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Hi, everyone: I love the Trading Card Database and would enjoy knowing why folks originally came here. Did you come to catalogue your collection or were you looking for a place to trade? Or both?

I got back into card collecting this past summer after a long, long layoff. The pandemic kept me at home more than in the past and at loose ends. So, I dragged out my old card collection with the intention of cataloguing it to either keep or sell. In the process, I fell in love with cards again and decided emphatically that I not only wanted to keep my cards but add to my collection.

First, I needed a basic checklist. I figured there had to be somewhere online where I could store my checklist and have a record of everything I had. TCDB actually isn't the first site I tried. There is another one that I looked at, but it didn't have nearly as many cards listed as this one. Some cards in my collection are a little obscure, and after about an hour, I saw I had plenty of cards that site didn't list.

So, I came here to catalogue. Didn't think at all about trading, which I do now. Or participating in forums, which I do occasionally. Or actively helping with the site, which I've done through adding scanned images of cards or noticing errors. Thank you to experienced members who have encouraged and advised along the way. I visit regularly now for trading, forums, to help, and to get help.

But, I came here originally to catalogue. What about you?

While I've been back in the hobby for years, like you, I first came here for the checklists. That led to eventually cataloging and later, trading. I don't participate in the forums much but who knows, maybe that will increase too. Thanks for sharing your story and glad you've rediscovered that love for cards!

Me too. I started at Zistle just as it died off. Reading the message boards made me realize I was on a sinking ship and got out before I had too many thousand loaded! Then in my searches I found this one and never left. I too never even thought of trading before I came here but it's been great. I love the database and it's functions but trading has been a huge plus.

I came here originally looking for checklists.  This site has the most accurate checklists I have ever eeen.  I stayed to keep track of my collection, and I have enjoed my time here very much.

I like the feeling that I'm collecting with others. I collected on my own for about 12 years and it got quite boring, not being able to "share" my hobby with other people.

i first stumbled apon the sight looking for checklist, and then would use the site for card indetifing.  Then once the "Card Collector" software went out of buisiness i was looking for somewhere else to track my collection and thats when i found you could do it on here.  Once i got my collection all logged thats when i found the trading function.  Basically  the only site i need anymore.

Found the place looking for checklists on the web and signed up a few years back, returned in 2019 and found a bunch of cards I didn't know I was missing so I got back into the hobby again for things other than just the new hobby Upper Deck hockey, then I decided to catalog my whole collection and help out with missing image scans, then I found the forum and tried to offer help here and there with my limited permissions (and I got a lot of heat early on for my work on the Fleer stickers. Damn newbie! ), then I decided to go for the top permissions and gain full access to really help out the site with IRs and checklist edits and got to L8, then I helped the site a little more by donating to sponsor the Carson Wentz and Bryce Harper profile pages (heads up, Wentz will be available in a few weeks!), and now here we are. I visit every day to check the forums and the IRs or work on a huge project to fix a checklist.

I came looking for some checklists not listed elsewhere and saw the passion people put into this database.  I do what I can to help expand this database by adding any unique Topps Finest football cards, packaging, ads, etc to hopefully help someone else.

Ed, you've helped out with some IRs I've turned in. I appreciate that.

I came for the succulent rib-eye steak and baked potatoes, saw quickly there were none, since then i have met many fantastic individuals and keep scouring where i can add a pic here and there and get help from the super folks that `hang out` here on this site.

Even being involved in the hobby for over 40 years 1 still can`t possibly know it all. Here is where the hobbys`` gems(the members) reside!