Ah the good old days footycard. I remember as an 18 yr old regularly making 1500 myself, and my fellow colleagues used to easily top the 4000 mark. That was when you could sell Jordan skylights for $5-10 card, and get $120-$150 for 90-91 skybox, 93-94 hoops etc etc and people would be lining up 1 to 3 rows deep to buy this
Times have changed friend, the average collector aren't idiots, and the quality of product has improved out of this world. This has caused most products to be unaffordable to the average collector, but also gives them new benchmarks to reach in their collecting.
You make some really excellent points in your post and sellers should take that onboard, even I learnt something from it
However buyers should also be responsible for getting themselves a deal. If they are unwilling to negotiate they could miss out, and these 'buyers' are the ones that whinge about prices been too high or really couldn't afford it in the first place. I know for a fact that 80% of sellers will always compromise on a price that is fair and reasonable for both parties.
The reason people like Wang don't do the shows is simply a lack of numbers through the door, caused by a host of factors other than alleged high prices.
The shows run in Sydney and Melbourne under the Australian Premier Collectables Show banner have the most honest and trustworthy sellers in the country. If they didn't have these credentials they simply wouldn't exist and the shows wouldn't still be operating. The years of experience in the room tally well over 100+ and there's nothing embarrassing about that.
---------- Post added 13-04-2010 at 11:29 PM ----------
On a different subject all those that didn't get Jim Buckley's auto (he was over an 1hr late) to complete their dual auto with Wayne Johnston can mail their card into myself and it will get replaced with a fully signed one.
Jim Buckley replacement
ATTN: Sonny
PO BOX 2062
Tarrawanna NSW 2518
If you know someone that didn't get it please let them know :v:
