on October 31st, 2008 by oldschoolbreaks
…game-used card? Sure, they’ve lost their luster now. But remember when pulling a card with a swatch of fabric or wood affixed to it actually meant something? I know I do. My first such pull came just days before Y2K. I was at my local card shop busting packs of the then-brand new 2000 Upper [...]
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on October 31st, 2008 by csd
Today just before I came down to Purdue I received a package in the mail from an eBay purchase that I made. It contained nine cards total, with each one being bought after I purchased a Justin Upton jersey card. The rest were cheap enough with the comb…
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on October 31st, 2008 by csd
Tonight I was at the first game of the season for the Purdue Men’s team. Well sort of the first game. The game was an exhibition, but you would not have known it from the way the crowd was rocking at the beginning. The final margin was not as wide as I…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Kevin
Happy Halloween! On this special day, Al “Red” Worthington is dressing up as a Cincinnati Reds pitcher who’s just been traded to the Twins. Or maybe he’s supposed to be Johnny Unitas…”now there’s a haircut you can set your watch to.”After a collegia…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Rob- AKA "Guido"
Items perceived as value added content, be it autographed balls and mini caps from Topps Reserve to B18 felt “blankets” from Origins, to over sized box toppers the likes of the recent UD Masterpieces are something that the manufacturers have embraced t…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Chris Harris
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on October 31st, 2008 by NPB Card Guy
The 2009 NPB Draft was held yesterday. Deanna Rubin has published the list of players drafted both here and (with pictures) here.Most of the players who were picked will have their first cards ever in the 2009 BBM Rookie Edition set, which should come…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Spiff
Milton Bradley, seen here on card number 673 of Upper Deck’s 2008 set, is now officially looking for work. With Milton you get a pretty big bat, some pretty bad knees, and an unpredictable temper. Probably just the kind of player your team needs if you…
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on October 31st, 2008 by No Brainer Bargains
As a follow-up to the listing violation issue with in-port cards, Mark Sapir cc’ed me in his email to ebay, asking for help with this situation. He emailed three different people at ebay and received a quick reply from ebay that they will be working to solve this problem either by today or Monday.
Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.
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As of today, October 31 the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:
Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 236
Sell-Through: 39.41%
Average starting price: $3.07
Average final price: $11.71
Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 Allen and Ginter Barack Obama, $66.99
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2008 Allen and Ginter Yankee Stadium Tribute Set, $137.50
Highest Graded Sale: 2002 Jackie Robinson, PSA 10, $19.99
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2007 Adrian Peterson, $175.00
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None
Other best sellers:
* 2006 Cole Hamels
* 2008 Allen and Ginter Hillary Clinton
* 2008 Allen and Ginter Yankee Stadium Tribute Patch Card
* 2001 Albert Pujols
In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2001 Albert Pujols: 16 bids
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on October 31st, 2008 by Billy Suter
Happy Halloween, everyone!* Mark from Stats on the Back sent me a nice stack of players that became managers. My favorites are this 1971 Topps card of Marcel Lachemann (which goes with the 1966 Topps card of his brother Rene that I got a few months ago…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Tuff Stuff
Just reading how Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Ben Sheets and a few lesser-name
players had filed for free agency on the first day of eligibility. Other quality names
are sure to follow including Francisco Rodriguez, A.J. Burnett and C.C. Sabathia,
but I’m not too sure owners will be opening their wallets quite as wide as some expect.
The turbulent economic environment we are dealing with affects billionaires too, ya
know, and owners will likely use the recession as an excuse to try and re-establish
a new line in the sand as far as the seemingly out-of-control player salaries of the
past several years (ie… Andruw Jones $18,100,100 & Barry Zito $18,000,00 come
to mind).
A lot of people look at this year’s crop of free agents as one of the best in years,
but while the talent level is high, the huge salary increases that typically balloon
to new heights each year might just be a thing of the past. Don’t get me wrong, these
players will still be getting paid and getting paid well, but I predict the owners
will site the economy as a valid reason to curtal their spending in many different
areas with player salaries being No. 1 on that list.
I still expect the top prizes in this year’s class like Sabathia and Manny to make
in upwards of $20 million per year, but don’t be shocked if some of the others receive
offers closer to those being tossed around 2-3 years agao vs. those from last year.
Good to know the ecomomy is hurting the millionaires as well as us poor folks.
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on October 31st, 2008 by Dacardworld Blog
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on October 31st, 2008 by madding
Happy Halloween! I will now subject you to every single 1988 Donruss Baseball’s Best card I could find in my collection. The Secret Weapon is a great way to start things off if you ask me.It’s my birthday and I’ll post what I want to…Of course, ora…
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on October 31st, 2008 by capewood
1978 was not one of Mike’s best seasons. In fact it’s his worst since 1973 and will be his worst season until 1988 when he was hobbled all season by injuries. He only player 145 games and hit .251, down over 20 points from 1977. He also hit only 21 hom…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Joe Swaykos
Looks like I remembered right; the All-Star glossy cards were available in rack packs. Thanks also to Paul, of Paul’s Random Stuff, for pointing it out in the comments!I had hoped to get another piece of my collection up tonight, but family (pet) eme…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Rob- AKA "Guido"
This would be great if it could be integrated right into the “Items I’m Watching” screen. I would definitley use this then as sometime when I’m traveling on business I forget to check my Watched Items. I hope eBay just buys this outright from them.eBay…
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on October 31st, 2008 by shanediaz82
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on October 31st, 2008 by ManOfSteal
I’d like to start by wishing everyone a nice and safe Halloween. I gambled on a Rickey Henderson eBay auction recently, and received an early Halloween treat! Since Rickey was one of the more popular players of the 1980’s, there are quite a few “colle…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Cardboard Gods
Last week, during The Griddles coverage of the weather-enlivened World Series, Bob Timmermann notedthe tradition, which resurrects itself whenever it gets a little cold or rainy during the Fall Classic, of sportswriters calling for baseball to ape pro football and move the World Series to a neutral site. Bob pointed out that these articles have been appearing for some time:
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on October 31st, 2008 by JRJ
I don’t even think MLB expected this year’s World Series to be the lowest ever rated on TV! Most of the articles I read said they expected the ratings to average around 10.5.According to Awful Announcing, the final TV rating will be around 9.5 which is…
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on October 31st, 2008 by Tuff Stuff
Here’s the official “Beat The Blogger” picks for this week. Anybody who can correctly
pick more winners than the Blogger (factoring in the point spreads) will be eligible
to win (1) authentic, signed 8-by-10 photo featuring an NFL star. If more than one
person outpicks the blogger, one winner will be drawn at random.
Houston +4.5 over Minnesota
Jacksonville -7.5 over Cincinnati
Tampa Bay -8.5 over Kansas City
Cleveland -1.5 over Baltimore
Buffalo -5.5 over NY Jets
Arizona -3 over St. Louis
Detroit -13 over Chicago
Tennessee -5.5 over Green Bay
Denver -3 over Miami
Atlanta -3 over Oakland
NY Giants -8.5 over Dallas
Philadelphia -6.5 over Seattle
New England +6 over Indianapolis
Washington -1.5 over Pittsburgh
GOOD LUCK
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on October 31st, 2008 by Dan
Who: Defensive Lineman Tim Krumrie Team: Cincinnati BengalsCard: 1989 Pro Set & 1989 ToppsAcquired: TTM 2/2 10/22/08 (16 days)Comments: Tim Krumrie is, without a doubt, a complete and total badass. In my house growing up, he was our #1 Bengal. Tough, a…
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on October 31st, 2008 by POBC
I don’t know a whole lot about good ol’ “Spook” except that he went 4-for-4 in his Major League debut. He also apparently got into quite a fight after being beaned by future Hall-of-Fame manager Tommy Lasorda while both played in the Pacific Coast Lea…
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on October 31st, 2008 by albuqwirke
2008 Sioux Falls Canaries DAV team set
Official Score – RAIN OUT – no make up date scheduled
Manufacturer: Disabled American Veterans (undetermined printing source)
Sponsor: Disabled American Veterans
Retail price: FREE SGA– not available for purchase
Who doesn’t love FREE baseball cards? It would be impossible to not like FREE baseball cards, right?
…. er, not so fast ….
The [...]
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on October 31st, 2008 by POBC
From the back of the card:”Brooks’ superb fielding & .429 Average earned him the vote as MVP of 1970 World Series. Always a tough clutch-hitter, he has led AL 3rd basemen in Games 8 years, Fielding 9 years & Assists 7 years.”On the one hand, th…
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on October 31st, 2008 by madding
Breaking News! The Phillies have won the 2008 World Series! Okay, well, you likely don’t come to Cards on Cards to get all the latest news, so I don’t feel like I’m slighting anyone by not posting this until more than 30 hours after the final out. T…
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on October 31st, 2008 by aybayz
Some people might think these type of posts are lame, but I like to thank people for the effort that they have to put into mailing things off to other collectors. First, a big thank you goes out to the girls of Dinged Corners for sending over a huge package of Giants cards. My favorite [...]
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on October 30th, 2008 by Fleerfan
In the early years of the AFL, teams were responsible for designing their own game programs which resulted in many unique covers which often used art work showing the home team’s mascot taking on the opposition’s mascot. These program covers are much …
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on October 30th, 2008 by No Brainer Bargains
After the last post, I phoned ebay in hopes of getting a hold of someone.
I got through and explained the situation, the difference between in-hand and in-port, that these are freakin’ sports cards, that this will effect hundreds of people who sell these cards, that I have no control over the template for the listing.
It didn’t matter.
Bottom line is these are digitally deliverable goods and should be listed as classified ads not as auctions according to their policy (which has been in effects for months).
So until etopps adjusts the template, I would end my listings if I were you. You can try to get away with not being detected until Sunday but I don’t see what the gain is to being a sitting duck.
But there’s a problem. No one is going to pay $9.95 to list an etopps card. While you can name your price and it’s a buy-it-now. This listing fee is absurb.
So what’s gong to happen? Will we be able to continue to list etopps cards as auctions? Will they be listed as classified ads? Is this the last straw between etopps and ebay? Or is it time for the Big Brown Truck?
As TO once said, “Bring your popcorn.”
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on October 30th, 2008 by No Brainer Bargains
I listed a bunch of in-port etopps cards for 7 days to end Saturday night. One of them is a 2008 Steve Slaton. It had bids since being listed last Saturday.
It was just pulled by ebay.
I got an email with the subject line: MC018 eBay Listing Removed: Miscategorization of Digitally Delivered Goods.
Here’s what the email says:
You recently listed the following auction-style listing:
400004427345 - 1 - Steve Slaton 2008 - etopps
The listing was removed because it violated the eBay Miscategorization of Digitally Delivered Goods policy. The violation occurred when you included the following information in your listing:
This auction is for an in-portfolio card. This card will be transferred to your eTopps portfolio.
We notified members who placed bids on the item that the listing has been canceled.
To ensure that members can find what they’re looking for quickly and easily, items need to be listed in the appropriate category. Sellers need to choose the category that most accurately describes their item.
*****Please read this important information to help you bring your future listings into compliance.
Digital goods are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller. On eBay, this creates the potential for Feedback Manipulation. To preserve the integrity of the Feedback system, all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically (including e-mail delivery) must be listed using the Classified Ad format in the Everything Else>Information Products category only.
Please note that if the appropriate changes are not made, it may lead to the indefinite suspension of your account.*****
For more information on the eBay policy, please visit:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-categorization.html
Needless to say this is not a good sign. Anyone listing an in-port is a sitting duck. This reminds me of when people were getting notices of listing violations when cardtarget was listing cards for people’s ebay/etopps accounts for CTM and people were getting suspended from ebay.
I forwarded this email to Mark Sapir and hopefully he’ll be able to contact ebay or be able to make an adjustment to the listing category for etopps cards or something so no one else will have their listings pulled and get the slap on the hand that I got.
Strange how this pandora’s box gets opened right before Halloween.
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