What To Do With Cards From the 80s and 90s?

[ctownboy]

1) Buy a paper shredder.

2) Find all of the commons from the 1980's and 1990's and put them in a separate pile.

3) When watching your favorite baseball team, if they do something which upsets you, grab a handful of commons and shred them.

4) When you have a garbage bag full of shredded cards, take them to a paper recycling bin and donate them.

This way, you get rid of cards probably nobody else wants, you get to take out your baseball frustrations and relieve stress AND you get to help the environment out also.

Just my two cents,

David

[rp12367]

I just gave 2 huge boxes of 90's stuff to a local church that was looking for items for a charity drive. Their flyer had sports cards/ comics listed on it (as well as clothes/furniture other items). They where exicited, even thought they werent worth anything. They said they would divide them into smaller groups and give away to local kids in need of assistance.

[Anthony S.]

I use them in lieu of sterno when I make fondue.

[Ladder7]

I stuck a few handfuls of the stars in the attic and walls. Perhaps in a hundred years...

[tbob]

Donate them all to charity, Boys and Girls Clubs, local hopsitals, etc. They will be glad to get them and you'll have a great feeling of satisfaction and will have performed a good deed.

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by tbob

Donate them all to charity, Boys and Girls Clubs, local hopsitals, etc. They will be glad to get them and you'll have a great feeling of satisfaction and will have performed a good deed.

I gave mine to the boys and girls club many years ago. The administrators were thrilled to get them.

[bxb]

Put them up individually on eBay with "PSA ready" in the title, and start the bidding at $0.01 with $2 shipping for each card.

I haven't tried this myself, but it looks like a popular strategy on eBay.

[39special]

The past 2 years at our last little league game,I brought a couple boxes
and let the kids take what they want.They love those "old" cards from
the '80's and '90's.

[dacubfan]

Had a huge neighborhood garage sale this weekend so I halled out about 20 boxes '88 thru '93 and put $10 each or 2/$15. Very few lookers. Sold 2 boxes of '93 Fleer for $6 each and then had to stuff all the rest back into my garage cabinets. Ugh!! Maybe shop them around at the card shops?? Donating them is probably the best way to go.























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[dherm360]

put them on team lots--I noticed a lot of people now do autos through the mail and dont care what card they send

[Gradedcardman]

I donate the extras to charity every year.

[phikappapsi]

There's a guy at the local flea market that gets them for free as donations, he puts them into a garbage compressor, then sells the logs as kindling... Probably makes $1 per pound on the cardboard.

[zljones]

target practice on a dart board. Extra points for a head shot.

[Exhibitman]

Some hospitals and charities won't take accumulations of cards. I used to donate cards to the childrens hospital at County USC hospital here in L.A. They first demanded that the cards be boxed up a certain way [clean new 600 count boxes], then finally told me they were swamped and didn't want any more unless it was unopened original material.

I tried to sell modern cards at a garage sale. I put out two "shoeboexes" at $20 each, took $20 for the pair and was happy to get it.

I tried them at a local card show where I set up for a day. No one even looked through them. I did business all day from my vintage junk boxes but the shiny crap was like kryptonite.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

I stuck a few handfuls of the stars in the attic and walls. Perhaps in a hundred years...

haha, thats pretty funny

Originally Posted by Leon

2. Go to your local Salvation Army and give them to the kids that are forced to be there. They will love them and have something to play with.

I like this idea the best. Would probably make the kids very happy.

[ksabet]

About ten years ago I traded 25,000 cards for a PSA 7 Walter Payton RC. I felt it was a good trade.

[uffda51]

The Boys Club, or a similar group.