Words I hate to hear in our hobby.......
 

After showing off a new card for my collection- When I am asked- "You thought it was real"?

and yours......


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Ill play Leon
 

HAY GUYS AN OPINION ON THIS AUTOGRAPH PLEASE:rolleyes::rolleyes:

"Beckett says it's worth $200, but it's yours for $150."

"You wont win that card.. Wonka's going after it" :)

"You mean you never heard about the big find of those...??"

"Did you see the Blue Old Mill?"

Jamie too funny, I only wish I was half the heavy hitter you think I am. ;)

Let me get out my price guide....

"This is a rare item"

"Oh, I sold that to Johnny (MRVSTR) a while ago"

....grandfather's attic:D

VCP says...

You have been outbid by "X"...Don't let it get away (Usually hits my inbox after the auction has closed)

Wonka.. thought you would get a kick outta that one.. Chris, Johnny and I have thrown that phrase around a couple times..:)

Chris.. you've heard that one too! Johnny stop hoarding the errors! I heard Johnny has so many errors... when you look at his collection... you'll think the normal card is the weird looking one... :)

"Representative image, not actual product."

"clothing optional"

Should be graded higher.

Mine
 

"You bought this?" - "Appears to be a fake!"

Tony

Line
 

"PSA2 - MUCH NICER"

(a few list every card as "NICER" and "MUCH NICER" - do you put "WORSE" and "MUCH WORSE" on those overgraded..?)

rare for the grade

"Blazer!!" or "Book" Value

"nice card...too bad it's trimmed!"

Blazer
 

+1, especially when they quote SMR "book value" in Ex/Mt and you're looking at a roach

"I've got some vintage 80's and 90's cards I would like you to check out."


Brian

"High book is X" even when the card is missing a corner and is drawn on.

Everytime I show someone a card, it's the same question..."How much did you pay for it?"

"Taking offers"

Translated that means "ignore" to me.

The cards are in amazing condition given their age.

I sometimes have a hard time getting to the wording when the asking price is three steps beyond hallucination.

I don't care what VCP says.

"Didn't you wait for your change?"

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Your dreaming

When it's something I want......it used to be "Chad needs It" or "Keith needs it"
now it's just "Richard needs it"

America’s Toughest Want List

Ed
 

Ed,

That was good!!

Tony

Buy It Now.

"You're guaranteed a McGwire Rookie!!!!"

Selling my "grandfather's, dad's, ex-husband's, etc." collection...

"Low Pop!!!!" to describe a 50's or 60's common PSA 8 - when the population is greater than 50+ on a PSA 8 common.

(I consider population below 10 to be low pop)

It's a tie between "Where is your Babe Ruth card" and the disappointed "Oh" after I tell people he isn't in a set I collect. A close second place would be "What's your most expensive card" which is apparently a requisite for non-collectors to ask.

When I'm looking at a card and ask the dealer how much. They say how much do you want to pay ? They get real mad when I say I don't want to pay anything for it. :p

When I make an offer and the seller says "The book value is".

When someone says, "Rube who????"

...rare...

+1

Also.............."I'm not really looking to sell so It doesn't have a price. Make an offer."

That sounds like a guy I know that sets up at the National every year with awesome, one of a kind items that he "doesn't want to sell." Who would do that! ;)

It looks better in person. The scans don't do it justice.

Pop

Scarce Piedmont back...

"There's a great Cobb in Mastro's new auction."

Already said before but when people say

"LOW POP"

It makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit, especially when it is like a 1916 zeenut graded a 2 just because only 3 cards have ever been graded of that player.

Rhys

As a former store owner the words I didn't want to hear were, "I used to have all these cards as a kid, but my mom threw them away." If I heard it once, I heard it a million times.

From a seller: "I paid ..... for it."

When I was living in Nepal if a shop owner started down that road, I would cut them off and say, "If you tell me what you paid, I am walking out the door and never returning." Once they resort to that, it is almost impossible to go lower and often the number is not true.
JimB

on ebay, "+++++++++++"

I've never understood why PSA and SGC don't add those to their grades. ;)
JimB

words
 

"It's time to lock this thread, Leon."

best,
barry

So true!
LOL

JimB

Morales, Burzyck, etal.

An oldie, but a goodie (if you like fingernails across a chalkboard):

"My mother threw out my cards."

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Rookies, Rookies, Rookies!!!!!

My Wife made them all Float!

Actions speak louder than words...

-Whips out phone to check e-bay and VCP to offer 1/5th the previous sale-

ME: Why so much for this card? It's a 1.

Dealer: But it has NM corners.

----

You didn't see that go for half of what you paid on Kevin Savage Auctions?

A big +1 to whomever wrote..

Let me check the price guide.

Yuk

So true and yet rarely true, both at the same time.



a few of the ones that made me chuckle-

"My wife made them all float"

And on the guy pulling out a smartphone to check VCP, a guy did that to me at the last national. I had a T213-2 in a 5 holder (very rare, well, .....not really but sort of high grade ....anyway).....He checks VCP and sees exactly when and where I bought the card he is haggling on. It was like $225 and he saw my markup was $17.....I told him since he checked it we can now negotiate up since he knows I wasn't making squat. He bought the card.

Nice ones so far guys!! I knew this would probably be an amusing thread....and ever since the Goldin thread I can't get "You'll GET A MCQUWIRE ROOKIE" out of my head....da** it.

Hate to hear
 

Your submitted card is trimmed

This or any variation thereof - +100

also

Pre-rookie

"psa or sgc?"

Poppage
 

The word "poppage" makes me puke.

Worthless information, such as "only 1 of 4 at this level, with only 7 graded higher."

Who TF cares!?!

I hate when friends that know nothing about collecting say to me, "Your collection is all MINT, right?" and then they look down on you when say no, and i cant get them to understand that if my collection was mint it would be worth an insane fortune and I would have had to be Bill Gates to buy all those mint cards.

Also how i love it when you see a card advertised with the person having a feedback of 3 on Ebay and he says "I know nothing about baseball cards and he is selling a Goudey Ruth or something similar".

words
 

"I'm writing to tell everyone that I am leaving Net54."

best,
barry

whining about Twins who have been unjustly left out of the HOF

The reserve has not been met.

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided one for you.
Do you understand these rights I have just read to you?

The last time the Cubs won the world series was.......

Investment grade

Priceless! :D

Non collector friends saying anything like..............................

"You collect baseball cards right", "I have some I'd like you to take a look at"

In 20+ years I have been told this about 1000 times and it has NEVER been anything but Griffey rookies and 1987 topps or other worthless items like this and I HAVE TO BE THE ONE to tell them they are not worth anything and to save them for their kids!