What are your baseball card hobby pet peeves?

alohasports · 12-21-2020, 01:34 PM

What are your pet peeves when it comes to the baseball card hobby?

Mine is eBay sellers that charge $3-$4 for shipping and ship in PWE!!!

MiamiMarlinsFan · 12-21-2020, 01:37 PM

Not to be that guy, but there are about a hundred of these threads in existence already. They usually end badly. Good luck to this one though!

salas1991 · 12-21-2020, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by alohasports

What are your pet peeves when it comes to the baseball card hobby?

Mine is eBay sellers that charge $3-$4 for shipping and ship in PWE!!!

Also people who over-value ungraded lots of esp vintage singles. Can't tell you how many times I've viewed "NMMT" lots and seen EX/EXMT cards. Soft corners or 80/20 centering does not a NM/MT card make.

Gustomania · 12-21-2020, 01:41 PM

Paying taxes on cards.....I hate it!!!!!!

Boredlawyer · 12-21-2020, 02:17 PM

People selling on Facebook pages that list a card for $500, and then use language on "net to me" and tack on $4 for shipping. It's not ebay, just give me a price and call it good.

In that vein, people that try to bleed out every last penny from a flip.

Mandy1320 · 12-21-2020, 02:19 PM

Not being able to find retail.

Gustomania · 12-21-2020, 02:19 PM

Yep, I hate the net to me thing. Can’t we just say $200 Dlvd instead of like $190 net plus $4 shipping

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Originally Posted by Boredlawyer

People selling on Facebook pages that list a card for $500, and then use language on "net to me" and tack on $4 for shipping. It's not ebay, just give me a price and call it good.

In that vein, people that try to bleed out every last penny from a flip.

gmarutiak · 12-21-2020, 02:29 PM

More of a forum pet peeve, but people who use the word "sell" instead of "sale." How is this even a thing?!?!

SupermanBrandon · 12-21-2020, 02:31 PM

People that don't know how to properly ship cards (graded, raw, etc). There's some complete idiots in this hobby!

wood minis · 12-21-2020, 02:33 PM

Two pet peeves: when scarcer 'hits' are substandard in quality, and sticker autographs.

bmann33 · 12-21-2020, 02:41 PM

eBay auctions for 1 card with pictures of more than 1 or a stock photo

Using anything but blue painters tape INSIDE an envelope/package containing cards

rngrdanny22 · 12-21-2020, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Not to be that guy, but there are about a hundred of these threads in existence already. They usually end badly. Good luck to this one though!

I think the OP found yours... LOL

Bretsky · 12-21-2020, 02:44 PM

not leaving feedback once the deal is complete.

ucLAkers · 12-21-2020, 02:45 PM

SneakerBoiz and Bots and Panini Baseball EW

LVDan · 12-21-2020, 02:49 PM

Unannounced base SP autos in Topps Chrome Baseball. I like simple math that gives me an idea of how likely I am to hit a good card. The mystery behind all of that was probably the straw that broke the camel's back on wax for me a few years ago. Its one thing to have a giant auto checklist, its another to literally have no idea about how many are made of each base.

joey_peapod · 12-21-2020, 02:49 PM

Psa 10?
“True collector”
“True gem”
True gem +
True gem ++
Using sp and ssp incorrectly
Emojis in listings
I’m the mad rapper of hating stupid things lol

It’s not that bad in baseball but in basketball some idiot wrote a Jordan odds thing and everyone post the cards odds of hit x cards in set. So everything is like 1:9000 packs when it’s like a 1:4 insert. So annoying

Drew3000 · 12-21-2020, 02:49 PM

eBay listings with “hot”, “invest” “emojis”, etc

NYRE2PECT · 12-21-2020, 02:52 PM

eBay 1/1's.

MSU Bulldogs · 12-21-2020, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

eBay 1/1's.

Yep, I never click on those.

HRoark · 12-21-2020, 03:00 PM

Little one but it drives me crazy... when someone is talking about how there are a lot of copies of a given graded card - instead of saying the card has a "high pop", they say it has a "high pop reports".

monkeymcgee · 12-21-2020, 03:00 PM

Panini. I hate everything they do.

marl1220 · 12-21-2020, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

eBay 1/1's.

You beat me to it. Stupidest thing I've ever heard of. Well, maybe not the stupidest, but it's right up there.

alohasports · 12-21-2020, 03:04 PM

Or those that thing the one prospect they are hoarding is top secret! Come on! Your not the ONLY one in the world that knows about YOUR prospect!

A few others:

Pack searchers

Those that sell those mystery packs on eBay (they know that they are including any valuable cards in those packs!)

Slow eBay shippers (those that open an unpaid buyer claim them take 2-3 weeks to ship!

Those that see a good price on an item and buy ALL the copies of the card instead of leaving some for others to enjoy!

Those that will sell you their card for high book value but wants to buy your card from you for low book value!

Those that want to pay .50 cents for shipping but demand you ship in a bubble mailer and tracking (on a one dollar card!)

Remmons22 · 12-21-2020, 03:10 PM

People who make a low ball offer but put in the comments that the player is trash and you should sell fast for cheap.

Also people who win auctions and immediately ask for you to cancel the sale.

danimal875 · 12-21-2020, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gmarutiak

More of a forum pet peeve, but people who use the word "sell" instead of "sale." How is this even a thing?!?!

That used to bug me as well but Ive noticed its mostly people for whom English is a second language. I think its a translation issue.

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Gustomania Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,888	Paying taxes on cards.....I hate it!!!!!! __________________ Collecting: Sandy Koufax "Left Arm of God"

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wood minis Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Northeastern USA Posts: 4,091	Two pet peeves: when scarcer 'hits' are substandard in quality, and sticker autographs. __________________ Allen & Ginter wood mini collector

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LVDan Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 17,545	Unannounced base SP autos in Topps Chrome Baseball. I like simple math that gives me an idea of how likely I am to hit a good card. The mystery behind all of that was probably the straw that broke the camel's back on wax for me a few years ago. Its one thing to have a giant auto checklist, its another to literally have no idea about how many are made of each base. __________________ So we cheated and we lied and we tested. And we never failed to fail; it was the easiest thing to do.

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MiamiMarlinsFan Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 13,532	Not to be that guy, but there are about a hundred of these threads in existence already. They usually end badly. Good luck to this one though!

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Boredlawyer Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 2,051	People selling on Facebook pages that list a card for $500, and then use language on "net to me" and tack on $4 for shipping. It's not ebay, just give me a price and call it good. In that vein, people that try to bleed out every last penny from a flip.

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Mandy1320 Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,728 marande-5259	Not being able to find retail.

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gmarutiak Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Baltimore, MD (but Pittsburgh in my heart!) Posts: 3,136	More of a forum pet peeve, but people who use the word "sell" instead of "sale." How is this even a thing?!?!

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SupermanBrandon Banned Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: TN Posts: 15,843	People that don't know how to properly ship cards (graded, raw, etc). There's some complete idiots in this hobby!

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bmann33 Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: MN Posts: 761 bmann3333 bmann33	eBay auctions for 1 card with pictures of more than 1 or a stock photo Using anything but blue painters tape INSIDE an envelope/package containing cards

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ucLAkers Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: CaliZona Posts: 8,599 mintrobmint Totally Sucks	SneakerBoiz and Bots and Panini Baseball EW

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joey_peapod Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 3,519 K_griffey_jr_2430 Joey_peapod	Psa 10? “True collector” “True gem” True gem + True gem ++ Using sp and ssp incorrectly Emojis in listings I’m the mad rapper of hating stupid things lol It’s not that bad in baseball but in basketball some idiot wrote a Jordan odds thing and everyone post the cards odds of hit x cards in set. So everything is like 1:9000 packs when it’s like a 1:4 insert. So annoying __________________ http://s179.photobucket.com/albums/w289/nastynasqb600/

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Drew3000 Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Kentucky Posts: 862	eBay listings with “hot”, “invest” “emojis”, etc __________________ Looking for: 2010 Joey Votto Topps Black /59

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NYRE2PECT Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,899	eBay 1/1's.

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HRoark Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Dallas Posts: 117 jakai-34	Little one but it drives me crazy... when someone is talking about how there are a lot of copies of a given graded card - instead of saying the card has a "high pop", they say it has a "high pop reports".

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monkeymcgee Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: VA Posts: 10,974	Panini. I hate everything they do.

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alohasports Banned Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 173	Or those that thing the one prospect they are hoarding is top secret! Come on! Your not the ONLY one in the world that knows about YOUR prospect! A few others: Pack searchers Those that sell those mystery packs on eBay (they know that they are including any valuable cards in those packs!) Slow eBay shippers (those that open an unpaid buyer claim them take 2-3 weeks to ship! Those that see a good price on an item and buy ALL the copies of the card instead of leaving some for others to enjoy! Those that will sell you their card for high book value but wants to buy your card from you for low book value! Those that want to pay .50 cents for shipping but demand you ship in a bubble mailer and tracking (on a one dollar card!)

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Remmons22 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 2,674 Ryaemmon-2 Remm22	People who make a low ball offer but put in the comments that the player is trash and you should sell fast for cheap. Also people who win auctions and immediately ask for you to cancel the sale. __________________ I can still remember Pete Rose, on the top step of the dugout screaming, “F*** you, Shakespeare.