NBA All-Star Jerseys

[Texans]

You see ... you are still trying to convince hobbyist to continue to drive-up the price. You really are working for Meigray or NBA Auction.

Exquisite613/jtnbafan has been doing this for years and so far, there is NO sign of tapping-out. He is even becoming meaner by taking even the t-shirts.

Well, its up to the collectors/bidders, which approach they want to take. A lot of them have already tried the approach of over-bidding in hopes of tapping him out, but that has not worked and he has become even meaner this year. So, why not try the approach of boycotting NBA Auction.

I dont know what you mean by he became even meaner. He just a big basketball fan and has an awesome collection. I think most people if they had that type of money would buy everything too. Honestly, I believe the best bet to acquire a All Star jersey is if there were two sets.


Jojo

[sportscentury]

What is it about this thread and new members coming out of the woodwork to introduce themselves with wildly inappropriate posts? Incredible.

A couple of you guys will be lucky if NBA Auctions and MeiGray do not ban you from their auctions. Just sayin'...

[drexler22]

After the Durant socks episode and knowing his history of outbidding members here, i'd decided to take a back seat today. No point even browsing these auctions imo. I strongly recommend NBA Meigray put limit's in place as to how many auctions a member can win.

[mbenga28]

I think those who claim unfairness in these auctions should perhaps evaluate yourselves, especially considering looking for a higher paying position or cutting back on some of your personal expenses so you would have the sufficient funds to possibly win one of these auctions. as someone once said to me when I complained about the high standards of single women today, "quit yer bitchin'"

[Sonny25]

A couple of you guys will be lucky if NBA Auctions and MeiGray do not ban you from their auctions. Just sayin'...

Ban them from what? Not winning another auction?

[skinsfan0521]

I'm not an NBA collector at all and have no interest in these items, but I don't see why anybody would ever put a limit of # of items won per auction. All they would be doing is limiting their potential income. That's a terrible business practice. I don't even know why that's coming up as an option to "fix" this??

[sportscentury]

Ban them from what? Not winning another auction?

I won the Shaq Christmas jersey on NBA/MeiGray Auctions a mere two months ago. Digger26 won the LBJ jersey in that auction, as well. There were also several other winners, but I can't remember them all. I know you're frustrated, but let's be reasonable. Do you really think no one else will ever win an NBA/MeiGray Auctions item again? Come on.

Listen, do as you please. What do I care? I just think some of the posts in this thread are out of line. Whether it is you, Doodle, Kuljo, Amit Tailor, or whomever, there will always be bidders who are frustrated that they didn't get the items that they desired. No offense intended, but I really don't understand the crying and complaining. Sometimes supply/demand treats us well and sometimes it doesn't. It is what it is.

[sportscentury]

I'm not an NBA collector at all and have no interest in these items, but I don't see why anybody would ever put a limit of # of items won per auction. All they would be doing is limiting their potential income. That's a terrible business practice. I don't even know why that's coming up as an option to "fix" this??

+1

Not a great business idea, but definitely worth a chuckle.

[shafrancollectibles.com]

I was not a bidder on these jerseys but have followed this thread. Despite the fact that one buyer is winning everything, auctions are the fairest way to make it an open market - the auction process allows anybody to bid ANY AMOUNT and have a chance to win something.

If this one buyer seems to have unlimited money supply, the only way to try to challenge that is to bid a jersey up to an unreasonable number and see if he chases it - for example, if Kobe is generally selling at $30g, one bidder needs to be willing to go to $60g if they are that interested in obtaining it. At some point, he will either get tired of way over-spending to continue winning everything, or he will still win items that have no chance of holding their value in the long term, which can't be enticing to most people, even with very deep pockets.

There is no way Meigray/NBA Auctions would limit the bids somebody could place - that would be detrimental to their business.

[legaleagle92481]

A limit is not a bad business idea at all. Stores do it all the time with hot products and ticketmaster does it with event tickets. Any business that relies on one customer to sustain it is on risky ground. I mean what if he dies tommorrow or suffers an unexpected business reversal? The demand is very high and there are precious few of the top jerseys available on the market so prices would not drop off as much as people might think, they may even rise because once he hits the limit people will keep bidding because they feel they can actually win rather than just bid him up. Plus it would create a secondary market as people sell stuff off as most collectors inevitably do whether it is because they need the money or want new stuff, etc. Which the basketball game used hobby defintely needs you see MLB authentic, Steiner and team certified baseball items, you see NFl auctions, team, Jo and steiner certified football items and MEIgray and team certified hockey items being sold here, by various dealers and on auction sites all the time but you rarely see that with basketball. As far as the people telling people to go find better jobs just to bid on jerseys it is doubtful that there are many jobs that pay you so much that you have a few hundred thousand a year to spend on jerseys. And the idea of placing extremely high bids won't work because ok maybe someone tries that and it works that once or a few times but is anyone going to keep trying it? The idea is to keep as many people interested and involved in the hobby as possible because it benefits all of us.