Here's a question for you eBay veterans - what is considered appropriate when making a "best offer"? Is there a certain percentage that makes sense to offer, as a rule? Can you get blocked if too many offers are rejected?
Anyway, here is a recent purchase that was already at a great price. 133 cards from 1965, no duplicates, for $30. They were advertised as "low grade" but were really in great shape.
Here are some highlights:
Two Jim Bouton cards.
A couple more big Yankee names, including my first Moose Skowron.
Young Jim "Katt", and young Bert Campaneris in an unfamiliar KC A's hat.
Couple more big names.
Harvey Kuenn and my first Johnny Podres card.
Lum Harris in an undershirt. John Roseboro's card has a green border on top for some reason.
Finally, a couple of short-print high-numbers to round out the lot.
Cool pickups. To your questions. EBAY the site will not block you for too many rejected offers. An individual seller might block you thinking that your offers were too "low ball". As to what is the appropriate percentage? That varies from seller to seller I guess. The best thing to do is to learn about the cards you are seeking to buy. Check the most recently SOLD auctions, not what people are listing things at. There are too many Ebay sellers (especially the card sellers, both professional and one-timers) that Super Overprice their cards. They are hoping to lure a desperate buyer who wants the card but knows next to nothing about the card they are trying to buy. Or they will intentionally try to sell a counterfeit card as a "reprint". If anything about a listing doesn't feel right move on. If you try contacting the seller asking questions about their card and they give you an attitude about things move on.
ReplyDeleteI think it is your best educated guess. How much do you want to pay vs not wanting to offend the seller? I don't think there is a wrong answer if you are being reasonable. Great cards .
ReplyDeleteWhen submitting an offer, I usually look up the lowest completed sale and offer up something in the same ballpark... assuming that sale isn't an outlier.
ReplyDeleteI don't make offers very often, but when I do, I tend to go the same route as Fuji. Awesome lot btw... and that price!
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