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Re: Is it just me or......
I'll chime in...
I was about to buy a Bernard Gilkey bat from a site called Boombats.com - I tried to reserve it, but the site seems dead (?) and the email was returned to me. Maybe you will have better luck!
Anyway, since that did not work out, and I needed a Gilkey Cards era bat, I bid $25 for one last week on eBay. I am sure the seller would have liked to get more, but (fortunately for me), I was the only taker.
NOW, I would have been perfectly happy paying $70 for a nearly identical bat that was unsigned (the $25 bat was signed)...but I ended up paying far less. What is the market value? Hmmmm. I might list it here for $100 and if no takers - I would accept offers, etc. If no bids one week, there is always a possiblity that someone else might be looking for a Gilkey bat the next. They are not the most common of Cardinal bats. This one happens to be a rookie bat - maybe someone in his family is looking for it. It was not listed as a rookie gamer...
There are those who are simply in it to flip them and turn a profit too...it is the American way. We do it with real estate, cars, etc. Not sure what is wrong with it.
If someone is willing to buy it, and you can make a buck - Go for it.
Dave
I'll chime in...
I was about to buy a Bernard Gilkey bat from a site called Boombats.com - I tried to reserve it, but the site seems dead (?) and the email was returned to me. Maybe you will have better luck!
Anyway, since that did not work out, and I needed a Gilkey Cards era bat, I bid $25 for one last week on eBay. I am sure the seller would have liked to get more, but (fortunately for me), I was the only taker.
NOW, I would have been perfectly happy paying $70 for a nearly identical bat that was unsigned (the $25 bat was signed)...but I ended up paying far less. What is the market value? Hmmmm. I might list it here for $100 and if no takers - I would accept offers, etc. If no bids one week, there is always a possiblity that someone else might be looking for a Gilkey bat the next. They are not the most common of Cardinal bats. This one happens to be a rookie bat - maybe someone in his family is looking for it. It was not listed as a rookie gamer...
There are those who are simply in it to flip them and turn a profit too...it is the American way. We do it with real estate, cars, etc. Not sure what is wrong with it.
If someone is willing to buy it, and you can make a buck - Go for it.
Dave
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