What is up with Burbank Sportscards?

I have been looking for a 99 Bowman Best atomic refractor Ken Griffey Jr. for quite some time and I finally found one on ebay from Burbank Sportscards. The card list for 15.00-40.00 and they have their BIN set at $246.00!!! I emailed them to see if it was some type of mistake on the price because the card only lists for 40.00 on the high side and they told me that their price was "firm". Are you kidding me? They want to sell a 40 dollar card for 200 dollars over book price? Does anyone else see a problem with this?
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i dont know anything about the card, but you said you've been looking for the card awhile, have there been others on ebay? how rare is it? what do they usually sell for?..
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
<< <i>It sells for 40-50 when it comes across ebay. They don't come up very often though. I can promise you that nobody will pay 246.00 for that card. >>
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Actually, I guess, it's prolly safer to say, "Nobody has paid that much for that card, yet."
Of the hundreds of lessons I've learned on EBAY, the most important one might be:
"Eventually, there will be a buyer for my item at my price."
All they do is clog up my searches with 100's of auctions with either no pic or just a stock Beckett pic.
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<< <i>Burbank sucks!
All they do is clog up my searches with 100's of auctions with either no pic or just a stock Beckett pic. >>
yeah, and I bet you couldn't even look at the card they would like to rape you on
I have no problem paying $20.00 or even 2x book for something I want, but I do
have a limit.
<< <i>It sells for 40-50 when it comes across ebay. They don't come up very often though. I can promise you that nobody will pay 246.00 for that card. >>
if i were you, i'd grab the next one that comes up on ebay for $40-$50 then..
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<< <i>It sells for 40-50 when it comes across ebay. They don't come up very often though. I can promise you that nobody will pay 246.00 for that card. >>
if i were you, i'd grab the next one that comes up on ebay for $40-$50 then.. >>
Well that would be just too darn easy and where's the fun in that?!?
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<< <i>I've only seen the card come across once in the past year and I missed it. I'd love to pay 40-50 if one comes across. If you guys know where I can find one please let me know because you guys think that would be so easy. The people that are frustrated with their ridiculous prices and no pictures when you try to search for something on Ebay know what I'm talking about. >>
You do realize that you're preaching to the choir, right?
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<< <i>There cards are way overpriced even if they were PSA 10's in most cases. I can't believe people pay their prices without even seeing a picture of the card. They must be way more trusting than I am. >>
People pay them because they always have the card...and there are people whose patience is never a match for their desire to have the card now. The huge selection of commons at big markups is where I presume they make a ton of their money, and the high end cards are more for advertising than anything else I feel.
It sucks to have a card in view that you want but to have the price so far out of wack you won't buy it...but like everyone else has said just wait for your time and save the $200.
I wish I had pulled the trigger on a 93 Cooperstown Dufex promo a few years back.
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And no i don't work for them or anything, but I find Rob and his dad to be nice guys. Knowledgable about cards and as long as you're fine with paying higher than eBay prices for stuff, they are reliable. If I can, I go to eBay. If I need something immediately, I go to them. It's their business model and it works for them.
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of Grif are VERY popluar. I wouldn't be surprised if the card was gone this time next year.
Kevin
<< <i>As I've stated before I have been collecting this particular set for 3 years now and I have a pretty good idea of what the market price is for these cards. Burbank is ridiculously high on these cards and they will not sell at the prices that they have them at. If their prices are "firm" the cards will remain "firmly" in their hands....period. >>
what you have to understand is simply that they don't care. Why should they? it's obviously eating you up...but rest assured they they aren't worried about you at all.
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<< <i>Yeah but where do they come up with 246.00 on a cards that lists for 40.00? That seems a little outrageous!!! Its not just that card either. >>
Maybe doctor beckett is wrong. if dealers didn't charge more than what the book says it is worth cards would never go up in value!
246.00 is a reach and half, but then I remember customers coming in with the beckett going why are you charging over beckett for card xyz and my response was hey I'm paying 150% of beckett you got any u want to sell duh no I was wanting to buy at 50 % of beckett so next month I could come and sell it back to you at 80 % of beckett. JMHO
Second: MrVintage, as you have stated you are educated in the wold of Atomic Refractors, and as such YOU are not the type of buyer that would buy the Griffey for $246.80.
The type of buyer that buys that cards will probably be a huge Griffey collector that has deep pockets and no patience.
Or maybe a 23 year old that just got his first job out of college. He remembers trying to pull that Griffey back in 99' when he was 13. Boy, he really wants that card. He's been waiting for another one to become available on Ebay for months and he just can't wait anymore. He just got his IRS return and with the Microsoft discount by his side, he hits "Buy It Now"
Just sayin'. Someone will buy that card, for that price.
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
Steve
Shame on Burbank for not putting a scan on a $246 card.
I understand that they have a HUGE inventory, but if a card is listed for over $50 you have got to take the time to put up a scan.
JMO.
CDsNuts, 1/9/15
<< <i>I should have mentioned,,,
Shame on Burbank for not putting a scan on a $246 card.
I understand that they have a HUGE inventory, but if a card is listed for over $50 you have got to take the time to put up a scan.
JMO. >>
I agree but they probably don't care.
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Failure to post scans is a big thing, but when the cards they list are also improperly identified, that's another. Failing to mention writing on a card. Listing a card that had been trimmed but made no mention of the trimming. That's two strikes that happened to me. When I wrote to them about the issues it took several days before I got a "whatever....if you want to return it you can do that" response.
I'm done with them.
don't just return it.
Steve
<< <i>Burbank sucks!
All they do is clog up my searches with 100's of auctions with either no pic or just a stock Beckett pic. >>
IIRC, there is a way to exclude a seller on your searches. I usually do that for 4SC when I do searches.
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<< <i>Burbank sucks!
All they do is clog up my searches with 100's of auctions with either no pic or just a stock Beckett pic. >>
IIRC, there is a way to exclude a seller on your searches. I usually do that for 4SC when I do searches. >>
if you recall correctly, you usually do that?..
you have 61 posts and i think half of them are in this thread saying the same thing lol.
thanks for the entertainment.
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if you recall correctly, you usually do that?.. >>
If there's anything I've learned about these boards it's that there are a lot of smart arses on here
And/or many current or retired English teachers.