I hate doing this.. Help needed.. please read

[bcookie]

Hello, I feel awkward posting this to strangers on a baseball card forum. As some of you may know my wife broke her wrist 2 months ago and has not been able to work and she is not bringing in any money. We have been ok over the past 8 weeks, but now everything has piled up. She will not be able to return to work for at least another month.

We are not even living check to check right now.,. my income pays the bills, but we need money for the food and essentials.. so I am finding myself delaying bills.. not a good thing.

I am not looking for handouts, I will be sending my baseball items out to all that can help. Baseball and collectibles are the least of my concerns right now.

I feel that $300 would get me back on track and we can last the next month or 2.

I do not have a list of what I am sending, but I will send to all that can help.

Leon, please remove this if you feel, I just do not know where to turn.

Thank you to everyone.

My paypal address is: bwcarc@live.com

Thanks,

Brian

[Leon]

It's a difficult situation you are in and I feel bad for you. In looking at your history of posting on this board I will hold my other comments for now. No, I don't think this is really the right place to ask for money though. I am sure there are plenty of our 4600 registered members that go through hard times and don't post about it. Good luck though...

[chris6net]

Brian, I have to agree with Leon. A lot of us go through tough times but this is a Vintage Baseball Card Forum. I wish you luck.

[sycks22]

I wish you luck in getting back on your feet Brian.

[ThoseBackPages]

Brian,

Definitely list your stuff on www.eBay.com

Good luck!

[Sean1125]

I'd be happy to buy some stuff... But no handouts... E-mail sent.

[CharleyBrown]

Hello Brian,

You might want to consider contacting your utilities, cable company, etc. and informing them of your situation. They may be willing to work with you on paying off some of your bills.

I'd also recommend looking to see where you can cut costs. Things like cable, cell phones, etc. can be more costly than we realize, and simply reducing packages, or eliminating them entirely can save 1-200 hundred/month.

Lastly, list what you have on eBay or here in the BST section. I am sure that there will be plenty of interest. On the other hand, one only needs to look at the CU forums to see that there have been cases of people taking advantage of others. I don't know you, so I can't say one way or the other, but people will most likely be wary of just blindly sending money.

I wish you the best of luck.

Shaun

[bcookie]

the car i took the insurance off is a 1998 Buick Century with its second motor and about 160,000 miles on it.. we have thought of selling it but would only get a few hundred for it.. we were saving it to teach our oldest daughter how to drive later this year.

[christopher.herman]

Originally Posted by bcookie

I do not have a list of what I am sending, but I will send to all that can help.

Put together a list of what you have on the B/S/T and I will commit right now to buy something. Until then, a detailed explanation of your situation is not necessary.

So far, all this post has generated for you is sympathy and pity and neither pay the bills.

I understand this sounds insensitive and heartless. I am, however, empathetic and I'm willing to contribute.

This board has been very good to me and I value my membership here.

I also value my own money, family and collection (not necessarily in that order) enough to not send it blindly over the internet.

Good luck,
Christopher.

[brookdodger55]

Originally Posted by christopher.herman

Put together a list of what you have on the B/S/T and I will commit right now to buy something. Until then, a detailed explanation of your situation is not necessary.

So far, all this post has generated for you is sympathy and pity and neither pay the bills.

I understand this sounds insensitive and heartless. I am, however, empathetic and I'm willing to contribute.

This board has been very good to me and I value my membership here.

I also value my own money, family and collection (not necessarily in that order) enough to not send it blindly over the internet.

Good luck,
Christopher.

I fully believe in helping others any chance I get, put up the cards and I would also purchase something to help you during this difficult time. I believe from your past post that this has been going on for some time. If you had put up your collection for sale with a short version of your situation earlier you would have gotten a more supportive response. Cards can always be replaced. If in the future you want you card back email me and i will send it back to you for half of what I paid for it. Win Win
Mike

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

If in the future you want you card back email me and i will send it back to you for half of what I paid for it. Win Win
Mike

Can I get in on that deal?

Just kidding and very generous of you, Mike!

I, too, would buy something. As others have said, list your stuff on the B/S/T

[ethicsprof]

I am sorry that you are having difficult financial times.
Over the years, with the economy often out of sorts, several have
put up cards, etc. for sale in order to get through the difficult times.
I have seen them work hard day after day to sell cards,etc. and have done so with much effort, diligence, and concern for the buyer as well as themselves. Recently, I think of GrayGhost as one who day after day seeks
to offer what he can for sale to us on the board. I admire his efforts.
I would suggest to you that you do as others have suggested and put
your items up for sale at a fair price and go from there.
The 'grab bag' approach will not work well in this situation, I would think.
all the best to you,
barry

[bcookie]

i will post onthe BST board soon.. i just have to get everything together.. thanks again guys

Like others I completely sympathize with the hardship you and your family are currently enduring, but I don't understand or agree with asking for "donations" on a message board when it sounds like you may have cards/memorabilia that you can actually offer for sale either here or on ebay. If anything, do what a previous poster recommended and itemize what you have to sell, list whatever you have, and see what the items might bring. I wish you and your family the best...oh, and there is light at the end of the tunnel if your wife will be able to work in a month or so...so just hang on

[4815162342]

I'm praying for you. If not for God's grace, we would all be broke.

Philippians 4:11-13

[travrosty]

If your cup runneth over please help out your neighbor, 5 bucks to paypal, whats the risk? it's hard to ask and it takes humility. ask yourself if it is you next time and you feel like there is no other way what would you like the response to be?