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Why are Card Savers 1 so hard to load?????

ebayaddictebayaddict Posts: 232 ✭✭
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I just submitted some cards for the first time and man was it ever hard to get the card down inside the saver. I tried with a sleeve and without a sleeve......about the same TOUGH. The cards would go about 80 percent in and stop, the last thing you want to do is force it. Am i missing something? Is there a secret i should know? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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  • OSClabsOSClabs Posts: 358
    Ebay-

    Try opening the card loader before inserting... give it somehwhat of a strecth with your fingers. I also take like 25 - 30 at a time and flex them back and forth to get the stiffness out of them. Those things can stress you out, especially when inserting $$ cards. Hope that helps.

    Danny
    Collecting Dallas Cowboys Rookies and Team Sets 1960-1989
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,927 ✭✭✭✭
    I believe the best way would be to cut a sturdy piece of cardboard a tad larger than a typical card - insert and remove just once or twice. You don't want to loosen the card saver too much, but this will "break the seal", so to speak.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Take the card saver and hold it with your left hand and open with your index finger on your left hand. Hold the card with your right thumb on the front and index finger on the back about 1/4 of the way down from the top middle. Then guide the card straight down into the holder with your index finger still on the back until you get the card all the way in.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Take the card saver and hold it with your left hand and open with your index finger on your left hand. Hold the card with your right thumb on the front and index finger on the back about 1/4 of the way down from the top middle. Then guide the card straight down into the holder with your index finger still on the back until you get the card all the way in. >>



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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    Cardsavers are mini paper shredders... I have good luck inserting halfway with a common on top, to prevent the sharp holder edge from damaging the good cards' edge/corners.
    some cards
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    When you're done, remove your finger from the hole.

    Lee



    (Come on stown, I'm pitching up softballs here)
  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭
    If you are REALLY paranoid, cut the right edge off. Slip card into gaping holder with ease. Take paper and fold over open right edge. Tape over paper. Pack tightly.
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>When you're done, remove your finger from the hole.

    Lee
    >>




    If done properly, repeat until completion.....
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,949 ✭✭✭✭
    I use the pinch and shove technique...
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    I have only submitted a few cards but I took a razor blade down the very edge of the right side of the CSI and then slid the card in from the side. Then I put a piece of tape down the edge to reseal it. I figured graders would be smart enough to cut the other side to remove the card. I was nervous about putting Jordan Fleer rookies into CSIs so this is what I came up with.

    (added for stown- "I don't worry about loosening it up or being gentle....I just go at it an split that thing wide open!")
  • halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,640 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have only submitted a few cards but I took a razor blade down the very edge of the right side of the CSI and then slid the card in from the side. Then I put a piece of tape down the edge to reseal it. I figured graders would be smart enough to cut the other side to remove the card. I was nervous about putting Jordan Fleer rookies into CSIs so this is what I came up with.

    (added for stown- "I don't worry about loosening it up or being gentle....I just go at it an split that thing wide open!") >>



    That is a tremendous post!!!!!
    Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
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    Just don't forget to cuddle with it for at least a moment afterwards if you plan on getting in there again image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • ebayaddictebayaddict Posts: 232 ✭✭
    I realize most of this is common sense. However, like the man said, you just dont want to shove your Jordan Fleer rookie in there. Thanks for the ideas.
    "You must understand the difference in things that are similar, and the similarity of things that are different"

  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭✭
    if you push on the sides of the card saver, it will open, I have never had trouble getting a card inside, just work it in gently while pushing on the sides to open the holder.

    John
    Collecting
    HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Take the card saver and hold it with your left hand and open with your index finger on your left hand. Hold the card with your right thumb on the front and index finger on the back about 1/4 of the way down from the top middle. Then guide the card straight down into the holder with your index finger still on the back until you get the card all the way in. >>



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