GarnettFan4Life
OZCT Supporter
I like typing on keyboards for long form though - not on a phone - I see your point though about everyone having a phone in their hand a lot during the day
We need an easy app actually , now a days people use mobiles so if we can transform this forum into an app format it will be very handy and easy interface and can definately attract a lot of people , advancing with technology is important because it makes your communication easy and convenient.
Any new ideas?
I think I’m still technically a newbie - and I’ll play that card regardless
Trying to really get into it but after buying a bunch of stuff I’m now looking to sell some (in my view at least) pretty decent cards - but can’t even get a response to numerous posts attempting to sell.
I realise ‘value’ is in the eye of the beholder - so tricky to tell anyone “your prices are too high” - but is there some way of promoting more feedback so reasonable prices are given a chance to be offered, negotiated and accepted?
I don’t need to make huge profits - but I do need to sell for a reasonable price if I am to continue to invest in the hobby.
I realise this is just a ‘problem statement’ rather than a ‘proposed solution’ (and I am sorry for that) - but somehow creating more movement of cards for people in my position would really help promote the hobby.
Open to any and all constructive feedback.
Cheers all.
I think the problem is not the site but the rules. If you have to include a price when you post people will just keep posting on facebook and ebay where they don't have to specify a price.
I struggle to find direct comparison prices for my ‘relatively speaking’ good cards.If you don’t have to post a price how will you know that an offer you get is fair? By looking up comps - so if you have to look up anyway why not just put that price and say open to offers - seems easy to me
I love this idea of sharing and enjoyment as opposed to just being all about the $$.I think the thing is that this forum whilst it was good for buying selling was mostly a community that was an amazing place to talk about collections or just a chat about anything. I made a lot of great connections through here when I moved across from NZ and didn't know many people in general , let alone that there were so many other people that liked to collect pieces of cardboard here and how much different it was in NZ (at the time)
So there is definitely a lot of connection that seems to be missing from the cards and swung in terms of the dollar.
It's easier than ever to post higher quality images and even videos from a phone these days and yet the mailday section and live breaks sections is 1/4 (if not more) of what it used to be when we all struggled with scanners and low speed internet. Perhaps its we have become accustomed to the instant gratification of a facebook/instagram post that gets likes straight away that it 's more encouraging to post there? I do love seeing a well constructed mailday thread here the likes of @skip20 @GarnettFan4Life @Essellohbeebeewhy and others that you just dont see on the socials wihtout have 1000 hastags after one photo as well.
No solutions there but I think the hobby is sorting itself out on the way back to somewhere like this and weeding out the so called "investors"
I struggle to find direct comparison prices for my ‘relatively speaking’ good cards.
Take these 4 for example - I seriously want to sell them but can’t find a reliable price guide anywhere.
And PS - very happy to be proven wrong because if someone can help show me what these are truly worth I’d genuinely appreciate it.
I think I’m being too narrow in my price assessment.Comps means just that - comparisons - where did you get your price idea from? A different year, same player but different set, same set but different player, a serial numbered card in a different year etc etc
Sometimes it’s easy when heaps have sold - other times we just do our best to have a guess and then get an idea of what we’d be comfortable of paying or accepting to sell
Something else that is possibly to blame is that with the boom in the hobby and also the multitude of social media pages and breakers appearing was there was a lot of division in the hobby.
along the lines of "You break with that guy" or 'You're on that page" ... "I only break with blah blah" "I only use this page" therefore we can't do a deal somewhere else or I'm not listing my cards on another page / site.
This was almost the only place to come for anything local at one point in time and aided that community vibe.
I mean we are all adults and should understand not everyone is get along all the time, but it feels at times being in the middle of a gang war
I didn't even think of it from that angle - breaking certain places, only going in certain facebook groups - makes sense though, some people would do that.
Maybe even.. oh you're on OZCT you must be 100 years old aspect of it
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