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StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
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I am new to their website and am looking at making a bid or two, but I am wondering if I am seeing things correctly?? There is a card that has a current bid of $4, but the BP (buyers premium) states the price is $18. That seem crazy high for a markup for the auction house.

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  • scotgrebscotgreb Posts: 809 ✭✭✭
    HA's minimum BP is $14 -- otherwise 19.5%
    Focusing on baseball “playing years” HOFers. My HOF Set; https://psacard.com/psasetregistry/baseball/hall-fame-sets/hall-fame-players-managers-owners-executives-pioneers-commissioners-umpires/publishedset/77755

    Always plenty of PSA-graded cards in my ebay store -- https://ebay.com/str/thelumbercompanysportscards
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the info.
  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    Heritage charges sales tax in several states- CA, TX, and others- that bring the total up to almost 30%. Notoriously slow to ship as well.

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • jsanzjsanz Posts: 250 ✭✭
    I feel like everyone is running an auction these days. With the BP, tax, high shipping, does it make sense to buy from them? Are there any bargains in these auctions?
    Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
  • bouncebounce Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I feel like everyone is running an auction these days. With the BP, tax, high shipping, does it make sense to buy from them? Are there any bargains in these auctions? >>



    Sometimes, but folks in TX and CA are at a bit of a disadvantage because of the sales tax

    You just adjust your bid to accounts for all the different "juice"
  • dberk12dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭
    These auction houses definitely have a good thing going - for themselves. I would only buy from an auction house if it is a card I can't find anywhere else or if it is an example of a card that is perfect and stands out from other examples out there. The system is clearly not designed to help out the buyer.


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