Near miss...Cards that you've personally taken out of existence...

[Davids]

Glad to hear other people have done dumb things. I don't collect basketball cards but always wanted a tall boy of Oscar Robertson. So, so one day bid on and won a real nice one on ebay. As I am in Canada and so was the seller, it took about a month with me checking daily. Finally it came and I grabbed it from the postlady on my way to the office along with my other mail. Normally I'd wait but had to open it and I was really happy. I also received some other cards but didn't open them right away. I put Oscar back in his envelope for "safe keeping". That night I gleefully opened the rest and was very pleased with my new treasures. As always, I destroy the envelopes,customs disclosures etc, by cutting them as I prefer that my neighbours (and the garbage guys) not know that I collect. You guessed it, cut right through the Big O and his crummy semi rigid sleeve (which I normally replace and throw out) along with everything else. He was in almost 4 perfect squares! Aaagh!