Ever buy something and then feel like you overpaid?

CDC4

Have you ever bought something and then felt like you overpaid?
I got caught up in the moment today and paid more than I had planned. I wanted to see if I'm the only one....

Carlo

goodriddance189

story of my life. i get in to the mindset where i have to have something and usually always overpay for it

mikeschmidt

All the time!

The best is when you overpay for something, and three years later, you sell it for double to trip what you originally paid. Sometimes works wonders in low. pop. vintage.

brucemo

What do you think card collecting *is*?

bruce

PROMETHIUS88

MOST DEFFINATELY!!!! in an auction about a month ago i accidently put in a bid of $120 instead of $12. on a 1986 fleer robert reid #90 psa 9. common in 9 so i figured i wouldn't change the bid because nobody would pay more than $15 for this card. well, after the auction was over, i went back and saw the end price was $35.00!! what a load of crap! some guy must have really wanted the card and i ended up getting stuck with it at that price. i keep it right next to my computer as a remider for when i think i want to pay a little more than what i should for a card.....doesn't seem to work very often, though!!!

crazysc

Anything that's still sitting in my warehouse...

AlanAllen

Oddly enough, not really. I mean yeah, I've paid a lot more than market price for many of my obscure Marcus Allen cards, and often they were available for 90% less a year later, but those don't stick in my head and bug me. I don't feel like I overpayed and kick myself for it. Someone (I'm sure it was a dealer) once told me "buy the best you can afford and you'll never regret it." What I kick myself for are the ones that got away...

Joe

pc

<< <i>Have you ever bought something and then felt like you overpaid?
>>


only when i cross an sgc 96 into a psa 8

chrisrenaud

Overpaid is a word relative only to whether or not you buy baseball cards to resell rather than to collect. To overpay if you are a collector only means that you could have easily figured out how to get the card somewhere else at a cheaper price without having to wait forever.

thesplendidsplinter

What is worse is when the wife overpays! Somehow I can justify when I do it, but when she does it. Look out!

1420sports

Brucemo summed it up perfectly.

The key is justifying it in your mind, and coming up with any possible reason for the justification.

CDC4

What is worse is when the wife overpays! Somehow I can justify when I do it, but when she does it. Look out!

Ouch. I bet that hurts........she probably needed it though

rw2win

Every time I buy gas for my truck these days.

Vargha

I have many stories like Marc's. On the other hand, I have several others that ended in losses as well.

mrc32

I agree with thesplendidsplinter....When the wife buys a $400 purse it makes me feel better about buying that $45 card for $90 becuase I just had to have it....

But I will only worry about overspending if she is out of a job

gemint

As Dom used to say, "If I'm buying, it's priceless. If I'm selling, it's worthless."

Tipem

NEVER(not!!)

I don't think that there is a collector or dealer that has at one time or another bought a card that they paid more than they should have.I think that a collective answer of these guys that have posted is really the answer.I could give probably all the answers on here so far.I just hope that I will never overpay again(Fat Chance).


Vic

Virtualizard

Yes! Every week.

And if my snipe is high enough, I will be overpaying again tomorrow night.

As a collector, you can't think of it as overpaying. If you're buying cards to resell, that's a different story.

JEB.

Caramels

<< <i>What do you think card collecting *is*?

That is also what auctions are for! Getting you emotionally sucked in so you spend your money $$$$ !

Gatorbait

Not exactly on point, but one time I clearly over"traded." It was around the time Schmidt was retiring and I just had to have his rookie card. I had all of his other topps cards (in varying conditions) and some oddballs, but needed the '73. I went to a show at what is now Pro Player Stadium and found a guy with several Schmidts. For his best one, I traded: 1962 Ernie Banks, 1963 Hank Aaron, 1965 Sandy Koufax, two Dale Murphy rookies and probably one or two other cards that I try not to remember. Although ungraded, they were in pretty good condition, say 6 for the Banks, 7s for the next two and 8s for the Murphys. The Schmidt card, which I still own (and cherish), is not graded, but would probably get a 5.

I finally purchased an upgrade two weeks ago, but will always hang on to the other........

AROD626

I overpay all the time, yesterday I paid way way too much to get my car fixed. I never overpay for cards, nobody does. If you want something bad enough, the money you spend is money well spent. That's what we all work for isn't it?

Troy

PistolPete

$650 for my PSA M-116 Mathewson Pastel.

Griffins

<<<Ever buy something and then feel like you overpaid?>>>>

The morning after every Mastro auction.

murcerfan

Ferris Faint ?

dude

<<<Ever buy something and then feel like you overpaid?>>>>

I normally don't feel that way immediately after I buy something. But for the past few years everytime I open up my closet and see stacks of unopened early '90s wax boxes, that thought enters my mind.

Also, I once had a long time friend/customer buy 3 cards off of me for huge prices since they were Pop 1 of 1's at the time. About a month later there must have been a huge find of those cards somewhere and the Pops went through the ceiling and the prices crashed on those same cards. He came back to me complaining that he deserved some kind of compensation or just wanted to return them for a full refund. After deliberating with him for some time, I finally agreed to buy something I needed from him for way over market value and call it even. I always meant to ask him if he does this to his stock broker.

Mitochondria

Dude,

You should have told him to go jump in a lake! A population number is always relative to the denominator as well as the uncertainities of "finds". What were you supposed to do? Hang on to the cards until the pops went up so it would be deemed fair? If you need a card now, then you pay the price like everyone else. If you believe that you can get the card cheaper, then you take your chances and wait and see. Its not rocket science.

Ron

Vargha

Dude is a nice guy . . . much nicer than I am.

dude

Mitochondria,

In principle you are very correct. The discussion went on for days regarding the compensation/refund and his bargaining chip was that he had a card that I wanted to buy very badly for one of my sets. At the time I wrote on my eBay "About Me" something to the effect, "I have a Full, No Questions Asked Return Policy." That was his loophole to contest the transaction a month later, but he also didn't buy the cards through eBay - they were direct sales. After that episode, I changed my "About Me" it to say, "No Questions Asked, 7 Day Return Policy". There's an old saying in the retail business: "Lose the sale or lose the customer". This person bought a lot of cards from me over several years and paid top dollar, so we reached a compromise with me buying a stunning card from him which was a Pop 2 card, with none higher when I bought it and 18 months later, it's still a Pop. 2 today with none higher, but I still overpaid by absurd amount.


Vargha,

Thanks!!!

BigKidAtHeart

<< <i>Ever buy something and then feel like you overpaid? >>

who me? Never!

uniship

Whenever I buy unopened it feels like I overpaid. I busted out a beautiful Ozzie Smith rookie - came back a 6. Opening wax is just like going to Vegas. It's darn fun, but expect to lose every time.

dbj77

amen uniship, i've busted open a lot of vending of early 80's this month, and hardly anything was worth my time or money, but oh well, it's the excitement of the chase that gets me

BigKidAtHeart

<< <i>Opening wax is just like going to Vegas. It's darn fun, but expect to lose every time. >>


That is the TRUEST thing I have heard all week!

Hilarious!!!

~jeff