swap cards

[nutz4dolls]

I was going to start collecting vintage swap cards , and I hope the BUYER  who wins every Auction READS THIS.

Your Bidding ID is easy to find all you do is type in the number at the winning auction and then type into SWAP CARD SELLERS SHOP and you appear

PLEASE STOP YOUR GREED FOR NEW COLLECTORS

BUYERS that prevent new collectors from starting a new collection and THINK that the poor Novice buyer will only buy the scraps that YOU  sell at super Inflated prices HOW GREEDY and sad you are.!!!!!!!

Not ONLY do you turn away new people from starting a collection but you are shooting your self in the foot as eventually no one will buy your cards and you will end up with all the swap cards and no one wanting to collect.

Over the last 3 weeks you have won all the vintage swap card auctions and I and a few others  can not be bothered collecting vintage swap cards because of you .

YOU make the average collector so NO I CAN NOT BE BOTHERED COLLECTING

WELL DONE another Ebay  new vintage swap card collector customer gone gone

[imastawka]

A seller can never outbid a collector.   They have to re-sell and make a profit.

A collector can always outbid a seller, as they are willing to pay a higher price.

There are plenty of stores selling cheaply

Your Bidding ID is easy to find all you do is type in the number at the winning auction and then type into SWAP CARD SELLERS SHOP and you appear

But I would be interested to know how you circumvent ebay's anonymity

for buyers

Type in what number?

[davewil1964]

Another newbie who has been pipped at the post by a snipe, I suspect.

Pays to read the rules and adjust bidding to comply, methinks.

[imastawka]

They're half right.

There is someone who is bidding and winning.

Has money to burn. By the bundle.    Great buyer, but not a seller

[nutz4dolls]

As I said I have not won any bids in 3 weeks after wanting to collect , at every auction and even lookin back at past sales in Ebays advance search Only one  buyer gets them all. its the ID number and that number climbs with every buy or sale

I then type in SWAP CARD sellers under shops in advance search and  up  comes Ebays Biggest Swap card shops so then you just search  with the same number as its last win and yes YOU have the Seller

THey are a seller a big one

I am just saying No one will start to collect if they can never win not one auction as I have bid on 50 auctions and gone up to ten dollars a card and then swipe never get it

There is plenty of no value cards to collect but these are just cards from decks.

I have written this hoping SELLERS SEE THIS

I know and I am happy for others if they win, but when new comers come along to bid on VINTAGE TRUE 70s cards

we must just forget it as you can never win There a dictater or two who will win EVERY SINGLE TIME ,

 Maybe as to make sure they always have stock  or maybe to push the prices up or maybe they are consumed by greed

I just think it has to be said and its sad that what was once a childs cheap fun collecting game from the 1970s is now something I will never bother with again and I would say many would have had this experience and done the same

Also for those who complain bitterly at my statment  Remember The truth always hurts

GOOD LUCK to any new collector,

---

@imastawka wrote:

They're half right.

There is someone who is bidding and winning.

Has money to burn. By the bundle.    Great buyer, but not a seller

---

[*tippy*toes*]

I have large collections of a few different things. I often get outbid by other buyers. That's the nature of auctions. It just means that person was willing to pay more than I wanted to. There is no way it would be a seller buying stock. Sellers sell for profit. Therefore, they are not going to pay top dollar for something they want to resell. It wouldn't be viable or sustainable.

Most experienced buyers don't bid early. They wait until the last 5 seconds to bid. I know since I've been doing that for the last I don't know how many years, I have won more, for a lower price.

[imastawka]

---

@nutz4dolls wrote:

As I said I have not won any bids in 3 weeks after wanting to collect , at every auction and even lookin back at past sales in Ebays advance search Only one  buyer gets them all. its the ID number and that number climbs with every buy or sale

It's called a feedback number and it doesn't climb with every buy or sale. 

It increases with every feedback received,  either selling or buying

I then type in SWAP CARD sellers under shops in advance search and  up  comes Ebays Biggest Swap card shops so then you just search  with the same number as its last win and yes YOU have the Seller

This one I'm still trying to figure out.  I did what you said and got nothing

THey are a seller a big one

I am just saying No one will start to collect if they can never win not one auction as I have bid on 50 auctions and gone up to ten dollars a card and then swipe never get it

There is plenty of no value cards to collect but these are just cards from decks.

This is where the term Swap Cards originated.  They were decks of cards

broken up and 'swapped' by kids, when mum and dad got sick of playing with them

or lost one.  The true value of ephemera is the fact that they were intended to be played with.

Blank back cards were considered rubbish pre 1970, and some collectors still sneer on them.  Coles cards were getting prices in the hundreds of dollars each a couple

of years ago.

I have written this hoping SELLERS SEE THIS

I know and I am happy for others if they win, but when new comers come along to bid on VINTAGE TRUE 70s cards

we must just forget it as you can never win There a dictater or two who will win EVERY SINGLE TIME ,

 Maybe as to make sure they always have stock  or maybe to push the prices up or maybe they are consumed by greed

I just think it has to be said and its sad that what was once a childs cheap fun collecting game from the 1970s is now something I will never bother with again and I would say many would have had this experience and done the same

Also for those who complain bitterly at my statment  Remember The truth always hurts

GOOD LUCK to any new collector,

Why are you not buying BIN items?  There are plenty of 70's blank backs available

Just remember,  you will be the only one who misses out.

No-one else will care

---

---

---

[lyndal1838]

There are over 19,000 Buy It Now listings for swap cards starting at $1....surely you can find something to start your colllection with in that lot and then you don't have to bid against people who obviously are prepared to pay more than you want to pay.

[phorum_junkie*]

I rather suspect that any swap card seller who does read the OP's rant will continue to do exactly as they are doing now with the small difference that they will not be selling to the OP who will be on their special list.

[zanadoo_56]

I like to collect a few things and one of them is I occasionally dip into swap and sketch cards.

I collect specific themes and for cards that I know are not likely to be ever worth a fortune, I stick to low cost BIN.  I buy what I like...not as an investment, so if the cards are $1 each and they look good, I'll buy them.

Cards I'm looking for to complete sets I might bid on but I'm not going to be silly about it.  With eBay you might not see another one for a year or more....or there could be an identical card available next week.  There's still a specific set I want (I don't have any of these cards) which also includes a booklet to put them in.  I've missed out on a complete set and book once.  The cards have come up occasionally as singles.  I've decided to wait and see if I can get a complete set.  I've got Searches set up to keep track.  It's a nice to have, not a must have so I am prepared to wait.

Sketch cards are collector cards that are hand drawn or painted.  I collect a specific subject and artist.  Unfortunately, while he has started releasing cards again, the prices have now gone through the roof.  I could afford to buy a some but the prices are way too high for what they are.  From a collector viewpoint they are not a good investment at these prices (unless he shuffles off the planet sometime soon I guess).

Are you collecting something specifically rare or potentially expensive?  Most of the time I buy cards very cheaply when I decide to go on a 'card hunt'.