How long will Teletrade be down?

carkim

I noticed that Teletrade has been down for at least a WEEK if not longer. Anyone with info?

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dstudeba

I talked to them about a week ago. They returned all the cards to the consignors and gave me the impression that it wouldn't be up for a few months.

carkim

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carkim

Months...WOW

mrc32

Months? WOW that is amazing. One would think that they would just use the old site until a new one would be ready. Taking it down for months is a sure fire way to lose a following!

motocrosser

I think the reason for the change is what mrc32 stated. The customer base has been down over the last year or so...
The selection had been very inconsistant. PSA cards went from 90% of their inventory down to about 20-30%.
SGC cards were everywhere.

I stopped buying every week. I've bought 3 or 4 cards this past year, they were modern cards for my MVP or Cy Young sets. I spent maybe $60.00-$80.00 this year.

I suspected something was going on at teletrade about 6-8 months ago. I won a card on ebay and the check out brought me to the teletrade site. I bought from teletrade on ebay

mx'er

interchanges

I talked to one of their customer service guys and he told me they're in the midst of moving from Kingston NY to California somewhere.

He had no date available as of Friday when they would resume.

What shocked me was that the auctions they had planned they stopped cold, like they decided at the last second they had to go or something;

Griffins

<<he midst of moving from Kingston NY to California somewhere.>>


Great, 15% juice, consignors can bid on their own cards, and now 8.25% sales tax added on. Guess I won't miss them after all!

1954

Hopefully they will be down forever.

1954

dstudeba

Griffins -

If I recall correctly you already had to pay sales tax in CA, NJ, and NY.

1954 -

I got the feeling that could be a possibility.

NOW ONE OF YOU TWO SEND ME A JABLONSKI!

1954

Dan,
I will once I get an upgrade.

SL

murcerfan

I got my Jablonski off Teletrade.

I'm still paying for it, apparently

Now wrap your mind around the irony of that one!

Griffins

I had to hang out in a Burbank bowling alley to get my Jablonski. Dan, you just haven't suffered enough yet to get one.

interchanges

I had to pay $500+ for my raw EX example, (Jablonski) and the yo-yo sent it in a flimsy holder inside a thin, barely padded envelope.
Miraculously it made it from Calif. to Mich. without getting creased.
(.....clean livin') (to quote Satchell)

This card was destined from day one to be ruined.

Dan, you've got years of hardship before you'll get your story of anguish. Better start singing the Wilson Franks blues.
Murcer....start us out with the first verse......

(note: all blues songs start out with, "I woke up this mornin'....)


Edited twice to say "no more C.R. sips"

carkim

Teletrade is still down...Any new news?

shagrotn77

From what I hear Teletrade is caput. This should come as no surprise. Look at the crap they were selling for the past year or two. Plus they are part of a larger company run by the 'intelligence challenged'.

onegaucho

Yeah, it's a bummer. I used to get something every month. They had a decent amount of raw and PSA graded stuff. Then, in the last few months before they went away, I noticed that their inventory hadn't changed much and the quality of the cards were dwindling.

Oh well. I certainly won't miss the CA sales tax either!

Mantlefan

I too will miss them. Chalk it up to the power of EBAY.