Did I Make A Bad Purchase

At first there is the initial excitement of your purchase.  The rush.  The deal.  Wow what a steal.  This is how I felt after my most recent purchase on Ebay.

Recently I have started selling and purchasing sports cards.  In the past sports card collecting was a hobby of mine.  As life goes you sometimes become to busy that you can not keep up with some of your hobbies or passions.  This would be true of my card collecting.  Well recently I have gotten back into it for a couple of reasons.  Now I both collect cards and sell the unwanted ones.

Well recently I have made a couple of purchases in order to build up an inventory of cards to sell.  I did little research but I KNOW WHAT IS A GREAT DEAL.  So I thought atleast.  Well maybe I should have done more research after all.

My first purchase was a lot of cards.  I thought wow what a great deal.  The lot included low count game used cards and some autos.  Little did I realize that now days these cards are not the most desired.  Now everyone wants the combo cards.  Oh No.  Well hopefully some of the cards will sell.  So far I have managed to sell two cards out of the lot.  Both were not exactly cards that I thought I would sell but atleast it is a couple of dollars back in my pocket.  I still am trying to sell a Hines Ward Game Used Bowman Sterling, Tony Gwynn four colour game used, and many other cards.  Since I paid $400 I have to try and get a decent return on the dollar.  I'll keep you posted.

Second major purchase was a lot of 2007-08 Ultra basketball Jumbo packs.  Didn't realize the only inserts were Snap Shots.  Sure Beckett lists them as good value but little does that mean.  I am hoping that this one turns out better than the first.  Atleast I have a bunch of Rodney Stuckey, Aaron Brooks, and Carl Landry RC's.  The big problem with this purchase was the fact that I spent $49 on the product (great deal) but $60 on the shipping (bad move).

Well let me know if you want any cards from the base set of 2007-08 Ultra basketball.  I only have 3200 to sell.  Let the deals begin.

Cheers