I few more breaks in a patch does not make a $45,000 difference

[marvelousmarv]

thats what im saying

What floors me is the lack of a sense of humor that so many possess. I get a howl out of sellers asking for the Moon for a card, and an additional roar of laughter for the fools that pay the price.

Anytime some of you want to pull your head's out and have a laugh with the rest of us, give it a try, it won't burn down your house.

[Phoenix]

What floors me is the lack of a sense of humor that so many possess. I get a howl out of sellers asking for the Moon for a card, and an additional roar of laughter for the fools that pay the price.

Anytime some of you want to pull your head's out and have a laugh with the rest of us, give it a try, it won't burn down your house.

[bojohnson]

We're not criticizing him. We're calling him delusional, foolish, obtuse, insane, or just plain stupid, and based on the evidence at hand we're perfectly within our right to do it.

Looks like a duck, sounds like a duck......

It's important to know that ownership of something does NOT give you the right to become a complete tool. You are still bound by conventional societal norms and expected behaviour.

You have a 00 civic.
Someone is hmming and hawing about maybe paying you 8,000 for the car

You treated it well, it has aftermarket parts(amazing patch) and you feel you could get more

But.......
Kelly Blue book says your car is only worth 3000 and the norm price to sell them is 2000
Should you sell it for 2000 cause that's what the sv is and what Jimmy the street corner kid told you to do?

No you own it, it's yours, you keep it, or sell it IF you get what YOU want for it

It's HIS card, if he wants more than the amount it previously sold for he can ask

There is no obligation saying you have to buy


Kraft dinner, or no name macaroni and cheese?
Kraft dinner 2.00
No name .50

Is kraft an idiot?

[Phoenix]

You have a 00 civic.
Someone is hmming and hawing about maybe paying you 8,000 for the car

You treated it well, it has aftermarket parts(amazing patch) and you feel you could get more

But.......
Kelly Blue book says your car is only worth 3000 and the norm price to sell them is 2000
Should you sell it for 2000 cause that's what the sv is and what Jimmy the street corner kid told you to do?

Blue Book doesn't take aftermarket parts into consideration

No you own it, it's yours, you keep it, or sell it IF you get what YOU want for it

It's HIS card, if he wants more than the amount it previously sold for he can ask

There is no obligation saying you have to buy


Kraft dinner, or no name macaroni and cheese?
Kraft dinner 2.00
No name .50

Kraft tastes better, so I'm willing to pay the difference. And where the heck are you shopping? KD is like $1.15 here. LOL

Is kraft an idiot?

I know what you're trying to say and I understand. BUT, you have to be realistic about things. Asking $8,000 for a good car in great shape with aftermarket parts and low mileage is not unreasonable. What this seller is doing is akin to asking $50,000 for that car. It's not going to happen.

This card has been on eBay for 5 years and has had a plethora of offers, some, I'm sure, very lucrative and the seller ignores them. He has unrealistic expectations and thus, is an idiot.

[30ranfordfan]

I do understand where you're coming from..... the the logic doesn't translate.

In the case of the car - The problem you're faced is that if you're serious about selling..... there are 100s of others nearly the same that a buyer CAN go buy for $3000, or less. It's fine to say you've got aftermarket parts on there - but as the buyer, I don't care. I want that model of car, and I want it for the going rate. If you're serious about selling it you'll have to sell it at the 'normal' price.... or I will go somewhere else.

It is easy to say that the owner can ask, and only accept, a price that is to their liking. I agree with this 100%. I think the owner is also being irresponsible with the use of his own time, and that of the perspective buyers, if he has no intent to sell the car for a price that isn't even close to normal.

KD costing 4x more than the no-name equivalent..... you're dealing with two issues. Quality (I don't know, I've never actually had no-name Mac & Cheese..... and it's been years since I had KD. Is it actually the SAME product, or is it a lesser.... but similar.... product??) and also brand awareness.

If I were to go buy a GU Sidney Crosby jersey (with COA, from the NHLPA) and cut it up to make my own hockey cards - even if they looked to be near the same quality as Upper Decks (yes, this is a really big hypothetical) I would never expect to be able to sell them for the same price.


Going back to this listing..... it's not the "owner can ask whatever he wants" thing that bothers me. It's the fact that more and more eBayers seems to be doing this. They list cards at astronomical prices - prices that they know they'll never get - which tells me they have no real interest in selling. If they have no real interest in selling, then why bother?

You have a 00 civic.
Someone is hmming and hawing about maybe paying you 8,000 for the car

You treated it well, it has aftermarket parts(amazing patch) and you feel you could get more

But.......
Kelly Blue book says your car is only worth 3000 and the norm price to sell them is 2000
Should you sell it for 2000 cause that's what the sv is and what Jimmy the street corner kid told you to do?

No you own it, it's yours, you keep it, or sell it IF you get what YOU want for it

It's HIS card, if he wants more than the amount it previously sold for he can ask

There is no obligation saying you have to buy


Kraft dinner, or no name macaroni and cheese?
Kraft dinner 2.00
No name .50

Is kraft an idiot?

[bojohnson]

I understand both sides I do

I hate going to lcs and seeing a scheifele yg for 130$
I'm like k that won't sell fellow


But I'm just providing a bit of defense, this is a high quality card, it is out of 10 and the seller is obviously a huge Crosby collector.
Both sides are reasonable I think


As for kd, I would never buy any macaroni and cheese if it isn't the original kraft dinner by kraft
I don't care how much more I need to pay, nothing competes

[Satan81]

I understand both sides I do

I hate going to lcs and seeing a scheifele yg for 130$
I'm like k that won't sell fellow


But I'm just providing a bit of defense, this is a high quality card, it is out of 10 and the seller is obviously a huge Crosby collector.
Both sides are reasonable I think


As for kd, I would never buy any macaroni and cheese if it isn't the original kraft dinner by kraft
I don't care how much more I need to pay, nothing competes

Im gonna go a little bit off topic for a moment......
I love Kraft :)

[Phoenix]

Im gonna go a little bit off topic for a moment......
I love Kraft :)

Did you know.....the chemical compounds found in Kraft Dinner are nearly the same as those found in garbage bags. Must be the cheese.

[bojohnson]

Did you know.....the chemical compounds found in Kraft Dinner are nearly the same as those found in garbage bags. Must be the cheese.

It Tastes good though, so I could care less
To try and relate this to cards, don't wanna get to off topic here, I think there should be "game used food cards"
Pre game meals could be chopped up and put into cards ?
Game used water Gatorade and bottle?

[Phoenix]

It Tastes good though, so I could care less
To try and relate this to cards, don't wanna get to off topic here, I think there should be "game used food cards"
Pre game meals could be chopped up and put into cards ?
Game used water Gatorade and bottle?

Water bottles, yes. Food, no. I don't want someone's moldy dinner roll.