:	8547

293.0. "What is your opinion ?" by EBBV03::MONDALTO () Mon Jul 29 1991 12:41

    I went to a new card shop in the Salem,N.H.area,and I think that this
    guy is a real "BANDIT". I was buying a few 1991 Fleer Ultra cards,
    Bo Jackson $.50, and  A Ramon Martinez which was $.40. I gave him
    $1.00,and he said that I was a $.80 cents short,I said the cards value
    out of Becketts was $.90 cents,he agreed,and gives me a bull___t line
    that he charges double the book price,I've been to quite a few shops,
    but this was a first. When I go to card shops I ask them if this it
    on the up and up,and they say that you have to be real sleeezy to do
    something like that..................
    
         JM

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293.1	I'd tell him to shove'em	AUNTB::PARKERJ		`Mon Jul 29 1991 13:00`	11
	I hope you placed the cards on the counter and told him that he could stick them where the sun don't shine. I think the only way to deal with these people is to tell them your leaving and never coming back. Hopefully they will be forced out of the business. We have a dealer in my area (SC) who unpacked all his leaf boxes, took a razor and made a small slice on the underside of the pack. He was looking for the Gold cards, in his shop he had hundreds, and then reselling the packs as untampered with packs. Most collectors in town know his reputation, however I feel bad for his mail order customers. Jon
293.2		CERBUS::KARLSON	Only 149 shopping days until Xmas!	`Mon Jul 29 1991 14:14`	27
293.3	My $.02 , no make that $.25	ELMAGO::JVERGO		`Mon Jul 29 1991 16:58`	13
	I saw '91 ud Thomas' and Erickson's going for $5 ea this weekend. Now you might say that those prices are way over Beckett, but it's all what the collector will pay. As far as the Beckett goes,I believe it is a really good "Guide" that is a good representation of what the hobby is reflecting. However, I also think that it reflects prices reported for the previous month and is infact already out of date when we see it. When cards first come out they climb quickly at the shops, well ahead of Beckett, then they seem to slow down eventually allowing Beckett to catch up, then becoming the guide it was designed to be. Jim
293.4	But will he buy for double book?	AUNTB::PARKERJ		`Tue Jul 30 1991 00:26`	10
	I agree that any one can charge whatever they like for a card. I realize "hot cards" will fetch more than Beckett book value while they are hot. Sometimes Beckett never catches up. Not all cards are "hot" and deserve a double book price. For a dealer to globally charge twice the generally accepted value is silly. This business is getting more competitive every day, he may not be in business in the near future. Just out of curiousity do you think this guy buys cards with this same policy? Yah right!! Jon
293.5		EBBCLU::MONDALTO		`Wed Jul 31 1991 10:21`	9
	>> 293.4 << If he was to buy that same card off of me,he would only pay 60 % off of Becketts High side,then turn around and charge double off the book. It's guys like this that give dealers a bad reputation,I know alot of other dealers and they themselfs agree that it's a good way to lose buisness......
293.6		CERBUS::KARLSON	Only 147 shopping days until Xmas!	`Wed Jul 31 1991 11:54`	7
	Yes, it's a good way to lose business, and a terrible way to run a business, but it IS legal, and it IS within his rights. Just don't give him any of your money, then he'll have to sell his stock to another dealer (let's see him get double Beckett's then! 8^) when he goes out of business.