Hobby terms that annoy you
 

-“Invest”
-Item specifics or title/subtitle that all have “Mike Trout” or “PSA 10” in them so that I can’t actually filter a search for either
-And I have to agree with “centered” when they are clearly not. As a side note when a card is psa 10 and is clearly off center to the naked eye.

Now I have to repent as I have recently referred to my highest priced card as “this bad boy”[emoji2357](embarrassing). From one Peter to another...can you forgive me? Won’t happen again!


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Take your pick...


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This one!

I've been seeing it a lot lately for vintage photos and tickets, which irritates me much more then when it's used for cards, for some reason.

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There's gonna be a problem the next time I see "Wagz" or "WaJo".

Honus Wagner was not what a dog's tail does.

Walter Johnson is not J.Lo.

Is it just me or is anyone else starting to think that "razor sharp corners" means that the card was trimmed with a razor?

On another note when someone says a card is the nicest copy they have seen or handled I tend to think of a friend of mine that other mutual friends always say is the smartest person they know. I always think the same thing in both cases. You really need to get out more.

Similarly, the use of "known to the hobby" sometimes just "known." It may make sense with some rare items but I think it's often overused.

almost everything Heritage writes annoys me. Like this gem:

"The manner of distribution required a hand cut to form individual cards, and here that endeavor was executed masterfully, assigning both razor-sharp corners and flawlessly balanced borders to the piece."

Like Hedley Lamarr writes for them:

Hedley Lamarr : My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.

Taggart : God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

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My 2 biggest pet peeves are when people bump a thread after they sold a card and when someone doesn't post scans or a price and wants to sell a card. "I have a new house to sell, but you can't get a price or pictures". I don't see that being huge in real estate.

Regarding "PSA Ready"...

The card may be ready for PSA. But is PSA ready for the card? Judging by the 11 month wait time, I think not! :eek:

Excellent Point! :D

Card from Covid free home, god bless

:D:D

Corners are so sharp they can cut glass

Buyers will message this and only this "How low can you go"

Iconic. Iconic. Iconic. Iconic.

And I use the word anyhow.

From my 'The New Directory of Collectorisms...' thread:

22. Copy-triter
Someone who, instead of speaking like a normal human being, constantly throws out overused, stale or ‘expected’ phrases such as “Thanks for sharing,” “Buy the card, not the slab,” “Collect whatever makes you happy,” etc.

See also: Iconoghast - a person who can’t seem to post something without using the word “iconic.”

When buyers ask whats the least you'll take, I answer whats the most you'll pay.

Specimen. Cards as medical samples.

“PSA?”

Yes, technically ANY card can be submitted to PSA, but thanks for reminding me (and trying to game my search results).

'slab' <----WTH

non-hobby phrase --> "....asking for a friend" <---- whatever!

“Raw”.
No. It’s ungraded.
It’s not like raw pork or raw oysters.


“Slabbed”.
No. It’s not a slab.
Slabbing is not a verb.

That always reminds me of the car salesman tactic of asking "how much do you want to pay?" Last time I had to deal with that at a dealership my answer was "Nothing." Salesman was flabbergasted: "What do you mean?" I said: "I want the car for free. Can we do that?" Apparently not an option, but no one had ever answered it that way before for him, I guess.

Calling the SGC slab a tuxedo. I HATE that phrase. And calling modern base cards the paper version. Both go thru me like nails on a chalkboard.

Set break

Nicer in person

Attic Find

Estate Sale Find (glorified garage sale)

Putting out a feeler

"No returns" on ebay is more funny than annoying. No returns, huh? Want to bet?

"The pictures are part of the description" is annoying. Just describe the damn item. Your s****y pictures don't show me anything.

But the most annoying as a pennant collector is the application of any baseball card grading classification to a pennant. There's no such thing as a VG or EXMT pennant. Pennants should be described based on their...oh I don't know...exemplary "eye appeal". :D

A whine I heard a lot before this run-up in card prices:

"But I'm into it for more."

That's a 'you' problem, not a 'me' problem.

New to the hobby (previously mentioned)

Highly unlikely

I saw the term "Hyper-Rare" used for a few listings yesterday.

I guess I found it more amusing then annoying though.

Was tempted to contact the seller and ask: "I'm really interested in your item, but am concerned about it's behavioral problems. What do you think would be the best way to calm it down?"

:D

Adam,

Thanks for a much-needed laugh. Do you mind if I borrow that quip every time somebody tries to get a discount, saying, "I have to get this item authenticated"? How does that mean that YOU expect me to deduct that money from the sale?!

MOJO

Pack Fresh

Ebay 1/1

Sick

"Crisp and sharp" used together.

Gem
Blazer
Sick
Pack fresh


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I can stomach all of those annoying terms. Sellers like to hype their items by giving them extra attention in an effort to make them stand out from the pack.

But the words "Never Get Cheated" might be the one phrase that I can't stand to see any longer. It is such complete crap, not to mention an outright lie. Especially in regard to the proven altered cards that are sent back to them (for them to self-review).

It's akin to Lance Armstrong giving himself a PED test or Coach's Corner authenticating an autographed Baseball. Their catchphrase should be changed to read........... "If and when you do get cheated, don't come crying to us".

I also struggle with calling current players' chopped up uniform pieces and bats "relics" or "artifacts". It's not like you dug up the tomb of King Tut or Julius Caesar.

I can’t stand the “rocket”, “explosion”,and “fire “ emojis! I find it a little childish.

PSA
SGC
Beckett
Professionally Graded
Investment / Investing
Gem
"as is"
find
"iconic" or "classic" when used on any card from the early 1970s and later.

They do have a better ring to them than the more accurate "vandalized laundry". :D

I got a new one I’ve been seeing

* meat on the bone


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This had me literally laughing out loud. Thank you Sir.

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FLASH SALE!

When a seller posts a card for 20 times what anyone would pay for it, then discounts it 85%. Still a rip-off.

By all means, use it.

One that I hear all the time in my practice (in regard to real estate transactions) that makes my teeth grind: flexibility. As in "does the seller have any flexibility?" Argh!

Don’t forget the quick sale! Then they will put “ take it for $xx” . Like they are doing me a favor and letting me “take” it for this price.


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Card is Clean......can't stand that one.

Collector Grade, AKA to me usually means trashed. lol

PSA is such a joke! I've never seen such a bunch of inconsistent graders in all my life.
Just last night I decided to check out the latest PWCC auction and seen so many cards graded all over the place it wasn't even funny. Cards graded 5's that should be 3's and 3's that should be 5's.
Even PWCC writes occasionally in their descriptions that they don't understand the grades.
I don't purchase nor like PWCC but it's pretty bad when likely one of the biggest PSA supporters/sellers of their graded cards also notes this.

Unless you collect them

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One further new piece of annoyance (thanks eBay for giving sellers new harassment tools) is being bombarded with "seller offered a 4% discount" PMs on every overpriced item I happen to watch. Got three of them today offering 4%, 4% and 6% discounts. Gee, thanks. 4% off 1000% overpriced is still ridiculous.

I think the one thing that drives me really nuts and is simply preying on the poorly informed is stating that your 9 OC is the “highest graded example in the world!” And you damn well know it’s not.

I love seeing this and noting there’s 211 7s and 82 8s, so no, you are not even close to the highest…you have a “creatively” graded 7.

That and how confusing the BCCG scale is for newbies, they should have an 11. Because your listed 10 on eBay is worth the plastic case only.

When sellers claim something like "there are only 10 copies in existence" because there are 10 cards in the PSA POP report. There's no regrading and 100% of cards are slabbed. Yep, that sounds right.

Maybe this has been covered but I think example is a bit odd for a card.

“PSA ready” ya right! If it was PSA ready the seller would of submitted it already. To me that just means it’s a crappy card that the seller didn’t feel is worthy enough to send in to psa themselves!

Calling the SGC holder a tuxedo.

The one that makes me cringe is "set break." What do I care if a card I'm interested in was once in a set?

It sounds more like the seller is bragging, as if to say, "I have a complete set and am breaking it up." Well, congratulations to you, I guess.

A hobby "theme" that annoys me is how many seem super excited to get a card in a slab as if it will magically transform a card to a higher level of existence!

I hate when a grouping of unlike cards is referred to as a "set!"

Along the same lines at what point is a grouping of like cards a "partial" set? are 10 t206's a partial set????

I dislike "puffery" in most forms as well.

I can go on and on!!!!!!

I love it/hate it when I see "set break" in an Old Judge listing. Really, you had a complete set of Old Judges and you're now breaking it up? Either that, or the terms "set break" has lost all meaning.

I figure about 20% is where I feel comfortable labeling it a partial set rather than a lot or group.

One that I see come up a lot in REA descriptions is "honest corner wear".

Perhaps this means something, but to me its just a silly euphemism, and always gives me a chuckle.

I heard one that really grated on me when I was at the Dallas Show in March. I was working through a box of vintage commons and the modern dealer at the next table was talking about breaking a case and he called the case hits "the kabooms." I am not particularly fond of the calling the prime cards "hits" but I accept it since there probably isn't a better, concise term for those cards.

But, to hear a grown man call them "kabooms" was just grating. I can see it being common among pre-teens, what with their less-than-fully developed language skills. But an adult? Yeesh.

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"Would be nrmt if not for missing half of card."

That’s actually the name of certain insert cards from Panini products.

You've been out bid!!!!!

Yep, as was said before that is the actual name of the case hit.

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