Just got a card in the mail...

LWMM

and it absolutely REEKED of smoke. It wasn't as much the card, in fact, as the copy of the invoice which I sent with my payment---How hard can it be to keep something smoke free when opening an envelope??? Anyone have this happen before?

kingraider75

yes, I have had entire sets smell like smoke. Some guys have said baking soda will help the smell. It hasn't done too much in my experience. If the card is in a toploader, then I think the smell starts to finally go away after awhile. Smoking is horrible people!!

lawnmowerman

digicat

Ugh. I hate that. I'll sometimes get stuff like that too. If you leave it out, raw, in the open for a few days to air out, the smell usually goes away for the most part.

baseballfanatic

Only purchase items that come from a smoke free home. Ash trays rule......

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

I quit smoking about 3 weeks ago. whew. anyways my Mom had some old Nintendo games for me to sell. She smoked in her house. When I smoked I never did in my house. Her games smelled so strong lik esmoke. I was able to clean the games almost perfectly but the paper instructions never lost the odor after 2 weeks of airing out. Good Luck.

themetalsign

Finally, I learn how to spell REEKED. I always thought is was reaked. lol

storm888

I do not smoke, but I have had people complain
about stuff I shipped - not paper/cards - smelling
like smoke.

Some people are ultra-sensitive to it, I guess.

I have been selling stuff for many years and I
never thought about "smoke smells" until I
started seeing the eBay listings that say, "These
cards come from a smoke-free home."

I am just not "refined" enough to put that in any
of my listings.

storm

renrutmd

For what its worth you can buy OZONE machines that will neutralize the smoke smell. From what I understand you just put the cards in a room with this machine and it takes out the smoke smell without harming the cards. Not really cheap units but effective.

ToppsCo1lector

I never smoke ciggarettes in my house, if anything you'll find out my cards have a nice "natural" skunky smell to em.

RipublicaninMass

I guess none of you have bought a card from Pandrews

1989FleerBillRipkencollector

<< <i>I never smoke ciggarettes in my house, if anything you'll find out my cards have a nice "natural" skunky smell to em. >>



I have wondered before if that would absorb in the cards. A good reason to only get the best.

lostdart58

Long time ago i posted here about an envelope I had gotten.............it reaked of something other then cigarette smoke....Frank Robinson circa 1959 had a shnit eating grin on his face and demanded that I order pizza at 1AM.

baseballfanatic

I once had a 1991 Stadium Club Todd Marinovich steal two bags of Chips Ahoy from my pantry....

softparade

<< <i>Long time ago i posted here about an envelope I had gotten.............it reaked of something other then cigarette smoke....Frank Robinson circa 1959 had a shnit eating grin on his face and demanded that I order pizza at 1AM. >>



I want one of those envelopes!

softparade

<< <i>I once had a 1991 Stadium Club Todd Marinovich steal two bags of Chips Ahoy from my pantry.... >>





Now thats funny, downright bonafide funny man