Not a high roller, but I treat sellers well. I bought some NM item off tcgplayer (only god knows if it’s actually Mint) for $2500 tonight when ebay’s pictures version sells for $2,000. It’s all good, just a few bucks that I can make later, right? The answer is Yes. (Poor boys, start sweating- well if the item was $1,700 I’d highly entertain that idea of buying it. lawl.)
There’s plenty of budget shoppers that are squeezing the life out of sellers. HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? Is a typical question I see. When prices are clearly priced fine. " Oh but 1 sold for X Low amount, that’s the new value, or a new BIN is listed 30% cheaper, that’s the new value!" Unbelievable.
But if you see a card that you would like to own, are you willing to pay Top Dollar for it?
Ie. If a card is trending for $2,000 if you wait for auction, but be acquired for $2,500. There are so many frugal collectors that want to buy it for $2,000 and while one can shop around and make it work, with hours of tedious effort and/or luck… Is that how you high-roll? Its mind boggling how a collectible can treat a person so well, whether it appreciates or depreciates, yet they want to pay 30-50% lower value to acquire the card, will wait years for PSA to open up, or more pop reports to show.
Are these people even High Rollers? Do these folks even tip for the service when they eat at a nice restaurant/order delivery or are these folks quibbling about paying 15% tip (ONLY 15%). ?
If those folks want to buy items at 30-50% off, just open up a Trading Card Shop and have customers support their business.
Surely there’s other folks like me that enjoy buying cards for themselves, overpaying for their collection additions, not lowballing and buying as a business, especially if you don’t even have a shop.