Hobby terms that annoy you
 

All in fun, but a couple that bug me:

A recent one, "elite" centering.
An older one, "advanced collector."
Oh, and referring to a card as a "bad boy." WT&?

"Ebay 1/1"

"portfolio"

52T Mantle rookie...

"Rare," when a card really isn't, such as when used by an eBay seller and there are a couple other examples of the same card listed on eBay.

" collector grade"

'Rare'
'A Rarity'
'Very Rare'
All of the above used by a German seller of Olympic items on every single item he lists at overpriced starting bids and on items that I can find several other places.

"PSA (fill in the number) none higher" - I see this on Olympic tickets that may interest me, but all of the people that collect it do not give a rat's anus about the PSA tomb. Most that collect would find it annoying and see no reason to justify the overpricing based on what PSA has to say. Never mind that they would not like the plastic tomb.

'UNIQUE" - if you don't know what the word means then don't use it moron!!! It means there is ONE and only ONE of this item in existence in the world and you will not find another one. There is this British seller I see list two sets of cards for the 2016 Olympics and he calls the sets unique yet he has 28 listings for each set.

ugh
 

"Better card than the grade"

"scarce"

"low pop(ulation)"

The first time I heard someone call card 'Gem Mint,' I thought he as making a joke.

Iconic. At least when it isn't.
I can also live without bootylicious and sextabulous.

20% buyers premium

A classic...
 

finest extant

Or "best one we have handled." Awful.

deserving of attention

Absolutely.



"Boom, roasted." -Michael Scott, The Office.

I usually think "not really" when I see that.

One of my least faves is "centered" in ebay listings when 97% of the ones listed as such aren't.

What hobby are you pursuing? :D

Certified high end.

"MUST SEE!!!"

Or how about when some wannabe clever seller lists a card on ebay with the BS notation of "POP of 3!!!"
Ummm...it's a PSA 5, so although there are only 3 at that level, there are like a thousand cards out there graded higher, buddy!!!

"im not a card expert so this (fill in the blank..rookie mantle etc) ill list as a reprint"

Comparing a PSA 8 or whatever card price to a PSA 8 OC price to show what a deal you are getting..

'have to sell, or priced to sell' but card listed for months...

This card should have gotten a higher grade.

“Blazer!”

Slight trim.

Undergraded! (Every...single...card...listed)

(Insert star name) PSA (insert mid grade) should be (insert obnoxious grade at least a point higher)

This one is item specific. "Rare back" in reference to T206s with Polar Bear backs. It's not only an annoying term, it's false.

These when found in sale descriptions:

"Pack fresh"
"under graded" (yet you never see "over graded)
"For sell"
Using "+" in a description of a graded card that is a whole number grade. As in, "PSA 7+" in an attempt to imply the grade is higher than it is.

L@@K!!!!!

(does that count?)

jeff

Lol, this is the one that jumps out at me!:rolleyes:

'Sic'

Term
 

I personally dislike, very much, the term “Super Collector”.

“T206 stole the image” referring to Coupon cigs
A BVG graded card with PSA? SGC? In the listing
PSA 1 very high end (with a dime sized chunk out of the back)
Make me an offer (and then declines 90% if asking price)

t206 "rare" backs have become everything except pied/SC...and sometimes even those get the moniker!!!!

I have grown to detest the following descriptors:

extant and exemplar

“advanced collection”

“lot of card for the money”

“fun little auction”

calling something a “find” when it obviously is not

investment opportunity
advanced collector
PWCC HE
high end
L@@K

and any time the item description just talks about how great the player was ....

I used to hear this all the time at shows with reference to new, overproduced wax: "drying up."

"missing color" when the card has back damage and/or glue staining

"razor sharp corners"

comparing past sales of a card with no qualifiers to the oc or mc card they're
trying to sell.

“my/our research indicates” when it is neither research or an indication of anything

"blazer"

"Wagz"

"WaJo"

"PayPal FF"

"pack rip"

not a huge fan of "book value"

More of a pet peeve. When people bump their thread after selling it. Congrats on the sale, but I don't need to know you sold a card from 3 months ago.

Card is graded a PSA1 and listed as "high end". .... Not a peeve I think it's funny!

More
 

Describing a lot as "huge", when there are 12 cards in the lot.

Describing a card as "has huge boarders". C'mon people, it is "borders".

"Listening to offers". Put a price on the damn thing.

Ducat

"bump for final price reduction"

"one more try"

"want to sell this today"

"cobb is still available"

"can't believe this hasn't sold"

"available again. buyer backed out"

"thanks for all the emails. card is still available"

Maybe they're so huge people are living in them?

"make offer" just put a price on it and I will or won't buy it
"for trade" LOL, only if your card(s) are worth 10X what mine is/are
"error card" when it obviously isn't
"picture available on request"
Last but not least "book value(BV)" then they use the BV of a NrMint card to try and sell their vg beater.

Many more bother me but I don't want to post a few hundred silly hobby terms.:D

As a seller, here is one that I hear too often which I hate. Five minutes after buyer wins an auction: "Can you please cancel transaction, I already have that card".

Peter’s actually teaching a course at the local community college next semester entitled “Marketing 101”, and is looking for material to use in his course.:D

glwc;)

Yuck
 

Leaving, or not leaving "money on the table." I really dislike that phrase.

Cobby
whale

"tough in high grade"
"extremely tough common"
incredibly rare pop card"

It's surprising that they don't talk themselves into keeping the card

"The Hobby"

When it is used all I can hear are fingernails going across a chalk-board.

Mike

Not a term but a big pet peeve, when I make an offer to a seller and they ask me to deal off eBay and pay by PayPal F&F. Why would I give up all my buyer protection just to save you fees? From now on, all these scumbags are getting reported to eBay.

"Grandpa/Grandma attic find"

#1 pet peeve phrase: "God Bless". Where in the Bible does it say anything about baseball cards?

Others that make me grind my teeth are the pompous words:

exemplar (example)
extant (existing)
verso (back)

And while it is not a phrase, any listing with 500 words from Wikipedia about a HOFer. If you don't know who Walter Johnson is, probably not a good idea to buy the card. And these info-mercial listings invariably lack a back scan of the card.

This really bugs me for some reason: "Would not be out of place in a Blah Blah holder"

Amen on "God Bless"

I always see it when someone wants to cancel an auction on a high end card, or needs an unethical "favor"

Also see: "This would make a great addition to your collection"

The phrase that ruined the hobby around 1980 "rookie card"

Paypal FF annoys me too. You want to make a sale, do it ethically. Don't cheat the facilitator out of its fees and don't ask me to be party to it.

This is the most annoying for me currently:

Mild discoloration and some pilling to the surface throughout with most notable area of wear effecting the tip

Another that bothers me...abusing the word "vintage".

Rob

There sure seem to be a lot of "Holy Grail"s out there as well.

This one is so ridiculous. Like nails on a chalkboard..
I unfortunately, have said many of these..#notetoself #selfawarenessiskey

Darn it Adam...I was just about to add verso.

Jeff

To me it is easily.
 

To me it is easily Diamond cut. They are trying to make a severe flaw sound like a positive. Tilted cocked or miscut on an angle should be used it is a flaw don't try and make it sound like a positive.

Not unique to cards, but sole proprietors who refer to themselves in the first person plural.

Though not technically "rare" Piedmont Factory 42 sure as hell aren't easy. Tougher then many of the backs in the set.

When selling a card with an (oc) qualifier:
"An 8 with no qualifier sold for $x on Heritage last month."
As if somehow the two things were comparable.

“.... but selling as a reprint”


Rob M

Pasteboard.

Miles ahead of the next annoying thing. So far out in head of the pack of auction annoyances you almost can't see the competition.

We resent that remark...

What, you couldn't find the Secretariat autographed version of the picture?

Auction “winnings”, or to “win” an auction

Baseballs excessively described as “orbs”

That's certainly 1 of 1. And "highest graded" with "great investment potential".

I have never liked the term ‘raw card’ for ungraded cards. Are they ‘cooked’ when they are slabbed? Maybe I am missing something obvious but I don’t get it.

Curious...What would you suggest here instead?

LOL..Don't cheat the facilitator that requires that you use their other company to pay for items so they can charge you fees twice.

This. “Aged reprint” is pretty awful also.

Just bothers me
 

"Pack Fresh" when describing a card. Somehow it just grates my nerves.