What do you base your buying price on?

[tonsofcommons]

I got to thinking after seeing a recent post, what do you as a buyer use to determing the buying price for a card?

 

[AKA Coastal]

Ebay value...sometimes thepit.com value.

 

[mredsox89]

All but what the seller paid. It shouldn't effect buying, unless you are going off of a principle or something.

 

[thenumberonemetfan]

How much I feel the card is worth

 

[championMan]

The price base on my budget

 

[Hallsgator]

If it's an Arencibia I need, I spend as much as I can to get it.

 

[vetsgt02]

I do not go for much stuff so when I do I go for as much as I can to get it.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

+1

How much I feel the card is worth

 

[isotopes4]

it depends on a lot. what my budget is at the time, the rarity of the card, how bad i want it & how often it comes up for sale.

 

[Groat]

+1

How much I feel the card is worth

Same. I've paid over market (and even book) price on rare cards I want for my collection that only pop up every once in a while on ebay. I feel like I've got some good deals on cards as well, so it all balances out.

 

[matfanofold]

+1

How much I feel the card is worth

Same. I've paid over market (and even book) price on rare cards I want for my collection that only pop up every once in a while on ebay. I feel like I've got some good deals on cards as well, so it all balances out.

I think it's safe to say that we all feel this way, but the question was/is, how do you/we determine what "I feel the card is worth".

Thats the question at hand.

 

[chuckbartowski]

How much I feel the card is worth

+1

 

[HoustonTeams4Me]

All but what the seller paid. It shouldn't effect buying, unless you are going off of a principle or something.

+1, they all are factored in "Except" what the seller paid for it (I don't base my buy price's on being responsible for covering someone else's loss, or if they got a good deal on it then that is good for them; I don't expect them to cut me a deal if they got it cheap, so I don't feel I'm responsible for covering thier loss). Unless it's still worth it (I think I just wrote a confusing mess so I hope ya'll get what I'm saying)! :lol: