Buy the Holder not the Card

Morgoth

I do it sometimes, I want to know what cards people have purchased just because of the grade. Was it because it was a good deal for the grade, example a PSA 9 selling at PSA 8 prices due to centering? Was it because you were too afraid of not finding it again? Was it because you don't really care that much about the condition as long as it's graded? When I go home I will post some cards I bought purely to further my set registry but really don't care that much for them. I tend to always involve these kinds of cards in my trading plans.

Brian48

After looking over 400+ specimens, I said screw it and just bought one of these .50 cent cards.

Brian48

<< <i>After looking over 400+ specimens, I said screw it and just bought one of these .50 cent cards. >>



EDIT. Forgot to mention at about 200x the amount of what it's worth raw.

dontippet

When I sell graded cards on these boards, it is amazing how few requests I get for scans. I think a lot of the scan requests are just to verify the exact item that I am selling. I think that most people who are buying for their registry are buying the holder and not the card. I guess the exception would be for a valuable card that is plentiful and many examples of the same grade are regularly available (ie 1975 Brett rookie).

TomGshotput

I only buy cheap cards, so I trust the grade unseen

Morgoth

One thing I do, if it's a star card I care very much about the centering, corners and color. If it's a common for my team sets I just pop it out of the mailer and into my team set stack. I rarley go over them again once I enter their serial number. Obviously resell value on cards is hurt by eye appeal but besides that I feel cheated if I get a soft 8

muchuckwagon

<< <i>When I sell graded cards on these boards, it is amazing how few requests I get for scans. I think a lot of the scan requests are just to verify the exact item that I am selling. I think that most people who are buying for their registry are buying the holder and not the card. I guess the exception would be for a valuable card that is plentiful and many examples of the same grade are regularly available (ie 1975 Brett rookie). >>



Funny you should mention the '75 Brett. I passed on all three examples of a PSA 8 that I found at the National based on eye appeal.....it was either bad placement of the "fish eyes" or poor centering. I will continue to search for a PSA 8 with solid eye appeal...the same is going to be true with the PSA 7 Bench Rc I am trying to hunt down.

In real estate....location, location, location.....graded cards....eye appeal, eye appeal, eye appeal.