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whoever said Burbank was.....
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muchuckwagon
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EricInCT said:
A session or two with a shrink might help you sort out some issues....just saying.
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muchuckwagon said:
Ha! I wish, I'm relegated to Disney (Snow White)
Seems like the picture below represents the attitude the thread was started with..
Big Mac McGwire
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i just hate the fact that he has about 7 signed mcgwire buybacks i need. each priced 997 and the lowest hed go is 879. That is not a bargain as they are all numbered out of 6. I just got a mcgwire buyback in a ebay auction numbered out of 6 for 152$. So yea, you get my drift.
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MartinFFcollector
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When I used to sell on Naxcom, I sold to Burbank many times. Pretty much low end stuff. I never used DC (no DC = free cards to some) and of the 10 or so transactions, never a problem.
Warren's All Stars said:
I've bought from them a few times through Beckett, and not had issues.
I just wish they were a little more flexible and reasonable with their higher end stuff. I get that it's theirs to do with what they want, but it seems that a lot of it is just inventory that just sits there and is priced so high.
Labratt21
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I've made a couple of purchases from Burbank and although they do have some inflated prices the service is top notch, shipping is insanely fast and they have some very hard to find items. I would definitely buy from them again
mudflap02
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Does anybody know if Burbank will negotiate prices at all? I was thinking about stopping by their shop on my way out of Los Angeles. He has some great Heritage stuff, but it's not priced anywhere close to what I (or anyone else in their right mind) would pay for it. I am fine with paying a premium for cards that are tough to find, but there's a difference between paying a premium and "No thanks, I'll wait for one to show up."
thenumberonemetfan
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mudflap02 said:
They wont negotiate.
I never understand all the hate for Burbank. It seems like people are "forced" to buy from him because he sells things that are so rare that you cannot find them elsewhere. What exactly is the problem with that?
The seller names the price, the buyer decides if it's worth it or not. Nobody makes anybody purchase from him. Just because you could get it cheaper if more than 25 existed and somebody had one out of PC they wanted to sell doesn't mean it's going to happen that way.
The thing that is wrong with the hobby is the entitlement of player collectors. You don't "deserve" a deal because you own 2,999 of 3,000 possible cards.
I think the people who complain the most about Burbank are the guys that have a compulsive problem as opposed to collectors. If you are compulsive and NEED the card you see of your player in order to feel some form of satisfaction then yes, you probably do hate Burbank. If you are a player collector with a modicum of patience and feel that he is overpriced, then wait for one to pop up on auction and bid your best. This hobby is chock full of addicts who picked cardboard over drugs, gambling, and many other vices. It shows in situations like this one.
The seller names the price, the buyer decides if it's worth it or not. Nobody makes anybody purchase from him. Just because you could get it cheaper if more than 25 existed and somebody had one out of PC they wanted to sell doesn't mean it's going to happen that way.
The thing that is wrong with the hobby is the entitlement of player collectors. You don't "deserve" a deal because you own 2,999 of 3,000 possible cards.
I think the people who complain the most about Burbank are the guys that have a compulsive problem as opposed to collectors. If you are compulsive and NEED the card you see of your player in order to feel some form of satisfaction then yes, you probably do hate Burbank. If you are a player collector with a modicum of patience and feel that he is overpriced, then wait for one to pop up on auction and bid your best. This hobby is chock full of addicts who picked cardboard over drugs, gambling, and many other vices. It shows in situations like this one.
Vagrant said:
I don't think anyone has said they "deserve" anything from Burbank. But where's the logic in just holding some stuff that you will never sell for those prices, continuing to pay fees on them, instead of negotiating and selling for something?
For example, he has a 1/1 DK Recollection Collection Auto of Harold Reynolds in his store for $197. Ok fine, it's his card, he can charge that, and I'll live without it, it won't kill me.
But what good is it for that card to just sit and sit and sit in his store (and he continues to pay the fees on it), when it is SIGNIFICANTLY overpriced?
You probably won't find a bigger Harold Reynolds Collector than me, and I'd pay maybe half that for it.
If he wants to keep the card for his own PC, great, more power to him, but why would you continue to pay the fees on the card and have it sit in your ebay and Beckett stores? If he enjoys paying the monthly fees on "listing" it, more power to him, but if I won't pay that much for it, I don't imagine ANYONE would.
Additionally, as I've started up a Mike Sweeney collection, I have picked up numerous low numbered cards through ebay auctions for a couple bucks...yet his stuff in his store is nearly $50 for a card numbered to 25. Again, he wants to pay the fees, fine.
But the biggest thing I don't get is the lack of negotiating.
The logic behind it is that if he sold it to you for a "reasonable price", then he loses out on the day in the future where somebody gets a wild hair up their behind and decides to pull the trigger. I am not saying he's friendly, i'm just saying that his strategy for making money is sound. The problem with negotiation is that in this day and age you always have somebody trying to get over on you or low ball you and waste your time. Everybody knows that his prices are his prices and he likely deals with a LOT less hassle than your average bulk seller on ebay.
The price to maintain that Reynolds auction probably costs him about $0.15 per 30 days to maintain or something ridiculously small. Again, you never know when and where a BIN popper is going to crop up and Burbank has his bases covered. Nothing personal, he's making money in a time where a lot of people are not simply because for many the cards that they "cannot have" are the ones they want the most. Eventually they will succumb to their addictive nature and pull the trigger. It's really all an exercise in psychology. The buyer thinks he's in a holding your breath contest with Burbank and he has no clue, and when he finally relents and buys the card.... nobody cares anymore.
The price to maintain that Reynolds auction probably costs him about $0.15 per 30 days to maintain or something ridiculously small. Again, you never know when and where a BIN popper is going to crop up and Burbank has his bases covered. Nothing personal, he's making money in a time where a lot of people are not simply because for many the cards that they "cannot have" are the ones they want the most. Eventually they will succumb to their addictive nature and pull the trigger. It's really all an exercise in psychology. The buyer thinks he's in a holding your breath contest with Burbank and he has no clue, and when he finally relents and buys the card.... nobody cares anymore.
cstmleather
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Never had any issues with them. And they sometimes underprice some rare 90s inserts. 
steve-a-reno
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thenumberonemetfan said:
Not true...
Big Mac McGwire said:
That is the exact problem I have with them. They have a bunch of Biggio cards I need and the prices they list them for are completely outrageous and bear no logical relationship to the market. They put up cards on BIN/Best Offer and when I make very fair, in fact generous, offers they are rejected without a word. The one time I did buy from them, I found their packaging a bit lacking in relationship to the premium prices. If they are waiting for me to hit the BIN on their Biggio cards they list for 3-4X what they would go for in an auction, they will be waiting a long, long time.
All that said, I would not call them crooks. I have never heard that they did not deliver what was advertised. Cards are worth whatever someone is willing to pay for them and there is no law that I am aware of that says they can't list them at whatever price they want. There is also no law compelling anyone to buy them if they don't like the price. I don't think much of their business model, if one can call it that, but I'm sure they couldn't care less.
