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10-21-2013, 11:24 PM
A Bizarre Phenomenon
OK, as many of you know, I PC Mitch Richmond. Suffice it to say that, unlike the seemingly endless onslaught of nice MJs I would like to add to my collection, nice Mitches that I need (and I'm defining "nice" as anything $20+ here) do not pop up at the usual outlets (COMC, the 'bay, etc.) all that often.
HOWEVER...when they DO pop up they come in DROVES. I actually won 3 Mitches in the span of about 80 hours a few weeks ago and am waiting for the last one to come in from overseas before I scan them to add to my Mitch PC thread. Total bv? $260. That is REALLY hard to do with just 3 Mitch Richmond Cards!
In the 2.5 weeks since, however, I have seen a grand total of 2 cards pop up that fit that criteria ($20+ and a PC need). So why is this? Why do they come in droves (thankfully this one came when I had made some sales and had about $200 in paypal built up) or not at all? They usually come in bunches when I have no cash and I can only realistically target one and pray the others fall through the cracks and I get them super cheap.
Just seems odd to me that it's very feast or famine with Mitch cards a lot of the time. Anybody else ever feel like this??
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10-22-2013, 12:17 AM
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
Have you checked past sales? With someone like Mitch, it would seem that if 1-2 nicer cards sold on Ebay that people would think others are looking. So they would list their nicer cards and hopefully make some money.
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10-22-2013, 10:10 AM
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
maybe people unloading their collections and it produces multiple cards?
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10-22-2013, 10:42 AM
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
(10-22-2013, 10:10 AM)pingbling23 Wrote: maybe people unloading their collections and it produces multiple cards?
That did happen once. A guy unloaded close to 20 really high-end early Mitches (gold embossed refractor /74, second-year credentials, etc. etc.) but there haven't been multiple items from one seller other than that one time.
@nickm that could be I guess. I generally just list stuff to sell when I have it to sell regardless of whether I think people are looking or not. Then again, at least half the time I'm selling MJs so I don't really have to worry about demand haha.
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10-22-2013, 11:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-22-2013, 11:30 AM by nickm1123.)
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
(10-22-2013, 10:42 AM)buckunteer Wrote: @nickm that could be I guess. I generally just list stuff to sell when I have it to sell regardless of whether I think people are looking or not. Then again, at least half the time I'm selling MJs so I don't really have to worry about demand haha.
Yeah, the reason I mentioned this is because I do this when I sell cards. Besides MJ I look at completed sales to see if I should even sell the card. For example I have some Lesean McCoy cards. Over the summer his autos were selling for under $10. Most of the autos I have cost me around $15 or so, so I did not sell them. I looked again recently because of how he is playing and the sales had gone up so I listed a few. Now I know this isnt exactly the same, but I also do that with players/cards that are not as popular as say MJ. If I am basically going to be giving the card away, I do not list it. If recent sales show no interest and most cards are selling for $1-2 dollars I do not list. Does this make sense?
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10-22-2013, 11:58 AM
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
(10-22-2013, 11:29 AM)nickm1123 Wrote: Yeah, the reason I mentioned this is because I do this when I sell cards. Besides MJ I look at completed sales to see if I should even sell the card. For example I have some Lesean McCoy cards. Over the summer his autos were selling for under $10. Most of the autos I have cost me around $15 or so, so I did not sell them. I looked again recently because of how he is playing and the sales had gone up so I listed a few. Now I know this isnt exactly the same, but I also do that with players/cards that are not as popular as say MJ. If I am basically going to be giving the card away, I do not list it. If recent sales show no interest and most cards are selling for $1-2 dollars I do not list. Does this make sense?
I tend to do the same thing, so that could definitely be part of it.
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10-23-2013, 07:30 PM
RE: A Bizarre Phenomenon
Since multiple people say they're doing that I guess it's a distinct possibility now! I just feel like, with Mitch at least, it's not necessary because there are always people bidding. Very rarely does a higher-end Mitch like that fall through the cracks. Oh well, I appreciate the input on the semi-rhetorical question!
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