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BOBSCARDZ
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 5:14 AM | |
Good Day, What price guides do you use, if any? What do you think of Becketts online? How much does it cost? Are there other online price guides and cost?
I'm looking for something to refer to occasionally, not to expensive though. I would like to check prices of most cards across the board. Does any one site do that?
Thanks, ~BOB~
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jasongerman9
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 6:04 AM | |
If I'm looking for the value of a card, I usually check COMC listings to see the price that it's selling around. Back when Beckett produced an actual magazine that was available on a shelf I would buy one occasionally but I haven't seen a Beckett for sale in years. And I don't do enough pricing to pay whatever it is online.
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jmiller4
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 7:19 AM | |
Used Beckett back in the 90's when it meant something. Do not even look at prices except when I try to buy something and then I compare on ebay, comc, and now sportslots. When i was asking about some cards at a local shop and he pulled out a Beckett, told him never mind and walked out.
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BSwagger
Posts: 1,565
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 8:09 AM | |
I have been referring more and more to sportslots lately. Some collectors I was dealing with were using them and I find their information easy to sort and use. I played with comc a little but I didn't find it as user friendly to use as a guide.
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Sportzcommish
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 8:29 AM | |
I use both comc and sportlots for pricing, but prefer comc as they provide actual pictures of the front and back of the cards being sold. I avoid ebay for ALL ungraded vintage pricing. I have used the beckett online pricing that is available to non-members, but not the price guide.
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olerud363
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 9:43 AM | |
I usually check comc.com listings as well as ebay completed sales to see what cards generally sell for. I haven bought a Beckett in at least 12 years.
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mzentko
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| Friday, June 22, 2018 12:04 PM | |
I buy a beckett mag about once a year.
my local shop sells past issues for half price.
I use that as a guide
other sources mentioned above work as well, to each his own.
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bkim
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| Saturday, June 23, 2018 8:35 AM | |
I used becketts price guide when they published their annual guide. Then when they went monthly started to see it was a joke. A couple of local dealers said that it looks like cards he wanted to buy prices were low and if he was selling prices higher. New York and LA players had like a 10 to 15 pct premium on them even if a common
Now I use Sportlots and COMC figuring in P&H some because if I drove to the store didnt I burn gas to get there and proberly bought a impulse item? As for eBay, is there any card that selles for less then $1.00
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| Saturday, June 23, 2018 8:41 AM | |
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BOBSCARDZ
Posts: 4,973
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| Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:48 AM | |
Thanks for the input, so somewhere between Sportslot > eBay > and COMC to get a general idea. It appears that nobody shells out the bucks for a site, magazine types are a thing of the past.
Does anybody trust the pricing on TCDB?
I do keep a few older BIG Price Guides around for older stuff, their prices don't change significantly.
TY again, ~BOB~
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