Completed Set Sales Advise

SDLovell · 03-26-2014, 12:58 PM

I'm looking to sell a completed set of 2009 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto cards (101-209) and I'm looking for some advice on how to go about it to get the best return on my time/investment. After going through multiples of almost all of the cards and selecting the best ones I could find for my set, I'm wanting to know what my best option is for passing them on to the next person.

Does anybody out there have experience with selling sets / advice that I might find useful / tips / etc.?

ADVthanksANCE,

SDLovell

oldcardcolector · 03-26-2014, 01:15 PM

Here is some ADVICE

SDLovell · 03-26-2014, 01:17 PM

Good catch!

jjordan · 03-26-2014, 01:18 PM

After pricing out how much you could net after selling & shipping the cards separate, put up the SET with a high BIN and field offers. Anything remotely close then you should consider. Otherwise just piece it out and sell singly.

Stat Monsters · 03-26-2014, 01:21 PM

The best ROI is to break it out and sell individually, since there are more people who want 1 card than all cards. Maybe there's a set building collector out there looking for some (not all) of your cards.

It's tedious (selling them one at a time including listing the junk cards you know nobody really wants for more than $5) and you'll end up jettisoning the treasure and left with the trash, but overall your net revenue should be higher selling them separately.

Anytime you sell a set, there's an inherent implication of a discount, unless it's a truly rare set where compiling it is a chore and it's a pedigree (all graded high or the same crash numbering on each card).

It's over 100 cards, so to get 'em all graded would be costly, adding nearly $1,000 to the price tag you need to cover that overhead.

There's not a whole lot of great rookie players from 2009.

M. Stafford is the key card, and the talent drops off from there.

It includes Clay Matthews, Knowshon Moreno, LeSean McCoy, J Edelman, P Harvin, M Crabtree, etc.

Some players have potential and others are losing their flavor of the month status having been in the league for a few years with an unremarkable career of good but mediocre stats. Now is the time to sell most of 'em, as none look HOF caliber.

I'd say the keeper is Stafford. With that, since the set is 90% junk players, you might be better off selling it as a set, and getting the Stafford card graded to force the entire lot on a person who wants that one card but doesn't mind the rest.

MI Rob · 03-26-2014, 01:28 PM

Set collectors generally piece the set together by themselves, not just purchase one because that isn't any fun.

Sell them individually.

03-26-2014, 12:58 PM	#1
SDLovell Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 17 SDLovell	Completed Set Sales Advice I'm looking to sell a completed set of 2009 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto cards (101-209) and I'm looking for some advice on how to go about it to get the best return on my time/investment. After going through multiples of almost all of the cards and selecting the best ones I could find for my set, I'm wanting to know what my best option is for passing them on to the next person. Does anybody out there have experience with selling sets / advice that I might find useful / tips / etc.? ADVthanksANCE, SDLovell Last edited by SDLovell; 03-27-2014 at 02:14 PM.

03-26-2014, 01:15 PM	#2
oldcardcolector Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 892 satoshisbitcoin oldcardcolector	Here is some ADVICE __________________ FRANK THOMAS BO JACKSON AND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL COLLECTOR RAIDERS GRIZZLIES FANATIC 25+ YEARS!

03-26-2014, 01:17 PM	#3
SDLovell Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 17 SDLovell	Good catch!

03-26-2014, 01:18 PM	#4
jjordan Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 567	After pricing out how much you could net after selling & shipping the cards separate, put up the SET with a high BIN and field offers. Anything remotely close then you should consider. Otherwise just piece it out and sell singly.

03-26-2014, 01:21 PM	#5
Stat Monsters Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,504	The best ROI is to break it out and sell individually, since there are more people who want 1 card than all cards. Maybe there's a set building collector out there looking for some (not all) of your cards. It's tedious (selling them one at a time including listing the junk cards you know nobody really wants for more than $5) and you'll end up jettisoning the treasure and left with the trash, but overall your net revenue should be higher selling them separately. Anytime you sell a set, there's an inherent implication of a discount, unless it's a truly rare set where compiling it is a chore and it's a pedigree (all graded high or the same crash numbering on each card). It's over 100 cards, so to get 'em all graded would be costly, adding nearly $1,000 to the price tag you need to cover that overhead. There's not a whole lot of great rookie players from 2009. M. Stafford is the key card, and the talent drops off from there. It includes Clay Matthews, Knowshon Moreno, LeSean McCoy, J Edelman, P Harvin, M Crabtree, etc. Some players have potential and others are losing their flavor of the month status having been in the league for a few years with an unremarkable career of good but mediocre stats. Now is the time to sell most of 'em, as none look HOF caliber. I'd say the keeper is Stafford. With that, since the set is 90% junk players, you might be better off selling it as a set, and getting the Stafford card graded to force the entire lot on a person who wants that one card but doesn't mind the rest.

03-26-2014, 01:28 PM	#6
MI Rob Banned Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 8,250	Set collectors generally piece the set together by themselves, not just purchase one because that isn't any fun. Sell them individually.