What do you find the most annoying at shows?

[Bigjigglies]

1) breakers yelling about some shiny new card that you care nothing about while you are at the next table trying to talk with another dealer

2) people walking around with their douche bag boxes trying to sell or trade their cards

3) unpriced items that you are interested in and when you ask for the price, the first 5hing the dealer says is “let me check the comps”

4) social media “influencers” who take up a full aisle with their film crew and boom mic

5) feel free to add your own

[glen87]

Originally Posted by Bigjigglies

1) breakers yelling about some shiny new card that you care nothing about while you are at the next table trying to talk with another dealer

2) people walking around with their douche bag boxes trying to sell or trade their cards

3) unpriced items that you are interested in and when you ask for the price, the first 5hing the dealer says is “let me check the comps”

4) social media “influencers” who take up a full aisle with their film crew and boom mic

5) feel free to add your own

6) all of the above

[Cousin Jethroe]

#3..very annoying

[Grid]

5) The hoggers. The hoggers can hog up many different things/areas.

Sometimes they will pull up a seat (many bring their own fold out ones, and I have even seen buckets to sit on) and hog up the aisle as people squeeze to get by, so they can riffle through monster boxes.

They will hog up all the cards a dealer has out, to keep anyone else from looking through until they are done. Common tactics such as laying their backpack or coat over an area of cards on the table. Or just stating their claim over something "Hey, I haven't looked through that box yet. I was here first"

[regionrat]

Originally Posted by Grid

5) The hoggers. The hoggers can hog up many different things/areas.

Sometimes they will pull up a seat (many bring their own fold out ones, and I have even seen buckets to sit on) and hog up the aisle as people squeeze to get by, so they can riffle through monster boxes.

They will hog up all the cards a dealer has out, to keep anyone else from looking through until they are done. Common tactics such as laying their backpack or coat over an area of cards on the table. Or just stating their claim over something "Hey, I haven't looked through that box yet. I was here first"

I have seen some arguments over dime boxes.

[smalltown]

Originally Posted by Grid

5) Or just stating their claim over something "Hey, I haven't looked through that box yet. I was here first"

Ya. That one doesn't fly.

[Pacmeyer]

Sourpuss dealers... they can't be bothered looking up from their table or stop chatting with each other when a customer comes by.

[Stifle]

Originally Posted by Grid

5) The hoggers. The hoggers can hog up many different things/areas.

Sometimes they will pull up a seat (many bring their own fold out ones, and I have even seen buckets to sit on) and hog up the aisle as people squeeze to get by, so they can riffle through monster boxes.

They will hog up all the cards a dealer has out, to keep anyone else from looking through until they are done. Common tactics such as laying their backpack or coat over an area of cards on the table. Or just stating their claim over something "Hey, I haven't looked through that box yet. I was here first"

If the searcher hasn’t purchased the box and the seller agrees, ask them to simply remove their item’s and search. I’m probably on the larger side as a collector but I’ve had searchers remove items and stared right back if they pull that stuff. I wouldn’t flip through the same line within the box as another searcher but I’ll look through a different row. I don’t like it when a searcher grabs cards within the same row because it messes up what has been searched. Don’t need searching any more complicated.

The buyers who tell dealers that the price of a card is the price they comp but don’t open boxes or cases because the odds and cost are too risky. I stopped opening 15 years ago and the price of a card on their booth is their price. I can negotiate but I’m not telling them it’s a wrong price. I have no idea what they risked or time spent in creating their booth.

[DajuanWagner]

Originally Posted by Grid

5) The hoggers. The hoggers can hog up many different things/areas.

Sometimes they will pull up a seat (many bring their own fold out ones, and I have even seen buckets to sit on) and hog up the aisle as people squeeze to get by, so they can riffle through monster boxes.

They will hog up all the cards a dealer has out, to keep anyone else from looking through until they are done. Common tactics such as laying their backpack or coat over an area of cards on the table. Or just stating their claim over something "Hey, I haven't looked through that box yet. I was here first"

THIS!!!!! When someone walks up to a table, why can't the "hog" move aside a little so that the person walking up can access the box/boxes, instead of making the person walking up do a "reach around" (if you know what I mean?)....

[chandman]

Looking at all the showcases with the same modern cards. Over and Over again. The countless parallels of the same cards at each table. It seems like everything is vintage or modern. Maybe I belong to a smaller group of collectors that enjoys the retro era of the 90s and early 2000s. But I enjoy a selection and it is frustrating to always seem the same stuff at each show.

[crazy4kinsler]

Seems this is absolutely all that is at shows nowadays, even smaller ones. And for a guy looking for 90s-00s stuff, it's rather disappointing. Most people only have vintage or newer, like 2020-now. In fact, I wonder if anyone actually collected between 1993-2020.

Originally Posted by chandman

Looking at all the showcases with the same modern cards. Over and Over again. The countless parallels of the same cards at each table. It seems like everything is vintage or modern. Maybe I belong to a smaller group of collectors that enjoys the retro era of the 90s and early 2000s. But I enjoy a selection and it is frustrating to always seem the same stuff at each show.

[jdhaugh11]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

Seems this is absolutely all that is at shows nowadays, even smaller ones. And for a guy looking for 90s-00s stuff, it's rather disappointing. Most people only have vintage or newer, like 2020-now. In fact, I wonder if anyone actually collected between 1993-2020.

I think it's because a lot of rare inserts and parallels from the 90s and early 2000s is being put away in collections and never again seen or only bought and traded online.
Dealers don't bring this stuff unless they think they will have a specific buyer.

[crazy4kinsler]

You're probably right. But even trying to buy it online. Anytime I create a post on Facebook looking for refractors, parallels, autos and GUd, 99.95% of the cards are from 2020-now. It's like that's all people have. When I create a post saying I"m looking for 90s-10s, I get nothing but crickets. I truly think people didn't collect in that gap of the mid-1990s until 2019. So baffling.

Originally Posted by jdhaugh11

I think it's because a lot of rare inserts and parallels from the 90s and early 2000s is being put away in collections and never again seen or only bought and traded online.
Dealers don't bring this stuff unless they think they will have a specific buyer.

[jdhaugh11]

Originally Posted by crazy4kinsler

You're probably right. But even trying to buy it online. Anytime I create a post on Facebook looking for refractors, parallels, autos and GUd, 99.95% of the cards are from 2020-now. It's like that's all people have. When I create a post saying I"m looking for 90s-10s, I get nothing but crickets. I truly think people didn't collect in that gap of the mid-1990s until 2019. So baffling.

They are out there somewhere, they made a lot back in the 90s! LOL

[SupermanBrandon]

Cases on showcases. Im surprised dealers allow it (for multiple reasons).

[NYBBFAN]

Museum-type pricing. Feels like some of these dealers bought space to show off their collection.

[Cardfanusa]

Originally Posted by NYBBFAN

Museum-type pricing. Feels like some of these dealers bought space to show off their collection.

You should setup at a big show sometime and see what customers ask for their cards in an attempt to sell to a dealer.

In many cases they ask for a higher price than a dealer can fantasize about selling it for. Customer prices are as silly if not more so than dealer asking prices.

[NYBBFAN]

Originally Posted by Cardfanusa

You should setup at a big show sometime and see what customers ask for their cards in an attempt to sell to a dealer.

In many cases they ask for a higher price than a dealer can fantasize about selling it for. Customer prices are as silly if not more so than dealer asking prices.

That is a separate and distinct problem. Thanks for trying.

[jkampis]

Originally Posted by NYBBFAN

That is a separate and distinct problem. Thanks for trying.

What’s that snide comment all about? Dealers not allowed to complain about buyers?

[EW Cards]

Originally Posted by Cardfanusa

You should setup at a big show sometime and see what customers ask for their cards in an attempt to sell to a dealer.

In many cases they ask for a higher price than a dealer can fantasize about selling it for. Customer prices are as silly if not more so than dealer asking prices.

Agreed

[notoriousrmb]

The repetitive slab dealers.

10 tables in a row with overpriced PSA slabbed cards of the typical names...Trout, Ohtani, Brady, NHL Young Gun of the week, NBA Prizm rookie of the week, etc.

So many tables have these same cards, you can go on ebay and buy these same cards. A PSA 10 isn't the grand price bump you claim it is when I can see 10 more in this same row of dealers plus 20 more on ebay at any time.

[ThoseBackPages]

unpriced slabs

[solt0131]

Bunch of unpriced showcases at the Vegas Show. Feels like lots of guys are going to "take a break" for a while.

[Giroux]

Unpriced items.

I am a fan of all sports but not necessarily well versed in cards of all sports.

For example, was at a show and interested in soccer cards of some young players whose names I recognized. They weren't priced and I had no clue whether they may be worth $100 or $10k. And I feel kinda bad when I ask and the card is way out of my price range. Waste of both of our time.

[valleynuckfan]

Originally Posted by Giroux

Unpriced items.

I am a fan of all sports but not necessarily well versed in cards of all sports.

For example, was at a show and interested in soccer cards of some young players whose names I recognized. They weren't priced and I had no clue whether they may be worth $100 or $10k. And I feel kinda bad when I ask and the card is way out of my price range. Waste of both of our time.

Yup I completely agree. I see way too much stuff without stickers.
I sell at local shows and try to make sure that all my stuff is priced. Makes it way easier for both sides of the table.
Pricing takes time to stay current but I find that the effort makes a huge difference.