Advice on Wil Myers Buy, Sell, or Hold

jbmm161 · Dec 10, 2012

With Myers going to Tampa what are fellow prospectors thoughts on his cards.
I don't have a huge stash of him by any means but was wondering what others where planning on doing.
I think the trade to Tampa is much better for his career as Tampa has proven to field a more competitive team
than the Royals over the years. KC traded him because he has trouble hitting sliders and breaking balls and must
not have been as high on him as many thought. Then again they are also idiots and Tampa has proven time and again they
can scout talented players.

I was hoping he would stay in KC as they have a dedicated collecting fan base compared to Tampa.

Here is what I have 2 BC Base PSA 9 Autos and a small lot of base cards which tend to sell well during call ups.
I had planned to hold him until he was called up then sell one of my psa copies and the base cards.

Is it worth selling now or waiting on him to either be called up start the season in the Tampa lineup?

Johnny G · Dec 10, 2012

Sell one. I threw up a chrome base last night and it has 6 watching, 2 bids, and 20 views in like 14 hours.

phillyfan0417 · Dec 10, 2012

Last of my chrome was sold last week. the profits were too much to ignore and now his prices will get based on performance and not hype...

His prices are solid depending on when you bought.

emarc27 · Dec 11, 2012

If he succeeds in the minors for Tampa (as many think he will), I'd have to think call up day would yield even larger returns

jbmm161 · Dec 11, 2012

Should have held :-(
My PSA 9 only sold for $65.
Did a 1 day auction starting bid at $65 and had a couple of watchers but only one bid. I hate when I sell a card and it sells for less than I wanted or others are selling for. Really chaps my hide.

cmnkb8 · Dec 12, 2012

I've never had good experiences with one day auctions as a seller. Love them as a buyer. A lot of people rely on the daily ebay notifications to alert them of new listings. Those emails go out at different times for different people, and they may not always check them as soon as they receive them. A one day listing simply isn't enough time to get exposure to all potential bidders. Anyone that tells you to list your stuff for a one-day auction are probably hoping you'll start it low so they can snipe it cheap.

BIN/BO is the way to go, except for super-hi end cards (7-day auction for those).

As for Myers, I've only got one Chrome auto left, but I'm holding until ST.

James52411 · Dec 12, 2012

All The Hype · Dec 12, 2012

Shoot you guys still have Myers?? I sold out a 40-autograph stash of him 2 years ago--and nearly doubled my initial investment

This is what's so great about prospecting, there are so many opportunities to flip for profit that multiple people can see a huge return on the exact same cards.

hive17 · Dec 12, 2012

I'm thinking of selling exactly half of what I have and holding the rest. I could move 4 base autos, a 9.5 and a BGS 9, and still have more than that to sell at call-up. Plus, I always stashed his base and insert stuff away, as dude can plain hit, and he seems like the kind of guy that will make a splash.

excel_B · Dec 12, 2012

I have sold my Gold Ref auto this morning... Still have 5 left. Myers is one of my top five greatest / profitable investments.

phillyfan0417 · Dec 12, 2012

jbmm161 said:
Should have held :-(
My PSA 9 only sold for $65.
Did a 1 day auction starting bid at $65 and had a couple of watchers but only one bid. I hate when I sell a card and it sells for less than I wanted or others are selling for. Really chaps my hide.

Really only have yourself to blame on this one. Myers was selling solidly even before the trade.

I tripled my money which is always fun...

csmtampa · Dec 12, 2012

All The Hype said:
Shoot you guys still have Myers?? I sold out a 40-autograph stash of him 2 years ago--and nearly doubled my initial investment

This is what's so great about prospecting, there are so many opportunities to flip for profit that multiple people can see a huge return on the exact same cards.

To this day I regret trading you the Myers orange auto for the orange auto of Grichuk... lol

All The Hype · Dec 12, 2012

csmtampa said:
To this day I regret trading you the Myers orange auto for the orange auto of Grichuk... lol

Crazy how things work out, I was actually very close to turning that down. At the time I think the Grichuk was actually worth a little more than the Myers. And now it's something like 10-1 in Myers' favor lol. Easy to say now that I wish I had held that one longer too, but it's all part of the game!

csmtampa · Dec 12, 2012

All The Hype said:
Crazy how things work out, I was actually very close to turning that down. At the time I think the Grichuk was actually worth a little more than the Myers. And now it's something like 10-1 in Myers' favor lol. Easy to say now that I wish I had held that one longer too, but it's all part of the game!

Very true!

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