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I recently picked up a Tuff Stuff magazine and looked at the price guide in the back. Is it just me, or do their prices seem a little inflated?

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  • bjork73bjork73 Posts: 2,246
    Trust me, it's not just you... in fact, unless somebody buys from a full-service card shop all the time, most sports card price guides will seem inflated.
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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Funny you mentioned this. I bought a Tuff Stuff about 2 months ago and another this month. As you said most guides are over priced, but I just like to look at somehing as a baseline reference when buying on eBay. Tuff Stuff is way off on some cards, but pretty on with others. I also like only having to keep one price guide on my desk that covers the major sports and they actually list more cards from a set than the monthly beckett does, atlest with vintage baseball they do. One thing I like is the pricing on the 1980's Football as I think some of this stuff is underpriced in Beckett. When I go to a mall show or something and have a 1981 Topps Montana Rookie, I am trying to get $75-$85 for it. It is easier to get that with the $215 Tuff Stuff price on it than the $150 Beckett price. Also like Marino and Elway being $110 and $100 rather than the $80 in Beckett. Rice may be too inflated at $150 rather than $80. I guess I mainly use it for a quick refernce since you get all the sports for $5.50 rather than buying all those Becketts.
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    all the guide prices are inflated; just look at what Ebay auctions close it. its very hard to get top dollar with all the competition
  • spazzyspazzy Posts: 592 ✭✭
    The Tuff Stuff Prices for vintage wax packs are totally off. They are too low. I wish I could buy a 1972 basketball wax box or a 1961 fleer bsk.wax box for their prices listed. These companies do not care...they take your subscription money each month and give you a very subpar price guide. I do like the sports articles on collecting though.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guru

    I don't think anyone goes by them anymore - I like them as a reference - especially to see how many new sets have come out.

    IMO - the best buy is the annual price guide - I buy the Standard Catalog of BB by Krause.

    I think everyone will agree - the true price guide value is reflected in what something sells for on ebay.

    So, that really cool 60 dollar GU uni hack job - slapped onto a piece of cardboard in Tuff Stuff - and very, very limited is probably worth 2 bucks? image

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