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Look at the date!!    You will see the reason.   They sold at that price at that date.   One issue is not all prices have dates on them.     We could remove all prices without a date but then members will complain about the value oof their collection dropping.

It would be great if there was a site that had every card sold with all the prices they sold at (on line) then we can see the trends of that card.   Then what about non online sales.

If you have an old Beckett (2000) that a look and see what Tom Brady was listed at.

Keep in mind for any of the Brady RCs I looked at - I did not check them all - the sub $1 prices had long ago dropped out of the five submissions that are used to calculate the displayed median price.

Hence, no need to go out and add more recent sales to counteract them. I think the lowest displayed price I saw for a Brady RC was $95.

I doubt many people are going into a card's pricing, selecting a random submission more than a decade old and saying "we must use this price in our trade." If they are I would be happy not continue with that trade.

Honestly, the initial rant sounds like it is probably based off the Edwards RC having a lower displayed price than expected then throwing in the Brady comment from hearsay.

(I could also have added to my first post, maybe the Edwards was in really bad condition. I don't think the Sportlot automatic price additions include that information.)

If the subject is pricing on this site, it's not a legitimate concern.

Because most of my trades involve vintage cards, I use Carboard Market, (formerly Card Fetcher), to get an idea of what the current market value is. What I like about that site is it gives you the date of sale and a link to the transaction.  I'm always concerned of insulting someone with an offer and I find this site at least keeps in the ballpark price wise.

Great thread. I was thinking for a while to make a topic asking what is up with every card here valued at 18 cents? This is a great site but the pricing is shot. I just don't pay attention to the values listed anymore. But yeah that feature needs to be fixed or removed completely. I recommend just going by Ebay sold listings prices.

Why just ebay? Sportslots is more realistic. Yes you can buy cards that you think are worth $$$ for 20 cents. Just because you paid a ridiculous amount for a card on ebay when it was sold on another site for 20 cents does not make that site invalid.

It is time people realize that cards from the base sets including most stars are not worth big $$; they are worth that 20 cents. The only increased trade value is that more collectors want Trout and Ohtani cards than they do Telez or Springer cards. But this does not make those cards worth $$$.

I don't get why it is so hard for people to understand Sportlots prices are real sales that actually happened.

They are not fake, they are not incorrect, they do not make the pricing here any less valid than any other price entered. They do not need to be removed and they certainly will not be just because you don't like them or they lower your collections "value".

Now can you arguee a price shown here on a specific cardis inaccurate/incorrect because of insufficient data dragging prices from 10 years ago into the calculation? 100% yes.

However, almost every pricing source I have seen struggles ro keep up with the day to day of the dynamic market. If you are that concerned about the price of your cards then you should not be using a largely static pricing system from a database that is not primarily designed to price cards as your be all and end all.

I don't buy on ebay, but I was told that they have a set price of .99 cents on all postings.  If that's true, then ebay is inflating the price, so wouldn't that be bad pricing.  I check ebay sometimes on key rookies and star cards versus Sportlots and most of the time, you can still buy them for less on Sportlots.  Ebay pricing may be ok if you're chasing the fancy shiny cards, auto cards, or graded cards, but not base common set cards.  Guys, the market is flooded with base commons on most sets, so they're probably not even listed on ebay,  They used to have a listing fee and I'm sure it's more than .20 cents, so not many base cards are listed there individually. 

I know I have had some trades declined because some traders still use other sources to get their pricing and that's ok.  Fortunately for me, there are enough people who are realistic about base cards and do trade with me.  I've actually had traders that prior to coming here, had never heard of Sportlots, but once they look at the site and see how many cards are listed there for .20 cents, they begin to become enlightened about overproduced cards.  Just thankful the site brought attention to Sportlots pricing, its real pricing. 

Thanks to this site, I've been able to make over 2,000 trades with 711 different members and completed over 350 sets and insert sets in the 6 years I've been here.  My trades have increased over the years, particularly the last 2 years and I believe more folks are adapting to the fact that it's not about money.  It's a hobby to have fun, help others with their collections and being fair with each other.  I have over 130 trade partners that I have completed at least 5 trades with each and 30 trade partners that I have completed double digit trades with!  Why so many with the same folks, because money or pricing is never mentioned, we're trading to enjoy the hobby and at the same time respect each other enough that we don't ask for an "Trout" rookie for a base common.  I've found most folks here are fair and reasonable and those are they guys I trade with.  I can also tell you when a trader says he believes his 20 commons are worth more than my 20 commons in a Topps flagship set, then I make a note and move on.  My list of great, helpful trade partners is a lot longer than my no trade list is.  Anyway, I appreciate the site, the great traders here and look forward to many more years of building sets by trading with some great trade partners on TCDB.  HAVE FUN and ENJOY the hobby.

I would argue Sportslots inflates the price of most cards at $0.20

Agreed!  Even the newer Topps set and the Junk wax for sure. I guess every site has a base minimum.