old baseball cards
I have been a member of OBC for going on 10 years or so and even though I belong to 3 other trading groups and a couple of the forum sites, I consider OBC to be my primary link to cards.
The members of OBC are like a big family that spans the entire north american continent and over the pond as well. we cherish the emails from our freinds that tell us that they just got engaged, or that they had a baby or a grandkid. we comiserate with our freinds when we get an email telling us of a hardship that has occurred within there freinds and family.
I swap cards with guys within the group, pre-arranged "trades", I put out a list of cards that have accumulated on my desk as a waiver wire offering. I have put out a mass mailing at christmas time of over 100 christmas cards with a card or three enclosed. I have no ending trades going with a few of the guys where he sends and then I send back.. this is all done because I like to do it.
We talk about the random acts of kindness (RAOK) and that is a huge part of what OBC is about. plenty of times I get cards in the mail from guys in the group who know that I wont have anything to send them back, but they enjoy helping someone along with their collections, thats where the phrase what goes around comes around, because whenever I see a cool card or two I try to pick them up, I might be able to hit those guys lists, and if not then I can find someones list that can use them.
OBC is not for everyone, thats why there are many other avenues for trading and swapping cards. but if any of you enjoy baseball card collecting the way you did it as a kid then this group may just be for you.
thanks for the read and everyone stay warm.
JD
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