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Just tried to list the cards I don't want on ebay, and their whole system is so outdated, it won't work. What garbage. So annoyed.

I just checked and I have only 9 of the 30 Cincinnati Reds eTopps cards. (I have mostly the early issues). Although my trade list is still a work in progress, if anyone has extra Reds, please pm me.

Thanks,

Brian

I have a few listed for trade including a tony parker credit, nice cards in hand though

It was an interesting idea at the time. I loved the 1985-style ones (2008?) and have a few of the Mets on my wantlist. I didn't realize the "portfolios" were still active online.

Have most of mine in Our PC, here at Our Space Coast Abode.  There are a few that are still in The eTopps Warehouse, but not yet worthwhile to ship.  They are beautiful cards and guess that I should check on them again, sometime this Year . . .

Yours in The Hobby - Felix

I have a bunch in the warehouse and got no response when i asked about getting them. How did you folks go about making contact that actually got you your cards?

Thanks.

When you are logged into your eTopps account, go to MY ETOPPS - MY PORTFOLIO - TAKE DELIVERY. You can then select the ones you want and go through checkout.

Thanks, sounds simple enough. It has been so long that I even looked at this stuff.

If you get an error saying unable to process, when trying to pay. Clean your Cache & Cookies. I used a different computer instead of doing that as i had issues last time i had to clean those out. Also, customer service replied pretty fast when i had to contact them

on the one hand, Topps keeping cards in the vault seems like a dumb idea to begin with. 

on the other hand, the hobby has moved in that direction, with third parties keeping cards in he vault on behalf of collectors / traders / investors / sellers, so Topps was ahead of its time to some extent

not to mention etopps is the first step towards virtual cards / NFTs, which I still don't understand

Topps saved up front on packaging and postage, by offering e-Topps, but Topps didn't build out this model to a profitable scale, as PWCCC, other auction houses, and more recently ebay, and the auction house  end game is to make a commission on sale, when offering free storage.

I think Topps assumed that eTopps was going to be a thing, that would be offered every year, forever. I'm surprised that it hung on in some form for 10 years, seeing that they did 4 etopps cards as A&G redemptions in 2011 [baseball] with print runs of 1,000