General Forum

Gents/Ladies,

I recently puchased one of the 2019 Topps Big League SP player variations from an eBay seller with a 100% rating. The seller was absolutely perfect in every way -- super quick turnaround and professional-level packaging of the card for an uber-reasonable shipping cost. BUT, when I slid the card out of the top loader I discovered the card itself was very thin and somewhat flimsy.  Way more so than the other Big League cards I had previously opened from a retail blaster.  I'm talking '90 Donruss level of cheap card stock.  My initial thought was that somehow the card was a fake, but it goes against everything else projected by the seller through his professionalism.

So, I guess my question is this : Has anyone else come across an SP or any other card from his year's Big League product that is way less sturdy than the normal base in terms of card stock?  Could this card just be an anamoloy?  Is it possible that the card could be counterfeit?  And if so, how could I even tell?

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I've been handling cards for far too many years of my life to let this one just go without any sort of further thought.

Thanks,

MKaz

curious did you ask the seller if they pulled it directly from a pack?

FWIW, I pulled a gold version of the Pete Alonso card and it seemed normal. I've opened a fair amount of Big League this year and haven't pulled any of the base SPs, though.

I opened a ton of Big League.  The three rookie short prints (Alonso, Tatis, Eloy) were all on different stock and extremely flimsy.  I got 2-3 of each and they were all the same.  My guess is they were rushed into the product, hence the lousy look.  I put them all in hard plastic almost immediately as I was scared they wouldn't take any sort of accidental abuse.

Thanks to everyone for their feedback!!!!  You especially, griffey423.  Def put my mind at ease!