General Forum

Hello team, 

I'm very recently back into the collection game after well over 20 years and I've gotta say, the software and websites for this stuff feels a bit outdated.

What are the best ways to price cards? I recognize the name Beckett, but goodness, that's expensive. I'm not even really all that interested in making money - just pricing what I have already. 

Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated. 

Go to Ebay, type an item or player into search, best match or newest will show up to the right side, scroll down and look on the left side until you see sold items, click on the box and sold items will show up. Items are overpriced, but that's what the item is selling for right now. The Dealers do have to pay Ebay fees and sales tax is charged on the item price AND shipping. 

#1 the buyers pay the sales tax not the sellers 

#2 yaBe is only useful for the major stars it's utterly useless for the minor stars / commons 

130point.com is also helpful to identify eBay "Accepted Offers" prices.  This site will show the price that was accepted.  To Pinkpony's advice, I'd say most commons/minor stars are next to worthless from a monetary standpoint.  I use Sportlots.com to see if cards are available.  Their lowest listing price is $0.18 for any card, so I just figure that if I can get it for that (plus S/H, tax, etc.), the cards are probably 18 cents max.  Base cards of major stars wouldn't fit this, specifically Trout, Betts, Acuna, Soto, and Tatis.  Hope this helps! 

  #1 Sales tax is charged on the item price and shipping (who pays this, the Buyer). I thought that was self explanatory, but I'm glad Pinkpony1967 cleared up that non-issue.
  #2 yaBe sells minor stars / commons all the time, you just pay more than what the card is worth. It's best to buy them somewhere else.
  
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Very good information and much appreciated. 

As far as tracking what cards I have or want to potentially sell, is this site as good as it gets? You are here now and I'm guessing you are some sharp characters, so it seems like it is. 

Is there anywhere else you've tried or currently also use? I've only been here for a few days and from my rudimentary searching, this has been about as good as I was able to find. 

That depends on what catergory they fall into . For the Major stars you have yaBe or COMC and for commons/lesser stars there's Sportslots.com . All have their advantages and disadvantages though.

Why do I keep seeing yaBe?  Is the forum automatically changing the spelling of eBay (e - Bay) to that?

Edit:  Nope.

Lol, I Googled yaBe earlier thinking maybe I was missing something really cool. 

I was wondering too. Regardless...

As far as tracking your wants and cards for sale, this site is second to none in my opinion. I think many others here will echo that. The different lists, the reports you can run, the functionality of it (once you get used to it) - yeah, this is the place for tracking your collection.

As far as actually selling, Pinkpony1967 is correct with his assessment of the other platforms. More members here would rather trade than buy, based on my observations and experiences. That's not to say that you won't be able to sell here - as long as you've got something to move for a reasonable price, it'll go. But one thing you'll notice is that many here have a ton of cards they want to get rid of, and they'd rather part with their extras and traders, even to a large ratio, than with money.

Outside platforms all have positives and negatives, as previously mentioned. Check out fees, and understand how the different sites are set up. There's likely lots of members here who can help with that; just ask.

What many do, and I've started myself, is to sell on eBay but link back to here. NJDevils is a frequent forum poster who sells on eBay. He will link his eBay auctions in a thread, and I am one of many who have purchased from him here. There are plenty of other users who also do that. For me, my COMC collection lists my "For Sale/Trade" list that is only available on COMC. I use the "External Sale" link to link to them and that allows site members to go right to my offerings.

Short answer: Collection tracking? Best site in the world. Actually selling your cards? Use TCDB as much as you can, but you'll likely experience better success with other outlets.