04-11-2023, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-11-2023, 11:11 AM by yankee98.)
RE: Update: Where's the best place for commons
RE: Update: Where's the best place for commons
My strategy is to trade or buy from bargain boxes the bulk of the cards I need and then use COMC or Beckett Marketplace for the 2-3 to finish up a team set.
No matter what Beckett says, no card is worth less than 50c when made available as a single. Places like Burbank or COMC put a lot of money, millions of dollars into sorting cheap cards and advertising them so that you can buy them in a couple clicks. They then have to pay people to pull it, update inventory, and ship it to you. Also keep in mind that a large percentage of lower-end cards in any dealer's inventory will NEVER sell. That could be 80-90%. Those are cards the seller has already spent a lot of money sorting, warehousing and advertising.
COMC and Burbank are great services. They save me a lot of time and money searching for the last few cards, including those that don't appear often at shows or on trade boards. Their service is a bargain all things considered. Personally I find Sportscardlots hard to use as few sellers have more than a handful of cards I need and the shipping gets onerous, but if you want to spend the time there are some tough cards there.
No matter what Beckett says, no card is worth less than 50c when made available as a single. Places like Burbank or COMC put a lot of money, millions of dollars into sorting cheap cards and advertising them so that you can buy them in a couple clicks. They then have to pay people to pull it, update inventory, and ship it to you. Also keep in mind that a large percentage of lower-end cards in any dealer's inventory will NEVER sell. That could be 80-90%. Those are cards the seller has already spent a lot of money sorting, warehousing and advertising.
COMC and Burbank are great services. They save me a lot of time and money searching for the last few cards, including those that don't appear often at shows or on trade boards. Their service is a bargain all things considered. Personally I find Sportscardlots hard to use as few sellers have more than a handful of cards I need and the shipping gets onerous, but if you want to spend the time there are some tough cards there.