2 Spots. Random. Thanks.

Please put me down for two random slots.

--elm

I'll take 2 spots.

#1 and random. If unavailable...both random spots are fine.

Jerry

Yes!
 

I will take two random spots please.

thanks,

Tony

Two spots #250 and random or both random

thanks

Bob

2 spots in drawing.
 

2 random spots please.
Richard D
brightair

I'll take two random spots please.

Thanks,

Dave

Net54baseball Vintage Group Break: 1954 Topps Set Reply to Thread
 

I will take #s 68 and 90 if available. Otherwise random is fine

Thanks Jimmy

Everything is up to date on the thread. Please make sure you got two spots just in case I missed you for whatever reason but Im pretty sure I got everyone.

85 Spots remain!

-Nick

#46 & #140 please!

I'm in!
 

I'll go for two slots... #49... and #10... THANKS!

Cheers!

I'll take two random.

in for 2 spots
 

Please put me down for 2: 48 & 62

Looks like you guys won't have too much trouble filling up all 250! Hey Nick/Leon, assuming after 3 days that there are still spots remaining, how will it be determined who gets those remaining spots?

It would work on a first come first serve basis. So those that post once that 3 day period is up can claim spots if any are left.

Thanks,
-Nick

I'm for 2. Thanks!

In for 2 random spots!

In for two random spots too, please.

Two random

Please put me down for 2 numbers. Would like the 2 lowest remaining at the end of the 2 day waiting period.

Dave

Hi,

Put me in for 2.

#65 & 212

Thank You!

You will have to reserve those spots after the limit period is over with another post.

Thanks for joining,
Nick

I'll take 2 spots anywhere. Thanks!


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I am in for two random spots.

Thanks

I'll take a spot. Random.

Ill take two. Never done a break before. Random is fine

I will take two random slots. Thanks for doing this.

Put me down for one (1) at slot No. 102.

2 Familytoads
 

Nick, please assign me two random slots.

Thanks for your work on this. I am looking forward to a fun break, regardless of the Arnie Portocarrera or Bud Podbielan cards that I'll likely end up with :p

Put me down for one please!

I will take two please!

I will take two random spots. Thanks!

I will take 2 random spots.
Thanks, Gary

setbreak
 

Put me in for 1 thanks

Please confirm that 10:35 a.m. EDT, this coming Friday, is when additional slots may be purchased.

Sorry to waste my 1,000th post being a rules lawyer. Just want to make sure I have everything right.

Best regards,

Eric

Confirmed. Thanks for posting this.

-Nick

2 please

By my count, there are 45 left (43 after Steve A?) so having additional slots available in two days may be a moot point.

I'd like 2 as well: If available #'s 116 & 136 if not any with a # 6 is fine. Thanks, Drew

I will take 2 random spots if I can? Thanks



Kiya

I will take 2 random spots.

2 random spots for me please! thanks!

I will take #108 and #142. Thanks!

I will take #104 and #123 if still available
Thanks,
Mike

I will take two random spots. Thanks a lot, should be fun!

I will take two spots, #137 and #183 preferred.

If one or both of these are taken please give me a random number or numbers that are non-consecutive.

thanks!

Spots
 

I will take 2 random. Thanks

I will take two spots!

two
 

Please put me down for 2 random spots. Thank you.

I will take 2 random spots if still available.

I will take #224 and #233 if available; otherwise, random.

I would like two please. Random is fine

I'm in and will take #210 and #129 if available otherwise two random slots will do.

Thanks

I'll take two random spots. Thank you,

I'll take two - thanks

I'll take two
 

Any two random spots will do. Thanks, Skip

Only 7 Spots Remain!

Wow! I'd really like to thank everyone who joined. Can't believe this might fill in less than a day of being posted. It really shows how great our vintage community is.

-Nick

I will take two random spots if any are left.

Joshua

I'm calling it a night. Will check back in the morning.

Thanks,
-Nick

Put me down for 2

Thanks

Eugene

I'll take 2 if available

two more
 

Did I squeeze in on time. Two for me if I did. Thanks.

Ha... I think there's only one left, Brian... looks like you got it.

That should be it... This is such a cool thing!

Thanks so much for putting this together, gang!

I asked to be in on the earlier thread but looks like I missed out. If there's any drops let me know. thanks!

Hey Guys, I was away for the day but posted in the other thread that I wanted 2 spots. I was on earlier but I must have missed the thread because I am on my ipad. I guess I am out of luck?

Jeff

I will let AJJohnsonSoxFan and SportsEphemera each take a slot away from me. Therefore, they're in. I'm out.

Correction: I am still in for two based on the official rules. Sportsephemera guy can PM me if he wants to discuss a slot.
John

Now just anxiously awaiting the announcement of the date and time for the break.

Jeez
 

Went to the beach for the first time in 8 years and look what I missed! Good luck everybody!

WOW! What a rousing success! Good luck to whomever pulls card #128! I heard he is a good one!

Darn the luck, I missed it. Didn't do enough cyber slacking yesterday.....

Guys there is one spot left which will go to ajjohnsonsoxfan.

-Nick

PM Sent.

-Nick

I will post later tonight. Probably at about 8:00PM how payments will work.


I have also started a reserve list just in case there are people who don't pay.

-Nick

If anyone doesn't pay, or pays slow, they won't be able to play again and they will get bonked over the head with a wet noodle. That'll do 'em.

Thanks again for doing this Nick. It looks like the set picked did ok.

BTW Nick, Thanks for putting this together and doing what seems like a massive amount of work. This is really cool.

Great, so people that expressed definite interest in the first thread are getting shut out of participating.

I must say this was handled rather poorly.

When the person handling the group break (Nick) says something is going to be done, people are taking them at their word (especially since he has supposedly done this sort of thing several times before), and depending on them following through on what they have said they would do. Not everybody can afford to keep the forum up all day.

Once the sign up thread was posted, Nick, it was your responsibility to make sure that the e-mail you told us would go out...goes out. Some of us work overnights and sleep during the day. Some of us have jobs where we cannot keep Net 54 up all day. And yet other people are unable to keep the forum up all day for different reasons. I made a point of clearly stating on the first discussion that I spend much of the day sleeping because of my disability. The prescription drugs I take every day knock me out, but if I knew when to be here, I would not miss the signup. I keep my phone right next to my bed, and whenever I receive a notification from the forum, I have a very loud ring tone that goes off. My phone was setup to receive this email that never came. Imagine my surprise when I came home from a doctor's appointment to see that the thread had not only gone up, but all the slots were filled.

We were also told there would be a thread explaining in detail how this was going to work. In every other group break I have ever participated in, including the few I have run myself, information was provided, including an exact time when the sign up sheet would be posted. People knew well in advance what was expected of them, and when they needed to be on the forum to sign up. It's like fantasy baseball or football. You want to participate? Fine. Here is how many people we need in our league. Here is the date when we must have the league filled. Here is the exact date and time of the draft. Never before have I seen a group break where it was said "well, when it happens depends on something else, in this case, when the set gets in. It might be tomorrow". Those cards weren't perishable items. You knew you'd have them in within the next few days. What should have happened is this. Once the cards were received, a post should have been made stating "the group break signup sheet will be posted at this time on this day". You should have given people a definitive time when the sign up was going to start. Randomly throwing it up at 9:30 in the morning rewarded those who happened to be online at the time, and completely excluded anybody else who wasn't looking for the thread.

Lastly, in a group break where there are only 250 slots to start with, why are you allowing people to sign up for more than one slot to begin with? The first thread about the possibility of a group break being done has 7,000 views. Did you really think you were going to have a hard time selling 250 slots at $13 or $14 each when there were going to be graded Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Al Kaline rookies as part of the draw, not to mention two Ted Williams, and a plethora of other really nice cards? You have people here dropping thousands of dollars on rare 100 year old cards every day. If you didn't fill all 250 slots, then you could have opened it up to people buying more slots on a first come, first serve basis. You see, that's something that should have been included in the thread explaining how everything was going to be handled. But that never happened, either.

If there is a next time, please ...pretty please with sugar on top, don't tell people that something is going to happen if you can't guarantee it will. Don't tell people an email will be going out to tell them "hey, you have to sign up now", because when it doesn't happen, a whole lot of people who were really excited about participating (and who stated as such in the initial discussion) get left out. And make sure that the date and time of when the sign up sheet will be available is posted well in advance. Delaying the break an extra day or two to make sure your bases were covered wouldn't have harmed anything. nobody would have been mad if you'd taken more time. Because what we ended up with is something that feels very thrown together at the last minute, and a lot of people are being very disappointed.

I guess I could be proven wrong about some small detail, but in the "other" thread, he said he'd be posting a sign up list on Tuesday. I thought it was handled pretty well.

Can't please everyone.

Two slots. !!
 

Please put me on a reserve list for two slots jut in case.

Thanks , Lee

I'm not even participating since I already own all the key cards, yet I knew what was happening every step of the way (both threads).

I can understand your disappointment Bill, I would be disappointed if I missed out as you did as well don't get me wrong.

But a quick look at your board activity from yesterday shows you actually posted 3 replies on other threads yesterday at 1:55pm, 3:55pm and 10:03pm all before the final spots in the pool were all taken up at 12:31am this morning. Seems at a cursory glance that you were active on the board when slots were still available.