Card shows want a forutne for cards

[wevie]

I went to a card show this weekend. It was a really small one at my local mall. Only maybe ten guys set up.

They are asking crazy prices for things. Is it like that all the time? I asked about a Pat White Bowman Sterling GU card #ed to 749 I think and he wanted $30 for it. I said man that is really high. I don't even think it books for that. I didn't know what it booked for but it books for $12. He said he could give it to me for $25. I said no thanks. I am watching one on Ebay now that I will get for less than $8 it looks like. It is #ed to 199.

I did buy a Pat White Topps Chrome base from another guy and he wanted $15 for it. I gave him $8 but that was still over BV.

I used to like going to those but not anymore. Is it like that everywhere? I thought at first it was because WVU is about five hours from here and everyone is WVU fans but is was all cards and not just Pat White.

[USC_GUY]

Most I ever been to are, think thats what most of them are banking on you not to remember value's so they jack price up so can make a killing

[wevie]

I can't know or remember what each card is but most collectors have a general idea of what a card should go for.

Guessing before I looked it up, I thought the Pat White may book around $15. Sure enough, it is $12. I thought maybe the TC would be about $5 or $6 and it is $6.

Another guy wanted $60 for a Ronnie Brown GU multi color. It was a Fleer I think but was not #ed. I thought that one may be about $20 but I don't remember exactly what it was so I can't look it up.

[JFBanicki]

Yah i know how you feel, i went to a show at my local mall a few weeks back and i couldn't believe it. They were asking full bv for cards that usually go for 1/4 bv and cards that usually went fot 1/2 bv they wanted 2x bv.
Now there were several sellers selling base/inserts/parallels for 4/$1 or 5/$1 which is how i got a bunch of peyton manning for pc, but there were still several sellers who were asking for $5 or more EACH for inserts/parallels that i had just got for 5/$1.
I just got into collecting in january and looked forward to these shows every month, but after the past two shows i certainly wont make a point to go to any more. If i happen to go to the mall and the show is going on ill look around, otherwise i could care less, i'll just stick to trading and buying stuff off of ebay.

[Welker83]

I guess i have been lucky. The shows that i go to around here do have some of the most outlandish prices but also alot of the 2$ Gu'd and autos. I got a jake long rookie auto #/50 at a recent show for 4 bucks. I was happy. Hope you can find good shows they are always fun to go to.

[cwells52]

Atleast you have a show to go to.....

[fr0sty_2000]

I hate card shows, but always go to them... Some sellers are crazy, but I try to buy from the same people over and over, that way we build a relationship of sorts. I will NOT pay book value, when I can get something I want on here, or ebay for 1/2 the price.

[OnePimpTiger]

I don't get to go to many, the closest ones are an hour away...but I can usually find some good deals. The last one I went to, I got a nice lot of good RCs (Ronnie Brown Gridiron Gear, Matt Schaub Reflections, stuff like that...around $10-20 BV each) for $1 each....I was very happy about that. From my experience, if you're looking at their display cases, those are what they perceive as the hot cards and are going to want a good price for them. But, like Welker said, if you go through their boxes you can usually find much better deals...so it just depends on what you're looking for.

[stephenheger]

There's usually one guy that I buy from at the local shows cause I get such good deals. He buys collections, pulls the super high stuff and just blows the rest out. I'll go through and get a stack of 75 to 100 for $10 to $20. I'll spend another $10 at the show and call it good. Nothing compares to eBay prices so it's impossible to find deals like you see online.

[dirtywax]

In Ohio, the smaller show singles go for 50% of BV.