ALMOST my worst day in a long long time!

TheMcgwireMuseum · April 13, 2008 4:11AM

So I paid over $300 for a rare McGwire card that I needed, and I am ecstatic to find it should easily grade Gem Mint once I got it in the mail. I decide to scan it before I send it in so I can have a great raw image for my website, and I get a little sidetracked after eating lunch and forget that its on the scanner bed. I go to scan another batch of cards, and opened the lid pretty quickly forgetting the card is there. The card sticks to the lid as I open it, and slides down making a sickening "cardboard meets plastic" noise. The lid was at a perfect angle and shoots the card right down into the paper feed INTO the inside of my printer/scanner. After running in circle repeating "ohgodohgodohgod..." and take a breath, I start trying to get my card back. The thought of having to pick the printer up and shaking it upside down like a piggybank to get my card was making me sick. I ended up having to tilt the scanner back just a little until I could see the card, and then put some tape on the end of a ruler and fished it out. Imagine my surprise when I got the card out and found NO DAMAGE whatsoever. I can't believe it! The card must have landed perfectly on its side when it made the noise!

calaban7 · April 13, 2008 4:21AM

I thought that stuff like this only happened to me.

With a little pretending, you could almost swear it was another variation of the "The dog ate my homework".

StanTheManMusial · April 13, 2008 4:32AM

What Mac card was it?

Glad it worked out well, and no damage.

TheMcgwireMuseum · April 13, 2008 4:39AM

2001 Donruss Elite Prime Numbers #'d/4. Just another "shiny" card to some.

perkdog · April 13, 2008 4:52AM

<< 2001 Donruss Elite Prime Numbers #'d/4. Just another "shiny" card to some. >>

"Shiny" card or not, you treasure it so its more than just that right! Glad your card was saved.

bluemarlin · April 13, 2008 5:33AM

Man I can only imagine how sickening that must have felt,Glad the card wasn't damaged.

Jake

Stone193 · April 13, 2008 6:32AM

I think everyone has done something dumb with cards or other stuff over the years - it's part of the hobby I guess.

At least your story had a very happy ending!

swartz1 · April 13, 2008 6:35AM

I stopped reading after you said a $300 mcgwire card...are there really some out there?

TheMcgwireMuseum · April 13, 2008 6:55AM

<< ...are there really some out there? >>

Nope. Not a one.

swartz1 · April 13, 2008 8:39AM

I didnt think so...

for a minute I thought you were implying there was more than one...ha

1960toppsguy · April 13, 2008 9:52AM

good thing about it, it was only a McGuire card, imagine if it had been something worth some money.

dalemurphycollector · April 13, 2008 11:14AM

Well at least you didn't just find out that your girlfriend is pregnant, or worst, it could have been a Dale Murphy card that almost got damaged

TheMcgwireMuseum · April 13, 2008 11:29AM

<< Well at least you didn't just find out that your girlfriend is pregnant >>

I KNOW, my wife woulda been PISSED!

elsnorto · April 13, 2008 12:14PM

<< 

<< Well at least you didn't just find out that your girlfriend is pregnant >>

I KNOW, my wife woulda been PISSED! >>

I do not say this often, nor without suitable merit...

Snorto~

ALMOST my worst day in a long long time!

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