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

[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.

[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.