The winner last night was: Jafronius
Now let's get busy. I'm starting off with the monster boxes that I returned. It has been awhile so I'll re-freshen your memory. I regret returning those boxes. I completely misunderstood what he was saying on what he was giving me for the return. $50.00 a box, that I paid $250.00 for, sure I cherry picked them, but it was pretty much still had all of the same cards as I had pulled. I returned three. So for $150.00 I wish that I had just kept them for trade, those were great cards in those boxes. That works out to 2 cents apiece I wish I just kept them. Anyways, he slapped a couple of hundys on the table, said he didnt have change and I was already in shock, so I said I would rather just trade for them. I squeezed out a little more from the trade, but still. Live and learn. I will not be buying "boxes" from him again. That doesn't mean I won't dig through his boxes, but only as a last resort. You see He also had some Big League which had just been released and that was part of what I was trading for, he had the GOLD Hank Aaron, and a few other color cards. But, he pulled all of the colored cards back out. Hence last resort if I buy from him again. He'll figure it out.
At least he left the regular foil cards. Needless to say, I did not spend a penny with him at the May show. Like I said he'll eventually figure it out.
Now let's knock out a couple of other vendors while we're at it.
The following came from Daryl or Kyle's cards. I put them together as the cost was .75 a card.
Alright that is good for tonight, have a great weekend, needless to say I will be refraining from card shows this weekend (there are 3 of them). UGH!
You need to send some of those cards to me ... That's some high-level negotiating there, I don't do any of that at shows -- too stressful and I don't have the head for it.
ReplyDeleteThat Kaline/Murph auto is really nice.
ReplyDeleteKaline and Murphy seems like an odd combination for a dual-auto card. Is there some connection between the two, or was it just a random pairing?
ReplyDeleteI have no clue
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ReplyDeleteThose 8-Bit Ballers cards look so similar to the custom stickers Nine Pockets made that I think he's entitled to a cut of the royalties.
Some really great stuff there. The one that I am jealous of is the Ionix Chipper insert. Love that set.
ReplyDeleteNice cards. Very nice group of relics and autos. Too bad the show deal didn't work out like you thought it would. Have an awesome weekend.
ReplyDeleteNice Manning and Snell autos!!
ReplyDeleteYou should tough it out and go to the shows! You won’t regret it!
I don't want to risk giving whatever I have to someone else.
DeleteAlso, is that Screetch card up for trade? I’ll probably be seeing him in a few weeks at a Nats game.
ReplyDeleteI've already packaged those mascots up for some one else. sorry.
DeleteThat’s totally fine.
DeleteThe Ronald Acuña autos are sweet and so is the Kaline / Murphy dual, even though they are on stickers and not on card.
ReplyDeleteA lot of good things on 2023 Big League this year.
ReplyDeleteHope yall have a terrific weekend.
Wow, that's a ton of relics!
ReplyDeleteWoo, back in the win column! I don't have the courage or patience to wheel and deal like you do. All those relics though!
ReplyDeleteThere really isn't much wheeling & dealing.. I pull my stack and if I didn't tell the seller in advance I expect a good BULK deal, then I ask how much and either I'm good with it (which is most cases) or I say what I had in mind. They usually take that and if not I put the cards back in the boxes (rarely). example. How much? $50.00, I was thinking $30.00. done.
DeleteI usually round everything down to the nearest multiple of $20 and offer that.
DeleteWow, love seeing so many great cards. The Big League inserts really are cool.
ReplyDeleteNice Acuna autos. Every time my kid asks me to buy him a hobby box, I always say 'wouldn't you just rather I buy you an Acuna auto or something instead?'
I like a lot of those big league inserts. I hate that most of them aren't one-per-team.
ReplyDeleteYour card hauls are insane. Love the framed Acuna auto! The Kaline and Murphy dual auto is cool too. Any idea why UD paired them up?
ReplyDeleteno clue, I didn't read the back so it might say. I'll check it out once I put it in Murphy's binder.
ReplyDeleteLots of great stuff here. I'm like you at shows, I like to wheel and deal and almost never pay the asking price.
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