tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post2354487236584768765..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: Baseball Card Collecting in the Age of the CoronavirusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-1999506086671120152020-03-26T18:01:56.086-07:002020-03-26T18:01:56.086-07:00Those are good points. I tend to agree that the h...Those are good points. I tend to agree that the higher end stuff won`t come down (or, if it does, it will be the last stuff to come down) while the stuff that those of us on modest budgets collect will be the first to decrease. A lot of it of course depends on variables that we just don`t know right now, like how long the economic disruption caused by the virus will last. <br /><br />And yeah, maybe its usefulness as a toilet paper substitute will see the market for 88 Donruss rise for the first time in 30 years.....Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-44172255266723676352020-03-26T08:50:39.227-07:002020-03-26T08:50:39.227-07:00I don't know what it would be for the hobby to...I don't know what it would be for the hobby to be destroyed. The hobby pre-dated PSA, it pre-dated cardsavers, and so on. There's a lot of infrastructure (for lack of a better word) that surrounds the hobby now that I wouldn't miss, and the hobby would survive just fine. Maybe the hobby would be destroyed if people stopped collecting baseball cards, but I imagine the only thing that could cause that would be people stopping being interested in baseball.<br /><br />As for card prices: I suspect that the effect on card prices will not be uniform. If I had to guess, I'd say that the really high-end stuff will be fine. If you're dropping five figures on a card, I assume that you've got substantial investments that are properly diversified, and that even if you lose your job, you'll be okay. People like you and me don't pay five figures for a card even when we've got the cash for it. (At least, I don't.) But cards that cost tens or hundreds of dollars are purchased by people whose positions, even if not precarious, are much less secure. And so I expect prices on those cards to tank.<br /><br />Also:<br />"Cards are also not toilet paper"<br /><br />...except for '88 Donruss.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-29799721279944779052020-03-25T19:29:28.657-07:002020-03-25T19:29:28.657-07:00Yeah, I wish they'd do Calbee Sumo chips (or m...Yeah, I wish they'd do Calbee Sumo chips (or maybe some other kind of snack), it would give me something else to buy!<br /><br />I don't follow Ebay or modern cards enough to know whats happening with them but wouldn't be surprised if they do go down!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-67662494731964474902020-03-25T19:01:58.322-07:002020-03-25T19:01:58.322-07:00I really wish that they would do Sumo Cards like d...I really wish that they would do Sumo Cards like days of old. I’ve not sold on eBay in a long long time. Seems like profit margins have slowly decreased there for me. Moderns sports cards are due for a collapse...they have been artificially inflated for a while now. SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-77859511146590313372020-03-25T18:24:19.357-07:002020-03-25T18:24:19.357-07:00That is good to know. I started a little sales th...That is good to know. I started a little sales thread on a video game forum at the end of February to get rid of some stuff and it was weird, for about a week sales were like normal (I've been running these sales for almost 10 years), then in early March suddenly sales just collapsed completely, people who had asked for stuff a few days earlier suddenly backed out and nobody else was placing orders, which has never happened.<br /><br />A lot of my customers on there are in Europe and the drop off coincided exactly with the pandemic exploding in Italy, which I think spooked everyone there. Now that its happening in the US too I think its likely to follow a similar path unfortunately. Hopefully it doesn't last long. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-5593633601584165712020-03-25T18:18:39.825-07:002020-03-25T18:18:39.825-07:00Oh yeah, that sucks. Actually in Japan too sales ...Oh yeah, that sucks. Actually in Japan too sales tax has started to be added to some things on yahoo Auctions, which wasn't the case until recently. Basically if the seller runs a registered business they have to charge tax, but if its just a regular person selling some of their personal stuff they don't. <br /><br />That wasn't enough to change my spending habits, but worries about where this virus is going and what effect it will have on the economy is!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-18677569200221877502020-03-25T18:16:47.801-07:002020-03-25T18:16:47.801-07:00Yeah, I definitely don't want the good dealers...Yeah, I definitely don't want the good dealers to be harmed by this and I expect they'll be needing every bit of business they can get to tide them through this. A lot of stuff has been way too high lately and maybe a price correction was on its way anyway, but I hope it doesn't turn into a complete collapse. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-50218373375290980922020-03-25T18:15:15.334-07:002020-03-25T18:15:15.334-07:00Finally some good news this year!!Finally some good news this year!!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-32231831659784729402020-03-25T15:08:11.069-07:002020-03-25T15:08:11.069-07:00I've been selling unwanted stuff on eBay for a...I've been selling unwanted stuff on eBay for a while now, and at least from my recent experience, sales have been up, but it may change, or not. I think it's going to depend on how long all of this lasts, if it's only a couple of months, I don't see card values taking much of a hit, but if it's longer...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043468725408104535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-85620630314459398232020-03-25T11:38:03.320-07:002020-03-25T11:38:03.320-07:00It didn't take this virus to make me cut back ...It didn't take this virus to make me cut back on my spending. Paying sales tax on COMC and eBay limit the number of bargains to be found. It will be interesting to see how this pandemic impacts our hobby though.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-29451907336368840452020-03-25T09:47:27.690-07:002020-03-25T09:47:27.690-07:00I'm certainly the sort of person who would be ...I'm certainly the sort of person who would be happy to snipe off some bargains if prices drop (fortunately I was already working from home, and my job is relatively secure), and I do think there's a decent argument that prices on many recent items were too high. But I'd hate to see good dealers going out of business and a lot of struggling in the hobby.Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-13487195707681879922020-03-25T07:22:27.513-07:002020-03-25T07:22:27.513-07:00Looking at the complete set of Calbees over at Jam...Looking at <a href="https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/jambalaya/a55aaa2ce5e.html?strcid=a55aaa2ce5e&n=100#CentSrchFilter1" rel="nofollow">the complete set of Calbees over at Jambalaya</a> I think they did a tad better than normal on the photo selection. Even some of the "pitchers pitching, batters batting" shots are a little more interesting than usual.<br />NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.com