When do you add the card to your set?

lostdart58

I am getting close to finishing my 72 Topps set.......787 cards.....


It has almost always been my policy to add a card to my set when I actually get the card in my hand, whether I won it on ebay or bought it or traded for it directly from another collecter etc.

I sell some cards here and there.....dups and cards that i have upgraded........I find it odd when buyers will add these cards to their sets before i even ship the cards and sometimes before the buyer even pays for the cards.


....as far as I am concerned...the card is not officially yours until you actually get it in your hands......

yawie99

I always wait until a card's in hand before I add it. Doesn't matter if it's coming from a seller, trader or PSA. I'm way too superstitious to do otherwise.

gmoneystyles

I used to wait, I cant bare it anymore I add the thing as soon as its paid.

Stingray

Agreed, wait until you have possesion of the card before adding it to your set.

Stingray

mercurynut

I always wait until the card arrives.

smallstocks

Once I pay, I add it. The registry is my inventory system and I don't want to make the mistake of buying the same card twice due to temporary amnesia or slow shipment of a card.

packCollector

I usually add it when I pay. after buying the same card twice several times this is my feeble attempt to prevent myself from doing stupid things

jradke4

Sometimes I wait other times I dont. All my cards have pics attached that I have in hand. When the new ones come in then I scan and add them. If you submitt to PSA, get the grades and the cert numbers wouldnt you add them before you got the cards back from them? I add them as soon as I get the cert numbers as I do own them.

JW

I don't add them until I have them in hand. I have had cards lost and damaged in the mail, and I only add them once I know they will work in my set. In addition, I like to scan them and add them at the same time.

Davalillo

I believe the rules opf PSA are that you don't enter the cards in your sets unless you physically have them in your possession.

Saying that, I prefer to put them in immediately as I often end up buying the same card again.

1954

Davilillo is back. Good to have you back on the boards. Are you going to contact me about the Greatest Moments set? Email me if you need my #.

Shane

NickM

I have a shattered SGC slab, 2 cash refunds from sellers, several PayPal buyer complaints (2 full refunds, 1 partial refund), and a few other cards paid via money order that I never received that argue strongly against inputting the card until you actually receive it.

And I also received on 1 occasion a PSA 9 instead of the PSA 8 pictured in the auction.

Nick

262Runner

I always wait until I have the card in hand. I scan it, then imput it. I like to include scans of my cards in my sets.

LEDFOOT

Gettin bad when PSA contacts you to have a card removed from your set and the auction ended the nite before and you still havent received payment.

calleocho

always in hand .

Welcome back Dav

Davalillo

Thank you Shane and Calleocho--will probably continue to post more on Network 54 but will add things here when I can.

Shane-sorry for the delay on 71TGM--will try to get my thoughts together on what I want to do on that set. Approaching a new budget year so its time to consider new things.

Jim

1954

Jim-
Just let me know when you are ready.

SL

lowstartmick

Once I've paid for it I consider the card mine. Adding a card without paying for it is IMO cheesy.