Well I can say that I am one of the people who did list Sean Taylor cards on ebay following the news of his passing. Why did I do this? Because I wanted to give a real Redskins/Miami Hurricanes/Sean Taylor fan the chance to get a few of his cards to remember him by. To me, all they would do is just sit in a box and maybe for years, I wouldn't even bother looking at them. They sat on my trade list for months. No one made a single offer for any of them, months from now, no one will have any interest in them, so with a bunch of excess cards I'd like to move, I figured I would put them up on ebay, not looking for a profit, just listing them a penny with 2 dollars for shipping. (to cover shipping, paypal and ebay fees) and I would let the public on ebay decide how much they're willing to pay for the cards rather than to throw up some high offer that I'm immediately looking to cash in on someone's death.
So how did I make out do you ask. 2005 Bowman Chrome. When I went to bed last night, it was still a penny with no bids and 8 hours to go. When I wake up, I check my ebay and see the high bid was 5.50. Not too bad on a 60 cent card. Maybe I am right or maybe I am wrong, but that was the price the public out there was willing to pay for a card that would just sit in one of my boxes and catch dust for years, and a true fan was willing to pay for what's probably going to be a PC item for years to come. It is always sad to want to capitalize off someone's death, but sports cards anymore, seem just like the stock market. Now what will I do with this quick buck you ask? Probably pick up a nice jersey or gu for the collection.
Let me ask. How many of you on here would trade me a game used or autograph for a Sean Taylor 2nd year base card? That's right, that's what I thought. But hey, if someone's willing to pay the price, then no harm, no foul by the person doing the selling.
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