UPDATES:
4/4/24 - trading is turned BACK ON, let the offers being (once again 😎✌🏻)….BUT … pls, pls, PLS, allow me to reiterate this, with peace and love, although I DO realize my waitlist is fairly smaller compared to some of yours, try to avoid sending me smaller (less than 5 cards per side) deals if at all possible, thanks!!!
3/13/24 - I 'think' I am going to embark on working on ALL non numbered variations of the 22 and 23 NBA Prizm Monopoly sets, it is WAY more involved than I anticipated it would be with the original thought, but easily my favorite sport and board game growing ups, so why not...
3/12/24 - my son and my Pacers/Magic game experience was a GREAT success, not so much autographically (?), although HE was able to pull down 8 different players' autos (pics to be posted in the forum, hopefully), but the luxury seats were 1st class...access ALL around the court, through each team's tunnels before/during/after games, and all you can eat food/drink...we strongly recommended this experience to anyone willing to fork out a few 'extra' bucks who wants a close to the game action!
On that note, I am going to begin PCing former Arizona and now Pacers PG TJ McConnell, he is the epitome of hard work, a scrappy player who honestly just doesn't look like he belongs on the court with these other giants, but is a BEAST (he had 16/7/7 that game we went to), and oozes confidence, but in a professional way....he was extremely kind to my son after the Pacer win, so that goes a long way to me
2/4/24 - This may be common sense, but I have begun paying more attention on the scarcity/availability of cards on my FST list when comparing each side of the deal - many times, if I have THE only card on the site, I will use that as 'value' in consideration to what I am seeking in these trades - it may not be the most valuable card, but if its the only one available for trade and (for example 50+ people have it on their wantlist, to ME - it holds more value...and again, I am probably not breaking any new ground with this statement, I just wanted this to be here for when members read my profile on reasoning behind these proposals and counter offers
1/23/24 - My 13 year old son and I are fortunate enough to have 2nd row seats for the Pacers @ Magic game on 3/10, and we will have access to the player tunnel before and after the game, SO, my goal until then is to obtain as many RCs of players from those 2 teams to attempt to get autographed!
12/30/23 - I am officially back open for business! So fire away on the trades...
I have began collecting Taysom Hill and Johnny Hekker cards, but as always, Derrick Henry remains my main focus
6/23/23 - I have began branching off beginning PCs of lesser known hoopers that had much relevance to me during my playing days in the 90s:
-Eric Piatkowski (I wore his jersey # 52 my Jr/Sr years, he was a caucasian, 6'7'', 215ish, SF/PF - the EXACT same specs of myself as a player around the same era)
-Tommy Kleinschmidt (Similar to Eric P's backstory, I began wearing a sleeveless shirt underneath my game jerseys bc of him, AND he has a small part in Hoop Dreams, one of my favorite docs)
-Arthur Agee and William Gates (stars of the aforementioned doc Hoop Dreams)
-Chris Herren (maybe the most confident caucasian hooper I have ever seen in person, his BABC AAU summer league performances here in Jax in 1994 were E P I C...)
6/15/23 - I have recently been selling more, I’m ALWAYS open to a sale, even the larger variety, and I pride myself on being very quick and efficient, so you WILL get your cards quick if payment is made quick, just fyi, if you can’t find enough to trade for from MY wantlist, this is ALWAYS a viable option ✌️😎
6/10/23 - I am beginning to find/look for/be told abt more and more NBA and NFL trivia cards/set.....again, I am not a huge set collector, but I am a HUGE trivia guy, so I am open to new sub sets (?) with any years trivia from these 2 leagues, pls don't hesitate to let me know of one that you are aware of that maybe I'm not, thanks!
5/7/23 - im not a huge set collector, and have mainly shot for NON numbered/patch/autos for my PC players, mainly base, insert and some parallels, so, im NOW slowly looking to get some of these numbered/patch/autos for my PC players and, willing to give up much more TO get these items, if you have items like this for my PC players that aren’t yet on my wantlist, pls don’t hesitate to reach out to offer, thanks!
4/27/23 - recent years of absolute and illusions football FST card listings may be inaccurate, as I may have logged them as hobby when they are actually retail, so pls specify which one you need when proposing or countering a trade, thnx
FELLOW COLLECTORS - I LOVE my late 80's-mid 90's basketball and football cards, 89 nba hoops being my favorite to rip as a 11-12 yr old hoops junkie...now that i have completed my sets for 89 AND 90 nba hoops sets, i am on the hunt to find the announcer/special checklist cards card for these same years, as well as finishing up my (innagural years) 90 skybox basketball and 91 upper deck basketball sets, I also started putting together my birth year’s 1977 Topps basketball and my son’s birth year 2011 NBA Hoops basketball sets
(current TCDB ranking, as of 1/2024)
Former NBA players I collect:
Magic Johnson ( 55 )
Larry Bird ( 32 )
Chris Mullin ( 10 )
Hakeem Olajuwon ( 28 )
Jason Kidd ( 29 )
Pete Maravich ( 60 )
Eric Piatkowski ( 6 )
Chris Herren ( 7 )
Arthur Agee ( 2 )
William Gates ( 2 )
...and current NBA players I collect:
Anthony Edwards ( 5 )
Boban Marjanovic ( 3 )
Bol Bol ( 8 )
University of Kentucky (UK) basketball players only in UK uniform ( 17 )
Former NFL stars I collect:
- Barry Sanders ( 48 )
- Ed Reed ( 8 )
- Larry Fitzgerald ( 9 )
...and current NFL players I collect:
*DERRICK HENRY* aka The Yulee Bulldozer (#1...and always my #1 priority)
- Patrick Mahomes ( 23 )
- Travis Kelce ( 3, and will probably never get any higher - 1 has 626, 2 has 564 )
- Josh Allen ( 16 )
- Tyrann Mathieu ( 3 )
- DK Metcalf ( 4 )
- Justin Tucker ( 4 )
- Johnny Hekker ( 13 )
- Taysom Hill ( 4 )
- University of Kentucky (UK) football players only in UK uniform ( 5 )
AND, local athletes I collect:
Jeff Cox (ME! Well, not really, but a baseball player with the same name...) ( ONLY 29th, but I need that # 1 spot! )
James Collins ( 1 )
Andre Cooper ( 9 )
Doug Sessions ( 2 )
Marlyn Tisdale ( 4 )
My 13 year old son also dabbles in collecting, so I trade for him as well, as he is a basketball junkie like his pops:
he LOVES/LOVED Kobe Bryant (his personal GOAT)
also - Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Dame Time, The (3, yes, even good ole Dell) Curry's, and other current NBA super stars
***I prefer to do trades of 18-27 (ish) cards or less (please, no deals smaller than 4-6 cards each, to BOTH get our money's worth on postage) to allow me to safely place 2-3 cards (max) per slot on a 9 slot folded, sleeved page to be sent between 2 pieces of (painter's) taped cereal board in a long PWE, to be able to use a standard stamp and avoid large shipping cost, however, we can do larger trades if need be, no problem, as this is just what i have found works most efficiently since i have been on this site...i am always game for shipping tricks, so please feel free to share them wih me anytime!***
*** CONDITION - like some of your FST lists, please do not expect older cards (mainly baseball and football, 1990 and prior) to be in 'grading' condition, as these have seen 30+ years of exchanging ownership, and appear that way as well, however, they are more than suitable for PCs and set completion, but, if you have questions about a particular card on my FST list prior to agreeing to a trade, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you would like to see photos of those card/s prior to our trade being agreed upon
*** VARIATION/ERROR cards - some of the variations.error cards (especially baseball, Donruss comes to mind) are not listed correctly, as it is very tedious to input, based on small, not so visible * and/or letters on older cards, so, please advise me on the deal proposal or counter if are seeking a particular variation/error card and i will confirm ASAP if i have that one you are seeking
***COUNTER OFFERS - During a counter offer, I will generally never remove any cards you are requesting on your side of the deal, unless I realize the card is no longer in my inventory, however, in the event I do feel I need to remove something, I WILL advise you which card is being removed, so you are fully aware before moving forward on the deal..no funny business going on here, AND, I expect the same thing, I respect and follow good, honest business practice, and would greatly appreciate and expect the same-no smoke and mirrors...
***I pride myself on being a QUICK trader, normally getting your cards out by the next AM at the latest, so please respect me and do the same, thanks in advance! ***
