Buy/Sell/Trade Forum

See lots of them all the time here in florida on cragslist and more on letgo. Alot of 80s and 90s , some vintage lots but they are asking way too much. People overvalue the stuff so much. Ive bought one lot for $15 on letgo. 5 folders about 4000 cards got about 100 good cards out of it, some serials 2 autos and 4 jerseys.

But i bought them for the folders not the cards as the folders and pages aint cheap and i need storage bad. So it was a bonus to get some decent cards.

I've had two successful buys (both off of craigslist by the way)..One was a massive collection of cards (350K I'm estimating) a few weeks back that was clearly inventory from a card store (or dealer) that closed down and made its way from California to here in Denver. Unfortunately nothing is sorted and I'be only had time to do an initial pass through to see what is there..I just bought a smaller collection of 70K cards on Friday night and there are decent cards in that one as well. Again, looks like someone was trying to sell them at a show, etc.  

Sadly, I have seen some extremely interesting looking ads on Craigslist and FB Marketplace for some cards/sets that were potentially really good buys. I played email tag with the buyers and then they all went silent which is a shame because I was ready to purchase or at least make an offer. 

The guy I dealt with on Friday said he had 5-6 potential sales and then they all fell through, not sure if that's what scares off the sellers or not. I do know that when you are dealing with large collections (and with people not knowing exactly what they have) it's such a gamble on both sides of the house and really becomes a game of how much am I willing to pay? Similarly, there's such a small market for someone to buy a massive amount of cards not knowing what it contains or what one will do with them..

So, I will still keep looking hoping to score some deals and try to figure out a way to sneak the cards into my basement without the wife knowing..  

My (now ex-)wife found a guy offering free cards on Craig's List.  I went there after work, and he gave me literally 20k cards.  Almost all were 1989-1993, and I now have massive amounts of dupes from that era.

Side note, if anybody needs a few cards to complete sets from that time, I might just have them.

Well, if you check my local Craigslist (Lehigh Valley, PA) you will see all my extra junk wax for sale, in all it's Glory!! 90 Fleer Set $5, 90 Topps Set $10 and so on...

Dang man, don't sell yourself short.  Those sets are listed on my local Craigslist at 10x those prices.

I wouldn't touch a '90 Topps set for over $10.  I was buying them in bulk at $5 each before becoming engulfed in flames.  By bulk, I mean about 10-12 sets at a time for 1987-1990 Topps for $50-$60.  

As far as buying/selling on Craiglist, I guess I'd prefer the anonymity of buying/selling through the mail.  When I started collecting in 1987, card dealers were getting robbed, and even killed, for the perceived value of their cards.  My dad sold coins and jewelry, and his friend sold cards and comics back in the '80s.  We knew of stores or people that had fallen victim to some of that insane behavior by lunatic prospectors thinking sportcards were equavalent to California gold in the 1850's.  I guess those thoughts and experiences always stuck with me.