General Forum

I've not had the pleasure of consumating a trade here yet so I'm not aware of all the nuances involved in assuring each party to a trade receives exactly what they expect. Maybe there needs to be some way to assure both parties understand exactly what version of a card is expected in trade when there are multiples versions of a card available. If a specific version is desired ,such as some factory  version vs. a wax pack version, that needs to be part of the understanding between members. I think if the version of a card is important to one of the traders, then it would be that member's responsibility to communicate that importance to the other trader.

Lots of great points on either side of the discussion.  If the site were only here to document cards, then adding the 1987 Donruss factory set with differently oriented backs would certainly be silly because it’s not possible to see the difference, but since the site also has other uses, this difference is important enough and prevalent enough to showcase in order to ensure accuracy for those who use the site for collection tracking and trading. 

Beyond a proper explanation in the release notes, another thing that could be done is for the backs to be oriented sideways as they would be if you simply turned the card over to show how they would look in the factory set and leave the current set oriented horizontally for those who want to look at the backs without craning their necks.

There seems to be a big divide between those who want to collect and document every single nuanced variation and those content with just having any version and calling it a day.  Hopefully, we’ll be able to add additional functionality to the site in the near future to try to narrow the gap between the two camps.

I’m pretty new to the site so I don’t have a definite answer on the debate of what should be added as a parallel set but I do have an idea if you want to be able to show the difference in back orientation on the scan. Go in with an editing software and make a mark under the bottom of the card. Then you can have it oriented so it’s easily read and still be able to distinguish the different orintation. I would say if you’re trading with someone and you want a specific card have them do this to verify you’re getting the right card.