My biggest pet-peeve question: How many hundreds of fake packs are in PSA Slapped holders? I think 1,000 would be a conservative estimate.
Answer: "...OK, lets say your correct in thinking 1000 packs is a conservative estimate. We have done just barely over 100,000 packs (including the ones that don’t show in the population report because they are bad). So that means we got 99% of them correct..."
The few people here that appoint themselves the sheriff of CU. Invading members privacy that they surely wouldn't share. Then doing the exact same things they accuse/berate others of doing. Although, if the moderators appointed and deputized them to har***** then I do apologize.
Trolls=Hypocrites
Also, those who ask and take but give very little in return.
And I love the very one-sided B/S/T/ threads. Then they get mad that they have no takers or anyone willing to basically give away their cards to make their collection better.
Well I just got reminded of one of my cl*****ics in one of the latest SI issues...once again some idiot referred to the Miami Dolphins as "Fish" (the article/writeup was titled "Fish Tales"...dolphins are not fish!!
The few people here that appoint themselves the sheriff of CU. Invading members privacy that they surely wouldn't share. Then doing the exact same things they accuse/berate others of doing. Although, if the moderators appointed and deputized them to har***** then I do apologize.
Trolls=Hypocrites
Also, those who ask and take but give very little in return.
And I love the very one-sided B/S/T/ threads. Then they get mad that they have no takers or anyone willing to basically give away their cards to make their collection better.
Vent over - time to hit the Holiday crowds.
Spot on, really. PSA needs to upgrade the board somehow. I rarely use it and I'm sure others are the same. I never see the big collectors on the board. Perhaps a few are but I think most say forget it.
Basketball is dumb for allowing fouls to actually be a GOOD strategy at the end of the game. Does anyone watch basketball to see the free throws? If a player is fouled, he should shoot one (or two) free throws and then his team should get the ball back.
I know Dick Vitale hates this too but as I explained to my wife it's very important strategery (as Rush Limbaugh likes to call it) especially come NCAA Tournament time it's roughly like an intentional walk in baseball...to a non-baseball fan it may seem nuts to walk a guy on purpose (or foul a guy on purpose in basketball) but it's an important part of what makes college basketball distinctive from the NBA. Shoot I couldn't even tell you off the top of my head if they even do that in the NBA (considering it's best of seven playoffs).
I don't think you understood my point. Yes, it is often a good strategy to foul on purpose near the end of game. Allowing it to be a good strategy is stupid. A team shouldn't be able to benefit from committing a foul. A harsher penalty for fouling would help to prevent it from happening. And it's basically the same in the NCAA and the NBA.
Originally posted by: Estil If you're using Feebay just type "-mini" with your search.
Thanks, that worked. Now my pet peeve is sellers that list 1975 common psa 9's for $40 or more. Many of them on ebay now from one seller making it hard to find reasonably priced cards.
Originally posted by: Estil What's wrong with those?
you mean besides unscupulous sellers, aka thieves/crooks/miscreants/scumbags, artificially aging/altering them and trying to p***** them off as the real thing?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
edit: hmm... I guess you are not allowed to use the word p.a.s.s here, huh?
To go along with the free throw high fives, how about batters calling timeout and leaving the Box between every pitch to adjust batting gloves. Good grief, get in the box and stay there.
When announcers say; First down and more! This is still a drinking game. What is more than a first down?
I take it to mean the runner has gained enough yardage for a first down and then keeps going to gain even more yardage beyond that first down marker, lol..
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.
I mentioned this one before but commentators saying "so and so team deserved this championship"...ummm, as long as they won it fair and square why would they NOT deserve it?
To go along with the free throw high fives, how about batters calling timeout and leaving the Box between every pitch to adjust batting gloves. Good grief, get in the box and stay there.
Bingo! The Brewers' Ryan Braun is the worst.
I can maybe see readjusting batting gloves after taking a big swing, but he does it even when he
takes a pitch. His batter's box rain-delay has singularly caused me to dislike him as a
Originally posted by: craig44 To go along with the free throw high fives, how about batters calling timeout and leaving the Box between every pitch to adjust batting gloves. Good grief, get in the box and stay there.
Wait. What? Adjusting batting gloves? Where, inside their jockstraps?
Here's a related gem from a sign at my dorm at UK (Blanding 3 to be exact) among other things:
Please no TP rolls in the toilet.
Don't ask...
I worked at a place with poor plumbing. There was a sign in the bathroom that said "do not flush anything other than toilet paper." I wrote, "what do I do with my poop??"
I mentioned this one before but commentators saying "so and so team deserved this championship"...ummm, as long as they won it fair and square why would they NOT deserve it?
Players who win a championship and then subsequently insinuate that some form of deity
was on their side for the win and influenced the game in order for a preferred team to win. This is not ancient mythological Greece.
Just saw the press conference welcoming Zimmerman to the Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit owner's wig is my new pet peeve. That thing is a disgrace to the game of baseball. LOL.
And they can sign whoever they want, they're still going to play with lifeless, lackluster energy. And Miggy's going to be another year older and 10 lbs. heavier. Wonder how much time on the disabled list next year?
There's a dynasty in progress in the A.L. Central and its not the last place Tigers.
stewies on it. On here you have to be careful of accusing anyone of deception. And by deception i mean aliases (we know who you are), trying to fool everyone on, lets say, your collection or recent addition(s) etc. But if you don't see it then thats ok. There are more than a few that are wondering or very confident in a deception going on. Thats the elephant. Or the king. The story goes everyone can see the reality but didnt want to speak up. The aliases are what they are, not a big deal to me. Wouldn't you agree?
stewies on it. On here you have to be careful of accusing anyone of deception. And by deception i mean aliases (we know who you are), trying to fool everyone on, lets say, your collection or recent addition(s) etc. But if you don't see it then thats ok. There are more than a few that are wondering or very confident in a deception going on. Thats the elephant. Or the king. The story goes everyone can see the reality but didnt want to speak up. The aliases are what they are, not a big deal to me. Wouldn't you agree?
Just my opinion.
Nobody has any idea what the heck you're talking about BUT shouldn't an obvious alt be careful about bringing attention upon alts? Pots and black kettles and elephant kings with no pants.
Originally posted by: thebaseballcardkid stewies on it. On here you have to be careful of accusing anyone of deception. And by deception i mean aliases (we know who you are), trying to fool everyone on, lets say, your collection or recent addition(s) etc. But if you don't see it then thats ok. There are more than a few that are wondering or very confident in a deception going on. Thats the elephant. Or the king. The story goes everyone can see the reality but didnt want to speak up. The aliases are what they are, not a big deal to me. Wouldn't you agree?
Just my opinion.
Pretty jaded for a guy that's been on the board for only 3 months.
Ok sheriff. The elephant is the largest thread in the last two days and no one saying, up front, that something doesn't seem right. There are a lot of people PMing that they just don't believe it. Ill spell it out. ROBERTO CLEMENTE. Any questions or attacks now? Out of 200 congratulations only 2-3 are airing their disbelief.
1. 19 cards all the same "off centeredness" except lo and behold the most valuable card, rare card that is universally difficult to find centered.
2. The print marks, smudges, roller lines present only on one card but not the 19 others. Hmm.
3. The sorting or sequencing is correct except for maybe ONE card.
4. 2 Mays and then a RC. Should be playing the lottery.
Im saying what a great majority is thinking. Thats my opinion.
Dan, nice to meet you sheriff. Especially with over 5000 posts in less than 2 years. And if you don't see it then you're naive. Or out of the loop. I'd say the latter.
And I agree with you the one alias on this page is a MONSTER or perhaps a WARRIOR. Ok, gotta bounce.
Jaded from collecting for over 40 years and tired of the stealing, lying, cheating, deceiving etc. All for a buck. It all started with our parents getting ripped off by dealers when we were young. Then us as teens. And if you say jaded as a negative then you haven't been on ebay, bidding from certain auction houses or buying certain unopened. Yeah, Im the bad guy. There are some nice Mantles PSA 9s cheap and 1952 Mantles cheap on ebay that you should be buying then. Ok, my rant is done.
And I know for a fact some of the big name guys on here who we all respect are having great difficulty believing the rip. Some that rarely post anymore but we are friends. What do I know? But I do believe them. Theyve forgotten more than Ill ever know and their opinions are what got me started here. Believe them and not me.
I have absolutely zero opinions about the validity of the clemente pack. I'll be the first to say, that I know absolutely nothing about sequencing, cuts this way, cuts that way, etc.
However my handle does have the word "monster" and if you are insinuating that I am that "warrior" fellow then you certainly know less than I do in regards to the clemente pack.
Of course as g***r once said: "there is always room for more foot in your mouth".
I'd do a little more research before you start throwing accusations around or tell us that you invented the exclamation point next.
Comments
Answer: "...OK, lets say your correct in thinking 1000 packs is a conservative estimate. We have done just barely over 100,000 packs (including the ones that don’t show in the population report because they are bad). So that means we got 99% of them correct..."
From: "Steve Hart"
Date: January 28, 2015 at 12:26:30 PM EST
Subject: Re: Nice job Steve Hart & PSA, nice job!
Trolls=Hypocrites
Also, those who ask and take but give very little in return.
And I love the very one-sided B/S/T/ threads. Then they get mad that they have no takers or anyone willing to basically give away their cards to make their collection better.
Vent over - time to hit the Holiday crowds.
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
The fact that they constipate my "51 and 53 Mantle psa" searches!
Too funny
ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
The few people here that appoint themselves the sheriff of CU. Invading members privacy that they surely wouldn't share. Then doing the exact same things they accuse/berate others of doing. Although, if the moderators appointed and deputized them to har***** then I do apologize.
Trolls=Hypocrites
Also, those who ask and take but give very little in return.
And I love the very one-sided B/S/T/ threads. Then they get mad that they have no takers or anyone willing to basically give away their cards to make their collection better.
Vent over - time to hit the Holiday crowds.
Spot on, really. PSA needs to upgrade the board somehow. I rarely use it and I'm sure others are the same. I never see the big collectors on the board. Perhaps a few are but I think most say forget it.
The fact that they constipate my "51 and 53 Mantle psa" searches!
Try collecting 75 topps. All the mini's come up in my searches along with the regular sized cards.
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Basketball is dumb for allowing fouls to actually be a GOOD strategy at the end of the game. Does anyone watch basketball to see the free throws? If a player is fouled, he should shoot one (or two) free throws and then his team should get the ball back.
I know Dick Vitale hates this too but as I explained to my wife it's very important strategery (as Rush Limbaugh likes to call it) especially come NCAA Tournament time it's roughly like an intentional walk in baseball...to a non-baseball fan it may seem nuts to walk a guy on purpose (or foul a guy on purpose in basketball) but it's an important part of what makes college basketball distinctive from the NBA. Shoot I couldn't even tell you off the top of my head if they even do that in the NBA (considering it's best of seven playoffs).
I don't think you understood my point. Yes, it is often a good strategy to foul on purpose near the end of game. Allowing it to be a good strategy is stupid. A team shouldn't be able to benefit from committing a foul. A harsher penalty for fouling would help to prevent it from happening. And it's basically the same in the NCAA and the NBA.
If you're using Feebay just type "-mini" with your search.
Thanks, that worked.
Now my pet peeve is sellers that list 1975 common psa 9's for $40 or more. Many of them on ebay now from one seller making it hard to find reasonably priced cards.
What's wrong with those?
you mean besides unscupulous sellers, aka thieves/crooks/miscreants/scumbags, artificially aging/altering them and trying to p***** them off as the real thing?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
edit: hmm... I guess you are not allowed to use the word p.a.s.s here, huh?
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
Pet peeve: use of the word Feebay.
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
When announcers say; First down and more! This is still a drinking game. What is more than a first down?
I take it to mean the runner has gained enough yardage for a first down and then keeps going to gain even more yardage beyond that first down marker, lol..
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.
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
To go along with the free throw high fives, how about batters calling timeout and leaving the Box between every pitch to adjust batting gloves. Good grief, get in the box and stay there.
Bingo! The Brewers' Ryan Braun is the worst.
I can maybe see readjusting batting gloves after taking a big swing, but he does it even when he
takes a pitch. His batter's box rain-delay has singularly caused me to dislike him as a
player.
One thin slice of TP left on the roll.
Donald Trump's hair.
Mountain bikers using the left hand turn lane.
Denis Leary.
To go along with the free throw high fives, how about batters calling timeout and leaving the Box between every pitch to adjust batting gloves. Good grief, get in the box and stay there.
Wait. What? Adjusting batting gloves? Where, inside their jockstraps?
Running out of TP and not telling me.
People who act like McDonalds changes their menu weekly (shouldn't take 15 minutes to order a damn burger).
People who try to talk football, but have very little clue what they're talking about.
Noobs of any kind
Positive BST: WhiteThunder (x2), Ajaan, onefasttalon, mirabela, Wizard1, cucamongacoin, mccardguy1
Negative BST: NONE!
Please no TP rolls in the toilet.
Don't ask...
D's: 54S,53P,50P,49S,45D+S,44S,43D,41S,40D+S,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 37,38,47,151,193,241,435,570,610,654,655 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
Here's a related gem from a sign at my dorm at UK (Blanding 3 to be exact) among other things:
Please no TP rolls in the toilet.
Don't ask...
I worked at a place with poor plumbing. There was a sign in the bathroom that said "do not flush anything other than toilet paper." I wrote, "what do I do with my poop??"
I mentioned this one before but commentators saying "so and so team deserved this championship"...ummm, as long as they won it fair and square why would they NOT deserve it?
Players who win a championship and then subsequently insinuate that some form of deity
was on their side for the win and influenced the game in order for a preferred team to win. This is not ancient mythological Greece.
The Detroit owner's wig is my new pet peeve. That thing is a disgrace to the game of baseball. LOL.
And they can sign whoever they want, they're still going to play with lifeless, lackluster energy. And Miggy's going to be another year older and 10 lbs. heavier. Wonder how much time on the disabled list next year?
There's a dynasty in progress in the A.L. Central and its not the last place Tigers.
BINS/BO at $23, offer $20 gets rejected
The terms "living wage" or "fixed income"
NFL clock running on out of bounds play
The term "clocking the ball"
Duck face selfies
The king wears no clothes, yet everyone is saying how good he looks and won't comment on it.
Now, for my next trick....
Just my opinion.
stewies on it. On here you have to be careful of accusing anyone of deception. And by deception i mean aliases (we know who you are), trying to fool everyone on, lets say, your collection or recent addition(s) etc. But if you don't see it then thats ok. There are more than a few that are wondering or very confident in a deception going on. Thats the elephant. Or the king. The story goes everyone can see the reality but didnt want to speak up. The aliases are what they are, not a big deal to me. Wouldn't you agree?
Just my opinion.
Nobody has any idea what the heck you're talking about BUT shouldn't an obvious alt be careful about bringing attention upon alts? Pots and black kettles and elephant kings with no pants.
Nobody has any idea what the heck you're talking about
Not true DanBissette.
stewies on it. On here you have to be careful of accusing anyone of deception. And by deception i mean aliases (we know who you are), trying to fool everyone on, lets say, your collection or recent addition(s) etc. But if you don't see it then thats ok. There are more than a few that are wondering or very confident in a deception going on. Thats the elephant. Or the king. The story goes everyone can see the reality but didnt want to speak up. The aliases are what they are, not a big deal to me. Wouldn't you agree?
Just my opinion.
Pretty jaded for a guy that's been on the board for only 3 months.
1. 19 cards all the same "off centeredness" except lo and behold the most valuable card, rare card that is universally difficult to find centered.
2. The print marks, smudges, roller lines present only on one card but not the 19 others. Hmm.
3. The sorting or sequencing is correct except for maybe ONE card.
4. 2 Mays and then a RC. Should be playing the lottery.
Im saying what a great majority is thinking. Thats my opinion.
Dan, nice to meet you sheriff. Especially with over 5000 posts in less than 2 years. And if you don't see it then you're naive. Or out of the loop. I'd say the latter.
And I agree with you the one alias on this page is a MONSTER or perhaps a WARRIOR. Ok, gotta bounce.
Ok, my rant is done.
And I know for a fact some of the big name guys on here who we all respect are having great difficulty believing the rip. Some that rarely post anymore but we are friends. What do I know? But I do believe them. Theyve forgotten more than Ill ever know and their opinions are what got me started here. Believe them and not me.
However my handle does have the word "monster" and if you are insinuating that I am that "warrior" fellow then you certainly know less than I do in regards to the clemente pack.
Of course as g***r once said: "there is always room for more foot in your mouth".
I'd do a little more research before you start throwing accusations around or tell us that you invented the exclamation point next.