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Lessons from Downtime
Growing up, it was the sports themselves that fueled my interest in the hobby. In the days (ok years) before ESPN and the onset of 24 hour sports coverage, all I knew from players and teams came from the back of the Topps sets I tried to put together every year. As an adult collector, [...]
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16Jul2008 | oregonweim | 0 comments | Continued
White Plains Show Wrap Up
My first White Plains Show dealer experience ended not with a bang but with interesting tales of Yankees of old. As with Saturday, traffic on Sunday was decent but sales were down. Much of that is due to my inventory (just getting into prospecting means I am behind the proverbial 8 ball), but [...]
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31Mar2008 | oregonweim | 2 comments | Continued
Day 2 White Plains Show Report
Sorry for the delay. Lisa, the gnome and I were up late in consultations with the people of the Mohegan Tribe. Sadly, for myself, losing a couple bills at roulette was the highlight of my day. Traffic was decent, but it seemed many came only for the autograph signers. Hopefully Sunday will [...]
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30Mar2008 | oregonweim | 6 comments | Continued
Day 1 of White Plains Sports Card Show
It was a fun first day for those set up here in White Plains, New York. Fellow TCGer Lisa (lisu) is sharing a booth with me. Sadly, her baseball prospects dwarf mine, but it’s all good. For the most part it has been a steady trickle of people through the show, with several [...]
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29Mar2008 | oregonweim | 9 comments | Continued
Show Report, East Windsor Best Western Hotel, March 16th
Every third Sunday of the month the trade show caravan travels to the Best Western Hotel in East Windsor, Connecticut. Like many other card shows, this once large show has been reduced in size, but it still provides a good 16-20 dealers for the card seeking public out there. As with East Catholic, and featuring [...]
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22Mar2008 | oregonweim | 2 comments | Continued
Big Changes to Paypal Seller Protection Services
Starting today (for eBay Powersellers) PayPal is rolling out a new, extended version of its buyer protection policies. The full story can be read here on the PayPal Blog, the quick summary is that going forward you will be able to
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20Mar2008 | oregonweim | 7 comments | Continued
Football May Be King of The American Sports Landscape, But Baseball Prospecting Rules This Hobby of Ours.
Like many other members of The Collectors Group, baseball was a product I would bust for fun, to “ease the itch” so to speak. Football, in the context of sporting events, was the center of my viewing world. College in particular, then following ‘my guys’ into the pros. As a young collector [...]
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19Mar2008 | oregonweim | 2 comments | Continued
Member Pickups Week in Review: 3/10 - 3/16
Welcome to the week that was for members of The Collectors Group. Each week we will try and highlight some of the great cards our members picked up via ebay, trades, or other nefarious means. These are just some of the many great cards our members have added recently, be sure to read ‘The Post [...]
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17Mar2008 | oregonweim | 10 comments | Continued
The Madness is Here!!!
March Madness has hit The Collectors Group full force so be sure to get involved while you can! There are many ways for our members to enjoy these dark days of zero productivity. Increase your game points wagering in the Sports Book; challenge your fellow members as your favorite teams play each round in the [...]
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17Mar2008 | oregonweim | 2 comments | Continued
Spreading the Word
Long time members know we are now beginning to spread the word about our fair little site. Our politicians have their ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ states, well, we (thanks to Google) have our Dark Green and Light Green states. Dark meaning a large number of visits, Light meaning not so many. The truly [...]
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15Mar2008 | oregonweim | 4 comments | ContinuedTrading Card Companies
Agree. Nice blog entry! 
nice picture you found Zeeck. The funny thing is I know the collector who owns that outfit... (no it ...
I love to test... 