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jpjanes
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vrooomed
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:50 PM | |
At least from the initial looks of the products I could readily identify in the photos, you only did about 30 cents worth of damage. :)
I was helping my friend bust a case of a recent topps product, came across a pack that weighed more than the rest, promptly dropped it on the floor as I was trying to open it - landed right on the corner.
It had a Cal Ripken Jr medallion card of some sort. He sold it for about 1/4 of the normal going rate. I felt bad and he was nice about it (he didn't physically harm me, the verbal abuse however was well-deserved). That's just the most recent thing that I can recall. I've had handfuls squirt out of my hands (I seem to like to try to handle more cards than my hand really can hold). Lose a card here and there from those, but not large scale like this. Hope they were extras and not sets or your collection.
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-- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).
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Vvvergeer
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:51 PM | |
I am pleased to say that I have never done that.
I post only to point out the wonderful fact that you used "dropbox" to post the pictures.
I'm out!
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jpjanes
Posts: 79
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:15 PM | |
Ha ha ha!! Dropbox! Ohhh I didn't even think of that!
Vrooomed, you are right. Not nearly as devastating as your anecdote... first of all it was my own stuff, and secondly, the value... I don't think I damaged any cards... remarkably is quite low anyway. 84-93 Topps baseball. The worst was, working alone in the basement, I held the 5000 box top in my hand, and flung it, frisbee style at my furnace and dinged a corner of that box top.
It could have been worse in at least four ways I can name.
DROPBOX..... that is hilarious V-cubed!
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Sportzcommish
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Joined: Oct 2016
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:24 PM | |
I can certainly say that I've NEVER done that. I can also certainly say that I've tried to handle too many in one hand that they end up under my chair and I don't even move until I'm able to locate them. So far I've never ruined anything. Good that nothing was damaged due to your carelessness - and let me point out, I don't believe in accidents. My kids grew up hearing me say that all their lives, and I stick to it. An accident is when you don't want to take responsibility. Carelessness puts that responsibility right on your shoulders. So, BE MORE RESPONSIBLE!
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Follow my blog - I Identify as a Card Collector. “Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs.” - Puddleglum in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
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jpjanes
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:37 PM | |
Commish,
Trust I know what I did and that I take your comments hopefully in the good natured way I believe you intended to deliver them. The buck stops here. I allowed the box to fall down. I was careless and I will be more responsible next time I reach for a 5,000 or 400 box, or a glass cup, a lit candle, a grenade, etc.
I gotta say, Commish, and we have talked privately a number of times, I always appreciate your comments and perspective on seemingly every post that comes across this screen. Won't you please keep a good eye on us?
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Lugnut80
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:38 PM | |
Been there. Mine was in the parking lot of the apartment I was moving into. I don't recall losing anything to valuable in that one, and my collection was in disarray at the time so wasn't too traumatic.
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jpjanes
Posts: 79
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:48 PM | |
I spent probably an hour and a quarter seated on the concrete floor putting things back in order, and, as I have wanted to for a while anyway, into their own 400, 550, 800 etc boxes. Not in utter disarray prior, nor outdoors with a bunch of people around either. I could afford to lose the contents and did pay a little, but not much, time for my bonehead screw-up.
Has that cold front hit you over in Iowa yet, Mike?
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Sportzcommish
Posts: 6,007
Joined: Oct 2016
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:56 PM | |
Josh, yes, please take it as an attempt at humor with a fatherly (or grandfatherly) touch.
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Follow my blog - I Identify as a Card Collector. “Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs.” - Puddleglum in The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
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rmpaq5
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Joined: Nov 2014
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019 10:22 PM | |
The family cat, who is sadly no longer with us, once tipped over my glass of red wine I was enjoying when sorting that took out a bunch of 2011 Bowman Draft cards. Luckily no Trouts were stained in the process.
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