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T206 cards in my local area craigslist...??? opinions...

akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
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Found this ad while browsing my local Oregon craigslist:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/clt/839394635.html

He wants $1500 for 43 T206 cards..some appear to be graded by SGC.

Is this worth checking out?
Potential for turning some profit on this or not really?

His price seems to be fairly average to high based on ebay standards..

Thanks all.

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  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    You could go look.

    Make sure you can spot a fake, before you buy.

    I might offer about <$800 cash, if I REALLY liked them.

    (Forget about his "price is firm," lingo. He would
    likely be lucky to get $1K in this economy.)

    It might be tough to make money on them, unless you
    can steal them.

    /////////


    TONS of fraud on CL.
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Little hard to see the exact condition from the scan but they look like beaters. Doubtful if it's worth trying to flip these for a $1500 purchase price.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Make sure you can spot a fake, before you buy.

    TONS of fraud on CL. >>



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    If you don't know a lot about the T206 and T205s make sure you take someone who does.
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  • bifff257bifff257 Posts: 751 ✭✭
    Linkage





    << <i>f you don't know a lot about the T206 and T205s make sure you take someone who does. >>



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    He could have bought a few graded cards and tossed them in with a pile of fakes to make the average consumer think they are all real.
  • billwaltonsbeardbillwaltonsbeard Posts: 3,748 ✭✭✭✭
    You do really need to be careful. Especially if these cards are listed under the Casual Encounters section.
    My cards on COMC
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,289 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Linkage





    << <i>f you don't know a lot about the T206 and T205s make sure you take someone who does. >>



    image


    He could have bought a few graded cards and tossed them in with a pile of fakes to make the average consumer think they are all real. >>



    Excellent point!!!
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    There are really few "deals" out there... unless you really stumble into something.

    Someone advertising on craigslist, with graded cards, knows something so you aren't going to steal them. Odds are you will pay a fair price.

    If it really seems like too good of a deal the you should be careful.

    I would probably pass on this unless you know T206 cards.
  • msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭
    Cards look legit...looks like a couple T205 buybacks, 6 graded (4 PSA, 1 BVG, 1 SGC), but also a '34 Goudey?

    "most are grade 2 or so" makes the $35 per card average about double want you would want to make it worth while to flip them.
  • jimradjimrad Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭
    Cash talks, BS walks. I would show up with $800 and start talking. No more
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