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Hurricane (baseball card) Party at my house!
baseballcardsonly
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Hello everyone....
I'm throwing my 3rd Hurricane party in the last 2 months.
This time it will be a special theme (baseball cards)
Cover charge will be any Pre-1970 PSA 8 or better baseball card.
On the serious side, this is getting old. After the 1st, I called my insurance agent about my cards and the coverage. I asked what did they need for proof if I had to file a claim. I told them, all my cards are on my computer software and would that be enough. They said "no, we must have proof of ownership, like pictures"...that's when I went ballistic! I said pictures of 1/2 million cards! you must be nuts! She said "why do have that many"...I laughed and said "why not". So after I calmed down, I asked if a video tape would do, she said "Yes, but it will need to be very specific and informative".."don't assume we know what you are saying or showing us, it needs to be like a documentary". So I went to Wallymart and purchased 12 VHSC blank tapes and went to work. I open the "shoe boxes" of each of my sets and pulled the high $ cards and showed them and then flipped through the rest. I then pulled out my best stuff and laid them out by Year/brand/player and really slowed down on those, zooming in and out on the grades...I almost felt like Steven Spielberg (sp). So after 5 or 6 hours and a lecture from my wife "I can't believe you bought all this stuff"...my masterpiece was finished!
I took all of my outdated/current Beckett's and the VHSC tape and placed them in my safty deposit box and prayed for it to miss us....well that was #2 and then Ivan gave us a scare...now #3! and I know I'll lose power and won't be able to snipe my auctions on Sunday. I just can't win!!!!! lol
Hope to be on hear again real soon!
Take care,
Mark
ebay (bbcards4me)
I'm throwing my 3rd Hurricane party in the last 2 months.
This time it will be a special theme (baseball cards)
Cover charge will be any Pre-1970 PSA 8 or better baseball card.
On the serious side, this is getting old. After the 1st, I called my insurance agent about my cards and the coverage. I asked what did they need for proof if I had to file a claim. I told them, all my cards are on my computer software and would that be enough. They said "no, we must have proof of ownership, like pictures"...that's when I went ballistic! I said pictures of 1/2 million cards! you must be nuts! She said "why do have that many"...I laughed and said "why not". So after I calmed down, I asked if a video tape would do, she said "Yes, but it will need to be very specific and informative".."don't assume we know what you are saying or showing us, it needs to be like a documentary". So I went to Wallymart and purchased 12 VHSC blank tapes and went to work. I open the "shoe boxes" of each of my sets and pulled the high $ cards and showed them and then flipped through the rest. I then pulled out my best stuff and laid them out by Year/brand/player and really slowed down on those, zooming in and out on the grades...I almost felt like Steven Spielberg (sp). So after 5 or 6 hours and a lecture from my wife "I can't believe you bought all this stuff"...my masterpiece was finished!
I took all of my outdated/current Beckett's and the VHSC tape and placed them in my safty deposit box and prayed for it to miss us....well that was #2 and then Ivan gave us a scare...now #3! and I know I'll lose power and won't be able to snipe my auctions on Sunday. I just can't win!!!!! lol
Hope to be on hear again real soon!
Take care,
Mark
ebay (bbcards4me)
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Good luck from a fellow East Coast board member. Last Hurricane that hit my area left me without power for 8 days. I missed plenty of eBay auctions that week.
Stay safe,
James
Read that last section again...I put the mags and video tapes into the safety deposit box!
I live in Seminole County...between Orlando and Daytona Beach. I can be at the beach in 20 minutes and Disney World in 30 minutes.
I'm Hanging on!!!!!
Mark
ERIC
on a lighter side, watch the movie IDENTITY with john cusack. in the part where they are talking about where they are from, and the one dude says Polk County, and the girl says, oh what part of Polk, he says Mulberry, and then she says Frostproof. Mulberry is the next city over, about 5 minutes away. and believe that everyone in Mulberry acts and talks just like that dude.
Now collecting:
Topps Heritage
1957 Topps BB Ex+-NM
All Yaz Items 7+
Various Red Sox
Did I leave anything out?
After a couple of hours in the candlelite, the power came back on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEE_HAAAAA
The last 2 hurricanes, we lost power for at least 24hrs. So only to be without power for 3 hours was a small miracle.
Eric, I too have a new house. Ours was built last December, so I've been in it for only 10months but I was surprised to see zero damage. In our entire community of 350 homes less than 1 yr old the only damage was to landscaping (I lost my 10ft tall palm tree during Frances) and fences. A lady down the street from me had a piece of her fence fly through her bay window. So other than those minor problems my neighborhood stood up well.
But back to the BIG ISSUE.... now I can bid on the auctions I've been watching!
I hope the rest of my fellow Floridians have been as lucky as I was....
Take care,
Mark
ebay (bbcards4me)
i hope everyone made it out of this ok, i know my card buying will cease for a few weeks till i can get my house back together.
at least i got to see the roy jones and del la hoya (replay from PPV) fights last night before all this started!!
E
Eric you must have got slammed!
The 1st (Charley) was really bad for us...power out for 16 hrs
Frances not as bad as Charley but a lot more rain!...Power out about 45 hrs.
And the last was more wind than rain, but to only lose power for 2-3 hrs was a miracle.
Sorry about the damage...hopefully the insurance can pay most of it!
Mark
I live in Lake Worth, FL. During Hurricance Frances, I had a 35' tree in my front yard uprooted and some damage to the fence around my yard. I disposed of most of the tree before Jeanne arrived.
I didn't fare too well this time.
Around midnight last night, I was on the phone with my mother, actually standing in my backyard during the worst part of the storm. It was an awesome sight to see, and I'm glad that I got to experience that part of the storm. When I went back to the house, I noticed that water had risen enough to make its way into my bedroom. I spent the next 10, 20, or 30 minutes (I lost track of time) trying to get as much off of the floor as possible. Within an hour or so, I had about 6" of water throughout my entire house. Not just water, either - raw sewage was backing up into the shower and flowed out into the house.
I gave up at about 2:30 this morning and went out to my workshop and slept on the sleeper sofa that I have there (this structure sits about 8 inches higher than my house, so no water got in).
I woke up this morning and the water had receded. The house was still very wet and I spent most of the day today removing all of the carpet from the house. I've still got one more room to do and there are puddles of water on the floors, a lot of wet debris, and some dead lizards and frogs.
As for the cards, I'm not sure of the extent of the damage yet. I had a lot of boxes stored under a bed in the spare bedroom and I tried to pull as many as I could out before the water got to them. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach all of them. My head was under water pulling some of this stuff out. Today, while removing the carpet, I found that the boxes that weren't saved were my entire football card collection from my childhood. Not really a big deal to me, the cards weren't in great shape. I also lost about 20,000 modern baseball and football cards. Again, not that big of a deal. I haven't looked at some of the boxes that were damp to see if there is more of a loss.
All in all, I would estimate $10,000 - $20,000 worth of damage. Unfortunately for me, I don't have flood insurance. I don't think my homeowner's insurance will cover any damage. I am going to check with FEMA tomorrow to see if there is any help available for me. Wish me luck!
So, I'll spend another night in the dark and the heat. I don't expect to see my power restored for at least a week, more likely 2-3 weeks from what I've heard. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick up another generator from one of my jobsites tomorrow, but I'm doubtful because so many are without power here.
JEB.
On the good side, maybe Jeb will come and visit you! LOL...
Take care,
Mark
The videos are great for showing documentation of your collection/inventory. But don''t you also need receipts as well? ...jay
Website: http://www.qualitycards.com
tough break on the storm. i live in south florida (miami-dade) and we have been extremetly lucky, i havent even lost power once.
i bought a pelican case por my nicer cards, its waterproof and crush proof.
Groucho Marx
The wife and I went to the local insurance office. They said they treat baseball cards like works of art. The insurance is for the value not what was paid. So that is why I stored some new/old Beckett in my saftey deposit box. Most of my better cards, I purchased many years ago, and could not afford them at todays cost.
The insurance I have for my cards are above and beyond the one for my homeowners policy.
It covers, theft, fire, water damage and acts of god!
It is for full replacement cost!
Take care,
Mark
Hopefully you won't have any damage to be concerned about...jay
Website: http://www.qualitycards.com
VIRTUAL-sorry to hear about your losses. definately try FEMA, and your homeowners policy should (?) cover hurricane damage. after Andrew the codes and laws were changed for Florida homeowners. but they are a shady bunch. i had a few friends get denied for claims after charley, because while it was a hurricane, by the time it hit them it was a tropical strorm, so hurricane coverage didn't apply. i wish you all the best luck in recovery (and every else hit by this). my joy for my small amount of damages is bittersweet because so many else are in need. i have to watch my wife's younger sister and her friend, who lost alot of her house, it has no roof at all. stuff like this puts a lot of things in perspective. GOOD LUCK to all!
ERIC