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Posted By: Iggy

Okay boys and girl(s). What is the largest amount of "$$$" you have ever sent to a complete stranger to purchase a prewar card and/or lot??? Keep in mind, I am not talking about sending payment to known dealers, friends, or any of the auction houses. That would have some kind of guarantee behind it. I'm talking about going to paypal or your checking account and sending hard-earn cash to somebody named "Joe Smo Jr." (no offense meant to the Joe Smo Jr's of the world) and then quietly sitting next to the mailbox as if nothing had happened.

I'm curious, to what extreme some of us have gone to purchase a prewar card(s). I know we have plenty of high rollers on this board. As for myself, I'm not even a low roller. My biggest purchase was on ebay, to somebody with an ebay handle of colbert in the amount of $1,592.92 (for some nice T206 cards). That wouldn't even make the top 10,000 on a power-outage day on ebay!

So lets see how much sweat-equity some of you guys/gals have? Come-on fess-up! Your wife/husband doesn't really read this board!

-Lovely Day, Iggy...




***EDITED to add a disclaimer***:

Great responses, so far to this thread. I'm really enjoying the banter, but I would like to add a disclaimer of sorts which was mentioned earlier in this thread.

Yes, to feed our addiction most of us have taken some chances with ebay or some other forum. But, keep in mind (if I can speak for everyone (yea, right)), it has been a calculated gamble, with hopefully some intelligence behind it. It's always a good idea to talk to the other party (ask for a better picture, etc.), just to make sure you are not dealing with some alien-being of sorts. Never fall for the grandpa attic routine, have some experience with the card you are buying, never buy an item if the buyer states the card might be a reprint, and if someone has a bunch of negative feedbacks disregard them, no matter the item nor price. Remember, if the glove doesn't fit then you must acquit---oh wait, that doesn't apply to this topic...

Okay, back to the thread!