Are all COMC buyers cheap?

[peterose4hof]

I've noticed that the newer, more readily available stuff (Bowman Chrome & Refractors, Topps Inserts) I get tons of lowball offers, but the older and more rare items I get people paying my asking price.

 

[peterose4hof]

It really depends- i only really buy on the site and i find some sellers are super cheap- i will offer 1 dollar on a 1.50 card and they will counter 1.20 - usually ill just recounter 95 cents lol....but ya, some sellers will accept half and just want to unload so with a lot of sellers i offer half and we meet in the middle- again some i offer 23 on a 25 card and they need 24

I know this seems like a cheap thing to do, but you have to remember some sellers have 1,000s of cards listed and if they make an extra 20 cents on every card they sell that can really add up.

 

[Stryk]

I have the SAME problem. I have seen cards that book for $1 and the asking price is $40. Commom 98 teks book at $1. with an asking of $10. it's a joke sometimes.

I remember buying a Juan Diffractor on COMC for about half book and flipping it in eBay for $70+, BV on lots of things doesn't matter.

 

[katieneack]

I remember buying a Juan Diffractor on COMC for about half book and flipping it in eBay for $70+, BV on lots of things doesn't matter.

True - I paid $45 for a $25 BV card on COMC a couple months ago. It was a '97 Bowman's Best Mirror Image Inverted card with Larkin and Jeter. Like "peterose4HOF" said a couple of posts up, if you have the rarer older stuff you will get closer to your asking price. The seller was asking $50 on that card, I offered $40 and we settled at $45. The newer stuff is so readily available that you can always find it somewhere really cheap, so you are going to get low offers on those. It is the same thing on EBAY though. Bothe sites have their advantages and disadvantages.

 

[tpeichel]

I know this seems like a cheap thing to do, but you have to remember some sellers have 1,000s of cards listed and if they make an extra 20 cents on every card they sell that can really add up.

Or they may have purchased the card for less than the offer. If it's a decent card that they bought for .80 cents, making .20 is a pretty thin margin, but .40 cents on an .80 cent investment isn't bad.

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

Umm, but COMC charges 20% fees to cash-out.....so it actually comes out to a little more than you pay for eBay/paypal fees.

Well I guess that shows why I stated I've never been over there. I had no idea it was that much

 

[Exposfan]

Well I guess that shows why I stated I've never been over there. I had no idea it was that much

No cash out fee if you buy cards and have them shipped to you, for a far less cost than almost any Ebay seller or any fees

 

[ASTROBURN]

I make offers just in case they accept them, and 90 percent of the time they do. Why not try to get a card lower than the asking price? It leaves more money for more cards. If you dont want 50% offers, then set it up to only allow 33% off or a different percentage. Its all about trying to get something at the best possible price. Dont be offended by someone trying to save a buck. (Except feel free to shoot the ones that re-offer their original offer. Thats just stupid)

 

[CollectorsCorner]

My favorite is the sellers that are members here and are just outrageously overpriced.

 

[BBCgalaxee]

There are several sellers who I won't deal with anymore because they won't negotiate.

As a seller, like it says in my signature, I take 50% offers on everything.