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Originally Posted by daveyc1
what is the issue with kaj choosing how much he is charging for each specific item? no one is forcing people to pay the price. if it is too high at the table, then take your card home with no auto.
easy.
it is not kaj's job to leave meat on the bone for flippers to make a profit.
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Because you don't know how much you are going to pay, until you wait hours in line until his handler gives her opinion. And that is after you already paid for the ticket, but are still at the mercy of the handlers opinion on what she deems the grade to be.
Then, its either you leave the line, after wasting all that time. And go wait in another line for your refund. Or you pay the extortion money on the up charge right then and now after she alone assigns your cards grade.
It really sucked for those who cracked out his RC from slabs. If the handler disagreed on the grade PSA, SGC or BAS already gave the card. And she thinks it was undergraded. You either pony up the cash to get it signed. Or be stuck having to pay to get that card re-graded again.
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Originally Posted by daveyc1
which is worth more: a kaj rookie PSA 8 with a 10 auto or a PSA 3 with a 10 auto? why should kaj walk away from that upsale? the flipper that gets the card signed surely wont.
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I have already posted this in here. So I will copy and paste my work for you.
He is paid to sign my item, not share in any potential profits. It makes zero difference to him, if he is signing a blank piece of paper or a gem mint RC. Either take 5 seconds of his time.
Who says anyone is allowed to share in any potential gains or losses on items getting signed? Since the advent of paid signings, it cost one amount to sign small flats, and more to sign larger things.
Jerseys, helmets, larger photos took more time to do. And that is more of the signers time you are using. And thus, it costs more for the promoter who typically pays the player by their time.
If you want inscriptions, that costs more since it takes more time. People understand these up sells.
Would KAJ charge me less, if I had him sign a cheap Walmart replica basketball VS an authentic model? The Walmart ball is worth less money after being signed than the game ball. No. The price to sign a ball, is the price to sign a ball.
People aren't mad that they have to pay more for different things. People are mad that they have to pay more, for the same things.