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The Voord

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On 2/4/2024 at 12:09 AM, AndyFish said:

 

I had one dealer who kept refusing to give me a price on a piece I was interested in-- I don't love that method of selling-- but to each his own and I ended up saving whatever monies he was thinking.

 

Interesting business model for a dealer!  :facepalm:

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Unstoppablejayd

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On 2/4/2024 at 4:43 AM, The Voord said:

Interesting business model for a dealer!  :facepalm:

I wonder who it was? Everyone I saw had prices on everything even the brothers Grimm…. Wonder if it was something someone just got in as trade or something. 

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On 2/4/2024 at 8:51 PM, WestcoastDAVEngers said:

Thanks for posting it my friend! I really had a fantastic time at OAX

Great video, Dave.  

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AndyFish

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On 2/4/2024 at 11:46 AM, Unstoppablejayd said:

I wonder who it was? Everyone I saw had prices on everything even the brothers Grimm…. Wonder if it was something someone just got in as trade or something. 

It was a pretty well known dealer and one I've bought from in the past.   It was a strange interaction.   It'll definitely give me pause in buying from him again.   I have no problem with someone pricing things whatever they want-- I have a piece in my own portfolio that is overpriced by about 5x but it's one of the very few pieces of my own that I really like.

But priced it is-- and if you don't price things -- the entire portfolio I looked through of his had no prices -- and you refuse to give a starting price don't be shocked if I'm off the mark.

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KirbyCollector

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He wants to sell it -- just not to you, apparently. Or he thinks he wants to sell it, but if someone accepted he knows deep down he really couldn't sell it. I had someone offer me a piece for 15K last year and I replied YES immediately. Two hours later I got an email saying Hey, I'm sorry, didn't really want to sell it. It happens.

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On 2/5/2024 at 10:09 AM, KirbyCollector said:

He wants to sell it -- just not to you, apparently. Or he thinks he wants to sell it, but if someone accepted he knows deep down he really couldn't sell it. I had someone offer me a piece for 15K last year and I replied YES immediately. Two hours later I got an email saying Hey, I'm sorry, didn't really want to sell it. It happens.

That's only happened to me once in my 40 years of collecting (a collector offered me a Neal Adams Dracula page, gave me a price, I said yes, and then backed out). I was FURIOUS!!! You give me a price that I accept and then just say "never mind"??? Not cool. Not cool at all. 

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On 2/5/2024 at 5:02 PM, stinkininkin said:

That's only happened to me once in my 40 years of collecting (a collector offered me a Neal Adams Dracula page, gave me a price, I said yes, and then backed out). I was FURIOUS!!! You give me a price that I accept and then just say "never mind"??? Not cool. Not cool at all. 

He's a very nice guy! People change minds.

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