How does Beckett get their prices?
The old monthly price guide called dealers, surveyed buyers at shows. Also home team based dealer could not get be asked what he was selling cards for as they where usally higher as the demand was higher. Meaning a phila based dealer didnt weight heavy on carlton, schmidt, asburn or roberts card prices.
They also understood the part of under rating a card so the dealer could buy it cheaper. or sell it for more.then what it worth.
A the days of the mid to late eighties when the stock market went down. lost 20% of my IRA in 8 hrs. People got out of stocks and got into cardboard. There was no limit, cards picked up 2 new grades NRMT and Mint and I would shake my head and look down "gem mint" Then the conterfieting ROSE Rookies came out ( people bought 6 Rose rookies for a song instead of asking hhow does he have them and what do the other cards look like) I wanted to be in a shop or show when FBI showed up and wanted the cards. FOR FREE and evidence.
Aww the good old days of 10 cent and 25 cent packs. and GUm.
i go with this, if a card sells for 18 cents on sport lots and there one of them, but the next dozen are above 50 cents, the card is not worth 18 cents in pricing, to few but if it was one of 30 at that price i guess it worth only 18 cents from the command box.
Okay you havr to pay P&H to and that drives card price up, but unless you walk to card store or show, you got a gasoline bill.
but I never worry about what they are worth, I have so many cards I paid 1 and 2 cents for and got gum, and no state sales tax either.
What i need is a shift key that works....... aLl the TiMe
Robert
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