I do not think you can mix sets because then you do not have one complete, do you?
English and French means they were for the CDN market. Perhaps less appeal to the US, English only, market.
"But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand Star Wars cards. Probably not much more effort than it takes to go to a few stores."
Nothing is that easy, is it?
How much is your time worth? How many hours have you spent on that question already? How many more are needed to put "something" for sale?
Is it really worth your time and effort?
@sylviebee wrote:Yes, and the question was unexpected and took me aback and my response reflected that surprise.
My goal right now isn't to make as much money as I can per hour. At the moment I'm trying to get rid of all the stuff I've accumulated over the years so I can move with less clutter.
There is always a decision: Donate, Toss, or List? Sometimes the line is a very fine one.
When it was pointed out to me that I've spent more time here on the board with this issue than the item warrants, I meant to say that the person asking the question has spent as much time on my question as I have so why judge me?
I revisited that concept the other day to see what I actually earn when I actually work. Actual at the job doing something work related.
I used to take my sales, profit, whatever your definition is, and divide through by 40 hours a week.
Well, the last five hours of work in the wrecking yards netted me about $2000 worth of profit. $400/hour. Throw in listing time, packing for sale, printing, blah blah blah, I profit $200 per working hour.
So, much like Sylvie, I can mess around with meaningless projects to my heart's content. I do not need to work "harder", Why should I?
Friend of mine used to teach university business. He defined things this way: "Interests are free, hobbies cost money, business makes money". This is certainly not costing Sylvie money, so, at worst it is an interest, and better is an off-shoot of business.
People that only do things for the "value" of the time or money are missing the opportunity to have interests, that are free.
Sylvie was looking for ideas that would encourage her to go in a direction. She was unsure of the direction, followed up on some ideas and got to where she needed to be.
She had inventory of suspected value, in a genre shew as unfamiliar with, and needed help to go forward selling.
Not all of us can pick anything up, and know exactly what to do, all the time. I found it to be an excellent discussion on "Now what do I do and how do I do it".
@sylviebee wrote:Elmwood, Thank You for posting that.
You said it way better than I could have.
I also suspected that the cards might be counterfeit and hoped that someone who knew them would pick up on it if there was and give me the head's up.
You are welcome.
I now know more than I need to know about 1977 Star Wars cards. It would have been nice to have this kind of knowledge when I plunked down $60 for 15 Avon beer steins, a couple weeks ago, from 1983. sigh
It was only $60. At that same auction I got other items that paid for my dalliance into $4 beer steins. A few weeks back, I got a $250 pressure washer for $10. I'm ahead.
What I learned today (was reinforced?) was that sometimes we are looking at complete units, sometimes parts, and sometimes parts of parts. Many times it is very hard to distinguish. That, ultimately, was Sylviebee's question.
