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Craiglsist..moron
Craiglsist..moron
Only in Vegas?
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Nope. Not only in Vegas...
See it regularly on Craigs list. Always wonder if they ever get a call.
Fishing! Best regards, David
Intent is hard to prove. As much as we 'know' every overpriced ad on ebay, Craigslist, and everywhere else is someone trying to rip people off, there could just as easily be people who don't know any better. My stepbrother knows I colloect baseball cards, for my birthday this year, he was at a small town hardware store digging for treasure when he came across a box of 1988 Topps American baseball cards and some 1991 Fleer being sold by the pack. He picked up a handful for me at $2 a pack because they were 20 years old and still in the factory packaging. He knows in his other hobbies of Hot wheels and real cars, that can be a goldmine type find. I didn't have the heart to tell him that stuff sells for a fraction of what it did on release. What about the guy selling that? Going through the storage area, he finds a box of 20 year old cards with a 50 cents a pack price back then, who WOULDN'T think it's gone up since then if you didn't follow the hobby? The only time baseball cards get much press is when there is a find of some sort. If the cards pictured in that ad were a 58 Maris, Killebrews, Koufax, etc most of us wouldn't have any problem taking advantage of his ignorance and bragging about our 'steal', yet when he tries it, he's a 'moron', 'too bad we can't report him for selling overpriced junk', etc. Seems the sellers are the only ones people think should have morals
He forgot to add something like "loaded with Hall of Famers!"
I don't know what makes everyone think it isn't an great deal. Did you folks not see the Andre Dawson 1991 Donruss card?
Thanks
Craig
Thanks
Craig
The true test for something like this is to communicate with the person. Those who becomes defensive at the mere mention that what they show is junk, well that is probably someone who is looking to rip someone off.
Sometimes, you get people who genuinely do not realize that what they have is junk and appreciate the assistance and knowledge you may provide them.
I get a few inquiries a year at work from people who heard that I collect cards. Just about every one has been a "hoard" of late 80s/early 90s junk! One guy brought in a small album loaded with rare post cards from the early 60s. I photocopied the pages and looked them up for the guy and he had several $500+ SP cards that I would have never guessed, solely because they were SPs. He probably had $2500 BV in that little album, all in pretty good shape from when he was a kid!
You just never know. However, there is still really no excuse for not doing some BASIC HOMEWORK either first. Book stores, shops, shows, etc. Then that little thing we call the web. The internet is a wonderful place, packed with good information. If you can't figure out that you either have something of value or a complete bust these days, maybe you are a moron.
Sometimes, you get people who genuinely do not realize that what they have is junk and appreciate the assistance and knowledge you may provide them.
I get a few inquiries a year at work from people who heard that I collect cards. Just about every one has been a "hoard" of late 80s/early 90s junk! One guy brought in a small album loaded with rare post cards from the early 60s. I photocopied the pages and looked them up for the guy and he had several $500+ SP cards that I would have never guessed, solely because they were SPs. He probably had $2500 BV in that little album, all in pretty good shape from when he was a kid!
You just never know. However, there is still really no excuse for not doing some BASIC HOMEWORK either first. Book stores, shops, shows, etc. Then that little thing we call the web. The internet is a wonderful place, packed with good information. If you can't figure out that you either have something of value or a complete bust these days, maybe you are a moron.
I've found that most people that have stuff like this on craigslist/garage sales/flea markets/etc genuinely don't know that their stuff is just junk, if you're not up to speed with the collecting industry you really wouldn't have much of a way to know unless you looked them up. I wouldn't consider anyone a moron for not knowing that mid-80s baseball cards aren't valuable.
My college roommate asked me to take a look at some cards he had last year after he noticed I collected, unfortunately I had to tell him that they weren't worth anything. Had to break the same news to another of my friends in high school. Neither of them really thought they were that valuable in the first place, but they were both surprised when I had to apologetically tell them they were pretty much worthless.
My college roommate asked me to take a look at some cards he had last year after he noticed I collected, unfortunately I had to tell him that they weren't worth anything. Had to break the same news to another of my friends in high school. Neither of them really thought they were that valuable in the first place, but they were both surprised when I had to apologetically tell them they were pretty much worthless.
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