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stevek's list of things to becareful of in the world of collectibles (and everyday life)

nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Now these may seem obvious to you, but stevek thinks that they are important for all of us to know. Feel free to make your own sub-lists under mine.

1. Vintage wax packs do not have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack
2. Do not drink drain-o
3. You wont win every hand when playing poker.
4. Do not have sexual intercourse with your cousin.
5. Baseball card dealers try to sell cards for more than they paid for them.
6. Do not stick a sharp knife directly into your heart.
7. All raw cards that look to be in high grade are trimmed.
8. Even though it fits, do not insert a knife into a live outlet.
9. Barry Bonds cards are not going back up.
10. Uncle Philip should not be touching you there.

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  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    1. Vintage wax packs do not have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack
    2. Do not drink drain-o
    3. You wont win every hand when playing poker.
    4. Do not have sexual intercourse with your cousin.
    5. Baseball card dealers try to sell cards for more than they paid for them.
    6. Do not stick a sharp knife directly into your heart.
    7. All raw cards that look to be in high grade are trimmed.
    8. Even though it fits, do not insert a knife into a live outlet.
    9. Barry Bonds cards are not going back up.
    10. Uncle Philip should not be touching you there. >>



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  • clydecoolidgeclydecoolidge Posts: 863 ✭
    I think #9 is untrue, and why didn't someone tell me about #4 sooner?
    "I've never been able to properly explain myself in this climate" -Raul Duke

    ebay i.d. clydecoolidge - Lots of vintage stars and HOFers, raw, condition fully disclosed.
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    10. b. Neither should Aunt Evelyn.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
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  • TomGshotputTomGshotput Posts: 1,358
    Gambling $20 on a football game, buying $2 scratch tickets, or sitting at a $1/$2 poker table means you will lose $30 000 within two weeks

    Collecting baseball cards costs money. And that's bad
    Tom
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    11. If you pee on a police officer, you will be arrested.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>7. All raw cards that look to be in high grade are trimmed. >>



    Darn, I shouldn't have sent off that 65 card submission then. Crap.
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is Nam's list of things to be in the world of collectibles (and everyday life)

    1. Vintage wax packs have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack
    2. Do drink drain-o
    3. You win every hand when playing poker.
    4. Do have sexual intercourse with your cousin.
    5. Baseball card dealers try to sell cards for less than they paid for them.
    6. Do stick a sharp knife directly into your heart.
    7. All raw cards that look to be in high grade are not trimmed.
    8. Do insert a knife into a live outlet.
    9. Barry Bonds cards are going back up.
    10. Uncle Philip should be touching you there.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭


    << <i>4. Do not have sexual intercourse with your cousin. >>



    Clearly you have not seen how hot my cousin is. (Remember I am from West Virginia so it is ok)
  • bman90278bman90278 Posts: 3,453 ✭✭✭
    Come on stevek, nam did lots of research and spent lots of time searching the board to create that list. You should do the same. image

    but I wish 1. Vintage wax packs have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack was true.
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Come on stevek, nam did lots of research and spent lots of time searching the board to create that list. You should do the same. image

    but I wish 1. Vintage wax packs have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack was true. >>




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    Clearly Nam tries to impress and imitate his idol Lee...but Lee is much more clever than Nam.

    Although giving credit where credit is due, there were some good zingers in that list.

  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Nam, I am impressed. Congrats on gaining my respect. That and $45 can get you an 80/81 Topps basketball pack.
  • mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
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  • NCDOLFANNCDOLFAN Posts: 300
    <<<<< This is OK as long as your not grounded,or if your coffee sucks in the morning...image
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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>.....Although giving credit where credit is due...... >>



    Your credit, much like your existence, mean nothing to me.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Hatter.
    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
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭


    << <i>11. If you pee on a police officer, you will be arrested. >>



    depends on how hot she is.image
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Haters gotta hate
    Lovers wanna love
    I don't even want
    None of the above
    I wana piss on you
    Yes I do, I'll piss on you,
    I pee on you.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The saddest part of stevek's dreary existence is the fact that with all the well deserved negativity that he has received in multiple threads recently, not one CU member has stepped in and said enough is enough already, or that he really isn't such a bad guy. That, to me, is a very deafening silence.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Your credit, much like your existence, mean nothing to me.




    OUCH


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The saddest part of stevek's dreary existence is the fact that with all the well deserved negativity that he has received in multiple threads recently, not one CU member has stepped in and said enough is enough already, or that he really isn't such a bad guy. That, to me, is a very deafening silence. >>




    My "existence" is great and things are going quite well for me - no complaints. I come here to have fun, talk some smack, discuss cards, and discuss other topics whenever I feel like it. This forum is a nice escape for me from the "real world" and I'm going to continue to be active here.

    It's obvious from your derogatory posts that you condone name calling and violence...Sorry but I'm not going to be a part of that.

    My advice to you Nam...get some psychiatric help.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    << stevek would be hard pressed to find a dozen CU members that would avoid him with their car if they saw him crossing the street. >>

    The above is Nam's comment in another thread.

    Nasty stuff even for an internet forum. Sorry Nam, I'm not going to be a part of your comments towards violence.

    Get some psychiatric help.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>stevek would be hard pressed to find a dozen CU members that would avoid him with their car if they saw him crossing the street. >>



    There has to be at least ones and ones of CU members that would definitely stop and offer you a lift. image
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    I like Steve besides his obvious flaws of being an Eagle and Phillie fan

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  • 2dueces2dueces Posts: 6,565 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. You guys really carry this way to far. It's one thing to take jabs at each other in every post on the board, but another to start posts just to take pot shots. I think both of you are intelligent people but both sides of this gets very old. How many threads have you guys hijacked lately just to get into a pi$$ing match? As intelligent as both of you are I think you could add much more to this board by way of your knowledge of cards and less of your knowledge of each other. Joe

    Edit to add: When new posters see this kind of behavior, they feel its alright to do it themselves. Is it really the example you want everyone to follow? JMO.
    W.C.Fields
    "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow. You guys really carry this way to far. It's one thing to take jabs at each other in every post on the board, but another to start posts just to take pot shots. I think both of you are intelligent people but both sides of this gets very old. How many threads have you guys hijacked lately just to get into a pi$$ing match? As intelligent as both of you are I think you could add much more to this board by way of your knowledge of cards and less of your knowledge of each other. Joe

    Edit to add: When new posters see this kind of behavior, they feel its alright to do it themselves. Is it really the example you want everyone to follow? JMO. >>



    That is an excellent point - I agree with ya...I didn't look at it from that perspective of a new poster analyzing the overall content of the forum. I wouldn't want this forum to turn into net54 in which there seems to be silly conflict there in way too many threads.

    I like this board way too much to want to mess it up in any way. Whenever I'm stressed at work or at home, this forum is great for some good sports talk, card talk, and I even enjoy the coin forum and the metal detecting threads. This is the finest collectables forum out there in my opinion, and one of the best forums of any venue that I've seen.

    Steve
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like Steve besides his obvious flaws of being an Eagle and Phillie fan

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    Matt - I'm gonna get back at ya for that "obvious flaws" comment come football season. image
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭

    << I like Steve besides his obvious flaws of being an Eagle and Phillie fan


    Count me in too. I like ya both so cut it out.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    dont forget all card shop owners are scumbags.
    ·p_A·
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><< I like Steve besides his obvious flaws of being an Eagle and Phillie fan


    Count me in too. I like ya both so cut it out.


    Steve >>



    Thanks Steve, and I'm gonna get back at you soon with some good Phillies - Mets smack. image
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>dont forget all card shop owners are scumbags. >>



    "Most" not all, and it's weasels not scumbags, although if they digress into scamming then yes they would be a scumbag.

    An example of an honest, forthright baseball card dealer is WinPitcher. What he did recently for his mailman in assisting him with the grading and selling of his valuable cards was exemplary, outstanding - I wish all card dealers were like that, but unfortunately in my opinion most aren't.
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I wish all card dealers were like that, but unfortunately in my opinion most aren't. >>



    i know, you've told us before.. image
    ·p_A·
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Though he often pontificates without any factual basis, I also think SteveK is an OK guy, too. image


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now that the smoke is clearing I will sift through the rubble and say Nick is a great guy as well as Steve. Hopefully you guys can work it out eventually.

    For what its worth though I think the "regulars" know where you stand with Wax rips and internet Poker Steve, there is no need to add anything more to new threads at this point. Just my 2 cents.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Agree with perk. I enjoy Nick's posts as well, as I am also a 72 set collector and a fan of busting packs. I've pulled many great cards from unopened 70s packs over the years, so the gems are out there, though it's also true that even larger dealers sometimes buy subpar product from otherwise reputable sources. I've opened my share of packs that look mint to the eye only to find that the gum has leached through the pack and ruined half the cards because the pack wasn't properly stored. SteveK does come across strong at times, but it's also interesting to get varying viewpoints from different perspectives, even annoying ones. image Just my 2 cents.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
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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
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey - This doesn't mean I'm gonna start taking warm showers with any of you guys till the wee hours in the morning. image
















    - paraphrased from the movie Heartbreak Ridge. LOL
  • Tvac897Tvac897 Posts: 1,478


    << <i>Now these may seem obvious to you, but stevek thinks that they are important for all of us to know. Feel free to make your own sub-lists under mine.

    1. Vintage wax packs do not have a PSA 10 hall of famer in each pack
    2. Do not drink drain-o
    3. You wont win every hand when playing poker.
    4. Do not have sexual intercourse with your cousin.
    5. Baseball card dealers try to sell cards for more than they paid for them.
    6. Do not stick a sharp knife directly into your heart.
    7. All raw cards that look to be in high grade are trimmed.
    8. Even though it fits, do not insert a knife into a live outlet.
    9. Barry Bonds cards are not going back up.
    10. Uncle Philip should not be touching you there. >>



    Very helpful...nice call on number 10
    -Rome is Burning

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