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Originally Posted by Budler
Just in case someone cares about my project of updating my watch list.
Take in account this is just cards that I collect, other collectors may vary. Nebraska football.
My findings:
1. Over 2,400 cards on it now.
2. Found 10 cards that I purchased right away. Will request a shipment in the next couple of weeks.
3. Appears 70% or more of them are still at COVID prices. Way too high for me.
4. Approx. 5 sellers have 65% of the cards. All 5 sellers with large number of cards and they buy ports so no processing fees. IMO
5. Most sellers not taking offers or just a few % off most of the time. A couple are taking 80% off or around that but the new prices is still high for me.
6. 4 of the sellers that I know do raise their prices if an offer is made. So no offers to them. If they would take their Min. I would jump on a lot of them as then. IMO their Min. is fair for most of them.
7. Very few of my cards I have been able to find comps. You do not see players like Tanner Lee selling on E-Bay much.
8. Prices on some of my cards are higher than some stars in the same set. Mine are not stars. Do they really think that Husker collectors will pay more.
9. A good number of them have been setting on the site for years. One goes back to Item number in the 500,000.
10. So far I have found only 2 members here that has cards for me.
11. Found a lot that I made offers but appears most are not accepting offers or just a few % off.
12. Appears I have purchased all of the really cheap cards on my want list. So I have raised my offers and have figured IF I still want to collect, I will have to pay a lot more then I have been. Spent more and get less!!!
13. Not seeing any Race to the Bottom now days more like if that guy is asking $10. I will ask $9.99 or $10,01 and no one moves.
14. A lot of my cards I need have not had any sold or they sold a few years ago. On COMC.
15. If they are really selling at those prices I should be selling and not buying but I know better.
I have researched E-Bay, Beckett, Sportlots and others and I look at total cost of the card. I do pick up a few here and there but COMC kind of have me over a barrel. Shows do not work for me due to what I collect. NO!! I will not expand my collecting I'm cutting back. So I plan on to wait and pick up cards as they drop to a price, I'm willing to pay.
I have no problem if someone makes a counteroffer or is too high that I will not accept. I just move on to the next card out of the 2,400.
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Nice project. Thanks for the observations! I target only a handful of guys for my PC and have noticed similar things when doing my regular searches for cards of those guys.