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Not Mine Killer deal on a PCR set - hurry! (2 Viewers)
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heisman
Two Pair
Those accessory buttons are already worth half that price. What a steal!
Darthhoodie
Flush
Think he will take $11,998?
That's the PCF friend and family discount.
Same seller has Garbage Pail Kids TCGs for just under $1000 - run don't walk!
Darthhoodie
Flush
I guess I just don't understand why someone would list such a thing. Is it a joke, does he really believe that's what its worth and someone will pay it or close to it? I don't get it. Is it that they see a single chip listed for $16 and decide 750 chips must be worth 12k? Someone help me understand eBay! Seems that there are a shit load of way overpriced chips that never sell ever, the same shit listed for years, why would people do this? Like I get slightly overpriced chips, fees and whatnot factor in so there is that which I get, but the stuff like this is mind blowing.
Phish1321
Full House
Was gonna snatch up this set when I first saw it, but I felt bad underpaying.
Darthhoodie
Flush
It said make an offer, you could offer more that 12k.
my $2500 offer was also auto-rejected. Shucks!
JustDogbert
Two Pair
Disclaimer... this is not my listing, I very rarely sell anything (I'm too lazy for that)
With that said, I see lots of reasons why someone would list such a thing:
Low barriers to entry - I don't think eBay charges anyone to list stuff anymore. Therefore he only has a cost if it sells (being eBay, that cost will be high, but obviously he already factored that into the price)
What it's worth - I have yet to see a Kelly blue book for used casino tokens and therefore I'm certain that "what it's worth", like most other "collectibles", is purely defined by what someone is "willing and able" to pay. There may be some "usual and customary" prices on this forum, but in the scope of the broader market (like eBay) we are certainly talking about thinly traded items with minimal pricing availability.
I would also add in the common misconception that people attribute value to scarcity (ignoring demand). For example if you have a Yugo, it may be scarce, but it has no value (because no one want's it).
Although I don't think it's true for this item, people do have a tendency to overvalue things they own vs. what other people own. For example if it's my chip it might be worth $2 to you but once that exact same chip is yours, it's worth $5 to you. I think I read about this cognitive bias in one of the Freakanomics books but it might have been in one of Dan Ariely's books, or even something else (I read a lot of books).
But mostly I think they have tried to sell it other places, with little success, and now are turning to the broad eBay user base trying to find the "one collector" who makes an emotional decision (i.e. falls in love with it) and is willing to pay whatever the price to have it. Collectors are generally not rational actors (put away your pitchforks, you know I'm right).
Personal Anecdote: A friend of mine used to have a mall Kiosk where he sold and Traded Pokemon cards (and goods). My brother, a collector (mostly numismatics), against my suggestions, purchased a number of "collectable" Pokemons from my friend. Years later, when the printed cardboard no longer had a resale value, he started bitchin' to me about it - I made short work of dissecting his stupidity and haven't had to listen to that nonsense since
Alternatively, I could be over analizing it - The lister could just be operating under the P.T. Barnum maxim of "There's a sucker born every minute" (which is mostly true) - Anyone wanna buy some Pokemon cards
P.S. - I did have a small financial interest in the Pokemon Kiosk.
Darthhoodie
Flush
Disclaimer... this is not my listing, I very rarely sell anything (I'm too lazy for that)
With that said, I see lots of reasons why someone would list such a thing:
Low barriers to entry - I don't think eBay charges anyone to list stuff anymore. Therefore he only has a cost if it sells (being eBay, that cost will be high, but obviously he already factored that into the price)
What it's worth - I have yet to see a Kelly blue book for used casino tokens and therefore I'm certain that "what it's worth", like most other "collectibles", is purely defined by what someone is "willing and able" to pay. There may be some "usual and customary" prices on this forum, but in the scope of the broader market (like eBay) we are certainly talking about thinly traded items with minimal pricing availability.
I would also add in the common misconception that people attribute value to scarcity (ignoring demand). For example if you have a Yugo, it may be scarce, but it has no value (because no one want's it).
Although I don't think it's true for this item, people do have a tendency to overvalue things they own vs. what other people own. For example if it's my chip it might be worth $2 to you but once that exact same chip is yours, it's worth $5 to you. I think I read about this cognitive bias in one of the Freakanomics books but it might have been in one of Dan Ariely's books, or even something else (I read a lot of books).
But mostly I think they have tried to sell it other places, with little success, and now are turning to the broad eBay user base trying to find the "one collector" who makes an emotional decision (i.e. falls in love with it) and is willing to pay whatever the price to have it. Collectors are generally not rational actors (put away your pitchforks, you know I'm right).
Personal Anecdote: A friend of mine used to have a mall Kiosk where he sold and Traded Pokemon cards (and goods). My brother, a collector (mostly numismatics), against my suggestions, purchased a number of "collectable" Pokemons from my friend. Years later, when the printed cardboard no longer had a resale value, he started bitchin' to me about it - I made short work of dissecting his stupidity and haven't had to listen to that nonsense since
Alternatively, I could be over analizing it - The lister could just be operating under the P.T. Barnum maxim of "There's a sucker born every minute" (which is mostly true) - Anyone wanna buy some Pokemon cards
P.S. - I did have a small financial interest in the Pokemon Kiosk.
Makes senses but I think my mistake is to try to understand something that is beyond comprehension, it's probably a joke in some way. If you legitimately wanted to sell these you could easily see that they sell for like 80% less than the listed price. Maybe there is a sucker born every minute but that has limits, and I don't think there is a sucker alive with 12k to throw away of fantasy chips especially ones that are for sale as often as these are.
JustDogbert
Two Pair
Oh, I assure you there most certainly is, I don't even have to leave my immediate family members to come up with some...
I offer up my aforementioned brother who literally pays for half of another of my brother tools under the theory that they will "share" them. The only problem with that theory is the other brother lives 2000 miles away and that is where all the tools reside.
The probably best one, in my immediate family, was the $40,000(+) my father spent buying vitamins because "they were running a contest and he was going to win the prize". I assume it's not necessary to elucidate but yeah, he never won a prize
So yes, some people are shit lucky enough to come into money, doesn't mean they will keep it long. My father made millions just because he bought stock as a GE employee while Jack Welch was the CEO, now he ain't got a pot to piss in.
TH&C not PCR. Deal killer, I’ll save my $11,999
we have a winner! (i sent him a message to bust his chops over not offering free shipping):
He is in no hurry to sell and is on a fishing trip, hoping for a whale to bite. Nothing wrong with that, I guess....but when he comes back to earth, if there are any legit offers on his table, one of you lucky ones might score. Good luck!
I did. I was able to talk him down to a much more reasonable $3800. He’s an ER nurse who works 14 hour shifts, and knows nothing about chips. He was extrapolating pricing from individual chips. We had a series of lovely exchanges where he finally came to understand why what he was asking for didn’t make sense.
He bought the whole set a while ago in the box at an average of $1.50 a chip, so this still gave him a fantastic profit, and since it was his first eBay sale, I told him how tough packaging everything was going to be — offered to have someone go pick it up directly, since he lives less than 40 minutes from me.
He thought about it for a day, and we made the deal today for $3800.
No. Usually about $4/chip or less.
That’s what I felt comfortable paying, I guess. They’re factory mint.
aaahh of course it was you lol. nice score, and he should VERY happy with his price! i told him in a private eBay message he MIGHT be able to get $3.50/chip out of the right person, but i forgot you existed
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Oh shit. Funnily enough I was considering a set in my head as an alternative to the AS tourney, but even at $4 I'd rather get the AS.
I was kinda hoping $3 might be current prices
The lower denoms are more like $3/chip.
last PCF sale was $2.89/chip after int'l shipping & fees:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/600-paulson-private-cardroom-chips-for-sale.51918/
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/600-paulson-private-cardroom-chips-for-sale.51918/
Oh, I thought you were talking about WTHCs, PCR V1s are cheaper, yeah.
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