11,000+ Baseball Cards In 2 Weeks

[tulsaboy]

You had asked why someone might do this, and I can say that I have done it for a handful of reasons. A few years ago I dropped off three 3200 count boxes at our local Goodwill. They were full of commons from 1983-1985 mostly, with another chunk of stuff from 1987-1989. They had sat in my closet for about 20 years. I hadn't gone through them once, hadn't moved them, hadn't cared about them. I poked around to see if anyone was interested in them, but the shipping cost was enormous because of weight. I didn't care enough to package them in different lots for sale, because that was just a headache. The one local store near me is staffed by jerks, and I wasn't about to show up with 10,000 largely commons and expect them to give me even $10. At the end of the day, I decided that someone else will have fun finding those unexpectedly at a thrift store, the store will sell them and make some money, and they are out of my hair and out of my way. So I saw it as a win-win.
kevin

[gonefishin]

Over the last several years I have donated thousands, upon thousands, of cards. I donate them to a non-profit thrift store located on a local military base and operated by spouses of service members. These are not simply junk cards, but contain some valuable cards in the mix. Normally when I donate the cards I speak with the manager, briefly explain the contents (sometimes there are bobble heads and memorabilia), and ask that they not sort through the cards and price them very affordable so a youth would be able to purchase them.

Do I lose money? Yes. Does it make up for my lose by the way I feel after the donation - WITHOUT A DOUBT!

I always hope that some young child, boy or girl, will be excited when look through the cards and find a treasure - whatever that is to them.

Donations made to non-profits aren't there for workers to sort through and take the "booty" that has been donated.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

Donations made to non-profits aren't there for workers to sort through and take the "booty" that has been donated.

+1 could not agree more.

[DHogan]

I won an Ebay auction around 1990 or so for 20,000 Topps baseball cards from about 1976 to 1985 or so. All in excellent condition or better. The seller stated that if the auction went over $300.00 that they would cover shipping. I bid $350.00. I won the auction. I asked my wife beforehand if I could get the cards. She said yes. Bless her soul.

[jingram058]

These cards have not been "cherry picked" to this point, except by whoever owned and/or donated them.

The manager will sell them, once the best way to do so is determined.

We sold a shoe box full of 1987, 1989, and 1990 Topps cards just before Christmas for $8. A gentleman and his young grandson saw the box, and the grandfather bought them, and let the grandson have them as "an early Christmas present."