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Posted By: warshawlaw

I'm back from a long absence from bulletin boards (Not that I was missed . . .). I'll start out with a few observations about this thing of ours (gad, I miss the Sopranos):

1. Don't you hate it when you buy an item that you think is really tough, rare or well priced and you see the same thing the next week for half? Just got my second T206 Gandil, for 1/2 of what I paid for the first.

2. The economy really seems to be softening up the card market. I've posted some real screamers for sale and had no bites, and I've lowballed some nice cards and gotten them.

3. Why are people so rude lately? I have had some sellers come at me like gangbusters over a late pay. Just today, I was on the receiving end of a first reminder e-mail from some jerk who offered to have me criminally prosecuted. This was the first contact too. I told him to stuff the card; who cares about a little negative feedback, as long as you can explain it.

4. Anyone get that 1928 Exhibit set in Lipset's auction yesterday?