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Unreasonable Prices & Game-Used Exclusives
You may have already noticed, but I have become extremely frustrated with some exclusive dealers of game-used memorabilia. Last week, I expressed my ire over a Hunter Pence home white alternate gamer's being priced with a BIN of $5,000 on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/HUNTER-PENCE-GAM...QQcmdZViewItem. Another example is this David Wright pair of cleats posted on Locker Room Memorabilia's website: http://www.lrmemo.com/product_p/dw-g...blu-07-ath.htm. Or what gets me is that you can now own a David Wright g/u all-star game hat for over $2,000: http://www.lrmemo.com/product_p/dw-gu-hat-07as-ath.htm.
While I think game-used exclusive dealers allow for a lot of good stuff to get sold by reputable people, I am also concerned that these people so inflate prices as to take the ordinary collector out of the equation. Plus, I swear some of these athletes wear an item for 5 minutes during a game, take it off, and then sell it for thousands as "game-used." I just wish some of this stuff could be had for a reasonable price that was actually used for a decent amount of time by a decent player. The Pence jersey shows good use, but those David Wright cleats look brand new.
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While I think game-used exclusive dealers allow for a lot of good stuff to get sold by reputable people, I am also concerned that these people so inflate prices as to take the ordinary collector out of the equation. Plus, I swear some of these athletes wear an item for 5 minutes during a game, take it off, and then sell it for thousands as "game-used." I just wish some of this stuff could be had for a reasonable price that was actually used for a decent amount of time by a decent player. The Pence jersey shows good use, but those David Wright cleats look brand new.
Thanks for reading this!