Some trades just never stop - the tale of two Pierces

I only have about 30 trades or so under my belt, but I am sure those with far more can relate to the trade that starts small and then just grows and grows. Partially because of asks, but mostly because of generous offers. In the email conversation, something is just sort of said without any intent of anything, but the reader on the other end picks up on it and makes an offer, which you are a fool to turn down. So the trade grows and grows. This is one of those types of trades. It started with an email I received from Patrick at Hot Corner Cards saying he had 3 cards on my want list. I will trade for ANYTHING, so the emails started.

And the three cards grew into a larger and larger trade. If you happen to see my wants page and notice my 07 and 08 A&G needs, that's Patrick's fault. See, he made mention about having some 2007 Ginter and could have some 2008 if he knew what I needed. Well, up goes the 2008 needs list, and the trade grew even larger. When the dust settled, I ended up with a crapton (it's an industry term) of 2007 and 2008 Ginter cards and bunch of White Sox, along with the cards that started the whole trade. I didn't scan all of what you have seen a million ways before, but let me say it was an awesome trade to complete. Well, technically, I am finishing the back half of the trade - Tigers for 2008 Ginter. That's going to ship in a few days.

The other day I got a bubble mailer. Oh yes - the '53 Bowman Pierce I won off eBay!!!

 
Got it for about $7 shipped. That was some fast turn around. So I open the package and it's a Pierce, but the wrong Pierce.

It still is a Pierce I need for the Project, but the eBay seller didn't send the '53 Bowman, this is a '58 Topps Mound Aces. Great card. Love the condition, but how do I tell him it's not what I expected? And then I looked closer at the envelope. "I know this address", I thought. So I did some email searching, and who's address should it be? Patrick's.

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DUDE!!!! You've destroyed my 2007 A&G, murdered my 2008 A&G list, dated my daughter that is my 2012 Update wants - now you just drop a card like this on my lap "just cuz"? Are you some kind of angel?

So that's how one blogger made me work my tail off creating, then updating want lists, along with sorting, boxing, scanning and uploading. It was AWESOME! Go check out Patrick at Hot Corner Cards. You can't go wrong.

(PS - I got that real eBay Pierce the next day.)

Trying to catch up & a coupe of trades

Hey all. I'm a bit in frantic mode. I have a bunch of stuff to talk about, but I am not going to jam it into one post. I can at least knock off a couple pretty quick.

First off - after I post this I am heading for my PO to send out packages for zip codes 34270, 16101, 48895, 46561 & 91202. If you think that's you, then you sort of won Powerball, except it's decidely a few million dollars less than if you got all six numbers, so don't go ordering that lime green Lambo with the leather seats.

No Corinthian leather for you, my friend.

The other is a couple trade packages I received earlier this week. Like I said - I gots to catch up. First comes from the one and only Night Owl. I believe it started with a post of him talking of a couple cards he was missing from A&G. It was a small trade, but here's some of the goodness inside.

Nice Vintage. I think I used to have that Keegan card. I know I never had the Black Jack Post. Greg added in a couple cards from my needs list, wich you all REALLY should look at. I mean - you have extras, right? They take up room. I have space, so send them to me. 

The other trade came from Craig at Condition Sensitive. Craig did what you all should do - he looked at my wants list, found stuff I needed that wasted space, emailed me and BAM - I got to edit my want list. It's a beautiful thing. I shot over some needs for Craig and in return, he knocked down my '12 Gypsy Queen needs pretty well. See where it says "done"? That was Craig's doing. Here's a quick look at three from his envelope.

MINIIIIIIIIS!!!! Oh wait - that's what the Owl says, and none of these are mini's. I really meant to say GINTERRRRRRRRRRR! Craig is a Rockies collector and had an extra Petrick for my collection. I almost picked that one up at COMC - so glad I didn't. And Craig.....that auto card is the frigging BOMB! I am totally stealing that idea, so I hope you don't mind. I don't have a Fuji auto card for some reason (hint hint hint). 

Alright, I will end there. Yesterday was raffle day at my LCS. Got a couple nice hits from pack wars to share. Tomorrow or Tuesday on that though. One last thing, though: have you seen my want list? How about my PWE trade page? Just click it!! Don't make me come over there...

I wonder if there are any short prints

OMG!!!!! You can preorder these beauts here. I already bought the first day covers.

This would make for a great collection!

Would that not be the SWEETEST card in a binder? Few more "vintage" photoshops can be seen here. Pay close attention to the Joey Ramone and the Patti Smith.

Cleanup continues...

Card sorting continued into the early hours, fueled with a 44oz Cherry Pepsi and an assortment of 80's YouTube videos (man, The Breeders were cute). With my extra effort, the Wants page has a new listing - 2012 Topps base. With all I sorted, I am shocked I have that many missing and in need of some innerweb help. And holy crap - REALLY - not a single short print in the pile? No Topps loving in 2012 for me.

Well - if you would gander at your extras, compare to my needs and then electronic mail me at jedijeff13ATgmailDOTcom, we'll discuss. We good? Cool....

Abbott's shirt is red - how about a couple Soviettes links to close this post? Thought you'd see things my way: Rock --- Out