Top Ten Signs That You Might Be a Baseball Card Newbie

mlbfan2

1. Your "White Whale" is a 1954 Topps Mickey Mantle
2. You think every pack-fresh card is Mint
3. You think a card is centered if it has a border on all 4 sides
4. You have a 1988 Topps case in a safety deposit box
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10.

Help me out with 6 more!

PMKAY

You cannot distinguish the difference between suck and rule.

wrestlingcardking

You think that baseball cards are the only cards worth collecting.

That Magic cards are just a game. or just an old NBA player.

billwaltonsbeard

You think every card of a HOFer is worth something

DanBessette

<< <i>You cannot distinguish the difference between suck and rule. >>



Lol, well played sir

EchoCanyon

When you're asked to associate a "year" with "Bowman", your answer is 1989.

The packs you bought never had gum in them.

You never went to a LC. (You don't even know what LC stands for.)

cardcountry

You're excited that your 8 (oc) is a "low pop" card...

Jeff

yankeesman

You use the term monster hit when you pull a Jimmy Rollins bat card from a new issue product.

itzagoner

you're Charlie Sheen.

JHS5120

My top 5 (in no particular order)

1. You create a thread about your sweet PCG 10+ Nolan Ryan cards that you only paid PSA 7 prices for
2. You ask the board whether your 1975 Topps PSA 5 George Brett is in a compromised case
3. You ask the board whether they think an ungraded 1952 Mantle on eBay is "real or fake"
4. You show off your awesome collection of Walmart blaster boxes
5. You ask the board the best way to sell your 30,000 1980's commons

cpamike

<< <i>you're Charlie Sheen. >>



Winning!!!

wrestlingcardking

<< <i>
5. You ask the board the best way to sell your 30,000 1980's commons >>



I guess my answer of "starting a fire" would get me out of that category!

LarkinCollector

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<< <i>
5. You ask the board the best way to sell your 30,000 1980's commons >>



I guess my answer of "starting a fire" would get me out of that category! >>


That was one of the options I presented.

addicted2ebay

You think Any listing on eBay by a seller that has low feedback must be a total scam.

WhiteTornado

You buy a chrome card, then are disappointed to see it's just cardboard and not actual chrome metal.

LarkinCollector

You use inferior clear packaging tape instead of brown.

LarkinCollector

Edit: spelling

goraiders

<< <i>You use inferior clean packaging tape instead of brown. >>




a man is only as good as his word..you tell me brown,i want brown!!

wrestlingcardking

ship in a PWE

miklia

<< <i>4. You show off your awesome collection of Walmart blaster boxes >>



i liked that, actually. at least it wasn't the same 84 x-out box i'd seen a trillion times.

LarkinCollector

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<< <i>4. You show off your awesome collection of Walmart blaster boxes >>



i liked that, actually. >>


+1

Dboneesq

1. As you are opening your 2014 products, you wonder how they came up with the term "Wax Pack".

2. You protest outside the doors of PSA chanting Joe O. is a racist because on some of the 1955 graded cards the flips contain the words "Red Man" instead of "Native American".

MantleFan23

If someone pays more than the SMR price for a card, they definitely overpaid.

Dnice

You just purchased your first Baseball Beckett price guide in over 10 years.

itzagoner

when someone tells to look for chase cards you tell them you already bank with CapitalOne.

PMKAY

You think BBCE website is perfect in every way.

Gemyanks10

Registry collector's only care about the number on the slab, and not the card itself.

mtcards

You see an ebay listing that says "Sick Card" and actually dont laugh at how stupid the listing is because you understand it

esquiresports

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<< <i>4. You show off your awesome collection of Walmart blaster boxes >>



i liked that, actually. >>


+1 >>



+2 - I thought it was a cool display (and learned what a blaster box is!)

mattinglymint23

And the number 1 sign you are a newbie...
You try to post a pic in your thread and all you see is a text!

Dah-da-da-dah-daaaahhhh....

elsnorto

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4. You show off your awesome collection of Walmart blaster boxes
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Jason, I have to think this wasn't intended as a slam against this thread as I don't think you are one to belittle what others collect?

Like others, I enjoyed the photos of the blaster box collection, finding it to be both aesthetically cool and, as others noted, unique compared to what is typically posted.

Snorto~

charrigan

I was also feeling the Blasters.

Blast on, buddy.

Stone193

Many here remember this incident on CU from years ago....

Someone came on board - can't remember who?

Their request: "I'm looking to buy any graded cards of Yogi Berra."

Responder: "I have a really nice PSA 6 Berk Ross."

Requester: "No thanks. I'm only interested in Berra."

PMKAY

The Blasters ruled. Got me looking online to see what was out there and who was pictured on the boxes.

DanBessette

I'm with snorto, Jason.

Planemonkey

You think the value of unopened boxes has something to do with the cards inside.

ChiefsFan1st

<< <i>Many here remember this incident on CU from years ago....

Someone came on board - can't remember who?

Their request: "I'm looking to buy any graded cards of Yogi Berra."

Responder: "I have a really nice PSA 6 Berk Ross."

Requester: "No thanks. I'm only interested in Berra." >>


HA! I do remember!! I remember the responder but not the requester. Good times!!

bigdcards

You won an auction with BGS 10 Pristine in the title that has a BccG 10 OC card with a dinged corner in the pic.

You think that poor lady, who was recently widowed, selling a massive lot of 100 cards in unopened packs doesn't have a hairy chest and man parts

72skywalker

You never really noticed it before but now you are just realizing how much the comic book guy from the Simpsons is dead on accurate to real life.

Bart: Is this cel (Walmart blaster box) worth anything?
Comic Book Guy: Huh, let me show you something. This, this is a Snagglepuss
drawn by Hic Hiesler (Hobby baseball card non blaster box) , it is worth something. This, this is
an arm drawn by nobody (Wal mart Blaster box) , it is worth nothing.
Bart: Can't you give me anything for it?
Comic Book Guy: I can give you this telephone, it is shaped like Mary Worth.
Bart: Awww.
Comic Book Guy: No groaning in my store.

mattyc_collection

I think one's gotta make the list...

#5. You brandish a tilted, OC, and/or poorly registered "10" and think it's a better card than a superior looking 7, 8, or 9.

WhiteTornado

<< <i>I was also feeling the Blasters.

Blast on, buddy. >>



Agreed.

miklia

woah woah woah. slow down tigers. i was only defending the awesomeness of the blasters against the jab that it was a 'newbie' pursuit.

sometimes this forum is like starting a game of global thermonuclear war - the only winning move is not to play.

lawnmowerman

When you're dealing with a seller that always says "Beckett value is this much".

Those guys really bother me and have no clue what stuff is actually worth.

DanBessette

<< <i>woah woah woah. slow down tigers. i was only defending the awesomeness of the blasters against the jab that it was a 'newbie' pursuit.

sometimes this forum is like starting a game of global thermonuclear war - the only winning move is not to play. >>



Everybody after you was agreeing with you, and shaking our heads at JHS. Reading comprehension, buddy.

charrigan

<< <i>Everybody after you was agreeing with you >>



Yep -- I like them. And, who I am I to tell someone else what not to collect?

itzagoner

Alvin brothers. Dave and Phil. them's Blasters.

DanBessette

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<< <i>Everybody after you was agreeing with you >>



Yep -- I like them. And, who I am I to tell someone else what not to collect? >>



Amen brotha!

JHS5120

I like blaster boxes! I open them all the time, it's a guilty pleasure. So I honestly mean no offense.

I just think it's funny seeing a thread showing off unopened collections and the first poster shows several immaculate boxes of 70's wax, the next shows a few cases from the early eighties, another shows a vending box stash and it's followed up with like 10 2009 blaster boxes. Sorry, I thought it fit the thread title description well.

If no one agrees then so be it. :-P

Edited to add: I never saw that one blaster box thread (I don't really open threads with blaster in the title) so I didn't mean to single that one out. Didn't mean to come off like a d*ck. Sorry to everyone!

DanBessette

Oh haha, your timing coming right after that thread made it seem related. Just bad timing lol. No worries. We were all like "huh?" because you're better than that. Makes sense now.

WhiteTornado

<< <i>Oh haha, your timing coming right after that thread made it seem related. Just bad timing lol. No worries. We were all like "huh?" because you're better than that. Makes sense now. >>



That's what I was thinking and thanks, it does make sense now.

Fun times!

digicat

<< <i>When you're asked to associate a "year" with "Bowman", your answer is 1989. >>



I'd probably do that, because I started collecting when I was a kid in 1989.