serious question

[sliqwill]

for the long time buyers, have you noticed an uptick in selling prices of things?...im a bit out of the loop as I have an inventory that has been highly picked over, but it seems that there are fewer and fewer steals out there, especially in terms of decent sized auto lots (50+)...I am seeing lots of ugly mixed lots that are like 20% autos and 80% relics selling for about the per card average for what I typically pay for 100% auto lots...

keep in mind I deal with mostly 2005-2010 stuff, sometimes newer, sometimes older, but my wheelhouse is the 2005-2010 stuff really...

so have others noticed an 'improved' market across the board for sellers...maybe its just that we are in the football season, but I don't usually notice prices at the level they are currently at...a lot full of 'recent' washouts 2010-2012 Contenders and such, no real SPs, no one really productive in the league if they were even in the league sold for over $1.50 per card...the 2014 Contenders should be coming out soon I would think, so a lot made of complete junk should be selling under $1.25 per card dlvd...

 

[andy]

I haven't been in buying mode for awhile so hard to say. Does seem like I have been selling more the past month though.

 

[Uncle Ted]

You know the deal, "Demand & Supply", people will pay for an auto and sit on the damn thing like a stock, bad move! Although I have had leftovers that I couldn't give away that suddenly became famous and more than tripled in price. I suppose if you wait long enough anything might turn from rust to gold...LOL!!!!

 

[andy]

Ted - not sure you read the question.

My inventory is football heavy. Just a quick analysis of my records: October was my 2nd best month of the year, April was 1st. A big caveat was in April I was creating a lot of new listings, whereas I did not do any in October. And in the past 2 weeks, I have sold 5 cards for $25+, which is not common for me as most of my inventory comes from big lots where I get into cards for pennies on the dollar and am happy with $3 sales. Before that, I only had 7 $25+ sales in 2014 and even fewer than that in all of 2013.

 

[ernieren]

COMC has taken up a lot of lots as well Jason . I only put more higher end or easier selling cards on the Bay.

 

[andy]

I thought COMC had completely tanked. I have not added anything on there in awhile because sales were so bad.

 

[Mike]

I got my first offer in months on COMC yesterday. I declined, but it was nice to at least see some kind of activity there. I've been meaning to just request all my cards from there and be done with it.

 

[captkirk42]

I've gotten an offer or two lately, but had to reject them. Most of them I was already the lowest price (if others had the same card) sometimes below $1 even for a card that lists maybe 2 bucks tops. The "offers" were were simply lower than what I was willing to drop.