Ebay Dealer Database - Write Your Experiences

Okay, here are the experiences I have had with the few ebay dealers I have bought/consigned/negotiated with. Hopefully others can chime in with their experiences as well.

Brent Huigens (Pre-War Card Collector) - smooth transaction, accurate description
Tony Arnold - congenial but overpriced, bargained with him but he never came close to fair value
"Pastime08" - impossible to negotiate with, took $75 off a card priced $950, way over fair value. later admitted that he knew it was overpriced but didn't want to sell the card!
David Bryan - Consigned to him. He communicated well and had good service.
Buckler Cards/"SomersetVelvet" - Negotiated a fair price, card inaccurately described but did accept return. Good service.

Hopefully others can chime in with their experiences? This type of thread could wind up saving a lot of folks on this board a considerable amount of time that would be otherwise wasted.

jbonie wrote:Tony Andrea - congenial but overpriced, bargained with him but he never came close to fair value

Hi Jamie,

Just want to make sure you are talking about Tony Andrea (3-2 Count), as opposed to tonyetrade (I think his name is Tony Arnold).

I have done multiple purchases with both and have no complaints about either, but I found Tony Andrea more willing to make a deal than tonyetrade.

(I'm only posting this b/c I've seen others make this common mistake on the boards before!)

i have found tony 3-2-count andrea pricing to be on the fair side also, and he's also very reasonable.

tony etrade arnold is a full time dealer and his prices are high mostly.

Thanks for the heads up Blair & Quan. Jamie's gotta be speaking of Tony Arnold. I'm to damn lovable to be over priced.


ps- for the record, many collectors mistake me for Etrade.....

3-2-count wrote:
ps- for the record, many collectors mistake me for Etrade.....

wouldn't be a bad trade-off if you can inherit his inventory.

i've also dealt once or twice with tony arnold when he first had his site up, but not lately.

cccc wrote:

wouldn't be a bad trade-off if you can inherit his inventory.

Ain't that the truth Quan. Etrade is the caramel king for sure.

3-2-count wrote:

cccc wrote:

wouldn't be a bad trade-off if you can inherit his inventory.

Ain't that the truth Quan. Etrade is the caramel king for sure.

His 19th century stuff aint too shabby either, eg. G&B Comiskey and Yum Yum Anson he has on ebay right now...

Hard to excited about the G&B Anson since the wrong player is pictured

sabrjay wrote:Hard to excited about the G&B Anson since the wrong player is pictured

Yeah - definitely a drawback that it pictures Williamson, not Anson. But I would happily welcome it into my collection nonetheless!

Sorry Tony! (i.e., Mr. Andrea). Slight mental lapse there. Yes, I meant Tony Arnold.

Now that the db is accurate, does anyone else care to add to it?

bagger's sportscards--great to deal with. work out offline deals to save even more

No problem Jamie. I think everyone knew who you meant......
I would like to add Joe's Vintage Sportscard's to the outstanding seller's list. A+ seller and collector!!

3-2-count wrote:No problem Jamie. I think everyone knew who you meant......
I would like to add Joe's Vintage Sportscard's to the outstanding seller's list. A+ seller and collector!!

+1 as a reco for Shoeless Joe's

Andrea is an ok guy too (very fair, up front, and honest)

nothing but positive experiences with Arnold too.