Words I hate to hear in our hobby.......

[BuffettFan]

Scarce Piedmont back...

[calvindog]

"There's a great Cobb in Mastro's new auction."

[prewarsports]

Already said before but when people say

"LOW POP"

It makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit, especially when it is like a 1916 zeenut graded a 2 just because only 3 cards have ever been graded of that player.

Rhys

[peterose4hof]

As a former store owner the words I didn't want to hear were, "I used to have all these cards as a kid, but my mom threw them away." If I heard it once, I heard it a million times.

[E93]

From a seller: "I paid ..... for it."

When I was living in Nepal if a shop owner started down that road, I would cut them off and say, "If you tell me what you paid, I am walking out the door and never returning." Once they resort to that, it is almost impossible to go lower and often the number is not true.
JimB

[E93]

on ebay, "+++++++++++"

I've never understood why PSA and SGC don't add those to their grades.
JimB

[ethicsprof]

"It's time to lock this thread, Leon."

best,
barry

[E93]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

"It's time to lock this thread, Leon."

best,
barry

So true!
LOL

JimB

[Deertick]

Morales, Burzyck, etal.

[Brian Van Horn]

An oldie, but a goodie (if you like fingernails across a chalkboard):

"My mother threw out my cards."

[wonkaticket]

Rookies, Rookies, Rookies!!!!!

[irishdenny]

My Wife made them all Float!

[Sean1125]

Actions speak louder than words...

-Whips out phone to check e-bay and VCP to offer 1/5th the previous sale-

[t206blogcom]

ME: Why so much for this card? It's a 1.

Dealer: But it has NM corners.

----

You didn't see that go for half of what you paid on Kevin Savage Auctions?

[WillowGrove]

A big +1 to whomever wrote..

Let me check the price guide.

Yuk

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

"It's time to lock this thread, Leon."

best,
barry

So true and yet rarely true, both at the same time.



a few of the ones that made me chuckle-

"My wife made them all float"

And on the guy pulling out a smartphone to check VCP, a guy did that to me at the last national. I had a T213-2 in a 5 holder (very rare, well, .....not really but sort of high grade ....anyway).....He checks VCP and sees exactly when and where I bought the card he is haggling on. It was like $225 and he saw my markup was $17.....I told him since he checked it we can now negotiate up since he knows I wasn't making squat. He bought the card.

Nice ones so far guys!! I knew this would probably be an amusing thread....and ever since the Goldin thread I can't get "You'll GET A MCQUWIRE ROOKIE" out of my head....da** it.

[Delray Vintage]

Your submitted card is trimmed

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by kcohen

"Taking offers"

This or any variation thereof - +100

also

Pre-rookie

[chaddurbin]

"psa or sgc?"

[buymycards]

The word "poppage" makes me puke.

[barrysloate]

Worthless information, such as "only 1 of 4 at this level, with only 7 graded higher."

Who TF cares!?!

[dabigyankeeman]

I hate when friends that know nothing about collecting say to me, "Your collection is all MINT, right?" and then they look down on you when say no, and i cant get them to understand that if my collection was mint it would be worth an insane fortune and I would have had to be Bill Gates to buy all those mint cards.

Also how i love it when you see a card advertised with the person having a feedback of 3 on Ebay and he says "I know nothing about baseball cards and he is selling a Goudey Ruth or something similar".

[ethicsprof]

"I'm writing to tell everyone that I am leaving Net54."

best,
barry

[Runscott]

whining about Twins who have been unjustly left out of the HOF

[glchen]

The reserve has not been met.

[frankbmd]

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided one for you.
Do you understand these rights I have just read to you?

[kmac32]

The last time the Cubs won the world series was.......

[Matthew H]

Investment grade

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can and will be held against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided one for you.
Do you understand these rights I have just read to you?

Priceless!

[prewarsports]

Non collector friends saying anything like..............................

"You collect baseball cards right", "I have some I'd like you to take a look at"

In 20+ years I have been told this about 1000 times and it has NEVER been anything but Griffey rookies and 1987 topps or other worthless items like this and I HAVE TO BE THE ONE to tell them they are not worth anything and to save them for their kids!

[GoldenAge50s]

Asking a dealer about a card on your Want List:

"I've been bringing that card to this show for over 10 yrs and I just sold it 5 minutes ago".

[hangman62]

Oh yea, I had all those when I was a kid....

[wolf441]

PSA 10 GEM MINT......on a T206 Wagner reprint.

and an off topic one that kills me: When I tell someone that I'm running a marathon and they ask "Oh, how many miles is that one?".

[4815162342]

On an eBay listing for a raw card: "PSA 10???"

[calvindog]

"PSA 4 but it's really under graded. Looks more like a 6. Oh and I don't have a scan."

[CW]

"Please keep an eye out for my stolen collection..." or anything pertaining to stolen collections. These types of posts made me move the majority of my collection into the bank, and it always sucks to hear about a collector having his cards stolen.

[4k6]

"PSA ready"

[yanksfan09]

"I'll give em to ya for half of book" (brooklyn accent)

[cardinalcollector]

"I can't sell it for that, I have too much in it"

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by calvindog

"PSA 4 but it's really under graded. Looks more like a 6. Oh and I don't have a scan."

Not even if I email you for a scan? Can you tell me whether the card is well centered? Is it gorgeous? Beautiful?

Is this my last chance to buy it before it goes to eBay?

Are you going to send it to Goodwin if it doesn't sell here?

Bump?

Bump?

Bump?

When a seller charges $5.99 for priority shipping and you buy a few cards and ask for combined price. "We don't combine shipping on cards, sorry". Then it shows up with all cards in a bubble mailer, first class, no dc or insurance, all for $2.35. Then they ask for positive feedback.

[Exhibitman]

RIP [fill in collector's name]

[JEFFV96MASTERS]

Post / opinion no longer available

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Non collector friends saying anything like..............................

"You collect baseball cards right", "I have some I'd like you to take a look at"

In 20+ years I have been told this about 1000 times and it has NEVER been anything but Griffey rookies and 1987 topps or other worthless items like this and I HAVE TO BE THE ONE to tell them they are not worth anything and to save them for their kids!

Yeah and the look on their face is somewhere between 'are you sure' and 'I think I gotta take a shit' - oh well, I dumped 20k cards from that era...

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

RIP [fill in collector's name]

+1 - no good...may we all live to be crazy and pass in our sleep...

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Leon

Translated that means "ignore" to me.

What Ken said, "Make offer," translated, means "auction with a hidden reserve" to me.
Val

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

6Collection.com was officially launched in July 2008. It is a site focus on Rare collectibles global sales of e-commerce. We offer Baseball Cards, Autographed Baseballs, Signed Football Cards, Autograph Footballs, Signed Basketballs and so on.

As Gili international trading companies (at United States Los Angeles) its 6Collection always committed to provide the perfection Rare Collectibles purchase experience and cultural transmission for the global growing of Collectors groups so that every member is able to enjoy the most valueable collectibles in a surprise price. Receive commands of the "proactive, forward-looking, creativity, harmony" concept, persist in the ambition to offer high quality life with the most luxurious style, use the most exclusive enjoy service experience to interpret the Internet shopping culture. At the same time to create high-end shopping experience, also used the price advantage that the traditional purchasing channel can not match to provide more convenient, affordable shopping enjoyment for the global vasty consumers.

After the 6Collection.com officially launched, relying on a strong Internet resources, a professional technical team, mature experience in B2C e-commerce operations, keen fashion sense and the accurate hold for the market, to establish a solid, specialization and multi-level customer service system and becoming a excellent fashion e-commerce website.

Since July 2008, 6Collection.com provide by high quality and high-end shopping experience, just on the user's reputation spread, has achieved the member number and sales growth. We persist the high quality reputation, 100% Quality Guarantee, rapid delivery of services concept, in order to build the world's most professional and honest Collectibles speciality store, to provide a rich store of clothing varieties,preferential distribution of goods and efficient service. To provide more perfect shopping choice, pursue quality's consumers.

Is this appropriate?

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Wymers Auction

Is this appropriate?

Yes, 6collection has a website that has been discussed here before(not in a good way) and that is their "about us" page


http://www.6collection.com/index.php...age=contact_us

Definitely words you don't want to hear in this hobby

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

+1 - no good...may we all live to be crazy and pass in our sleep...

+1 I'm thinking - slip and fall off a really high mountain peak, that even 20 year olds would have a hard time climbing...when I'm 90.

[GasHouseGang]

Incredible for the grade it's just got a stain, off center, paper loss and maybe some trimming.