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mrrosado
Posts: 74
Joined: Oct 2018
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Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:48 PM | |
I like the semi rigid holders. They do not require penny sleeves or team bags . This makes it easier to store the card and cheaper as well. The downside is to notbend your cardwhen placing it in the semi rigid holder. Which do you prefer and why?
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BrewerAndy
Posts: 690
Joined: Sep 2018
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Thursday, February 14, 2019 10:12 PM | |
Semis are great for PWE trades (less chance for an issue at the sorting machine) but I've never really used them for bulk storage. I have considered using them more actually as I think they're slightly easier to "flip through" and I don't mand-handle my cards a ton, I'm guessing they're a bit lighter? Although you can probably fit more cards/box so maybe its a wash? I wouldn't mind hearing other's experience as well
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spazmatastic
Posts: 5,905
Joined: Dec 2014
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Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:22 PM | |
Toploaders only. The semi-rigid's provide no more protection than a penny sleeve does. They also require larger card boxes for storage. I mostly store my cards in 9-card pages in binders, but my high-value cards go in a penny sleeve/toploader/team bag if they aren't in a hard case.
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NO PWE's EVER!!! PLZ PM me 1st before sending any offer. ONLY selling cards as of March 2024. No trades or purchases right now. _______________________________________________________________________ Largest total PC card collections by Team, then Athlete (as of 3/22/24): STL Cardinals (MLB) - 8810; Carolina Panthers - 2888; GB Packers - 1790+ cards Mark Martin (NASCAR) - 2038 cards; Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) - 1875 cards; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) - 1594; Ricky Rudd (NASCAR) - 839; Ozzie Smith (MLB) - 707
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cl_kyle
Posts: 839
Joined: Feb 2013
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Friday, February 15, 2019 12:07 AM | |
I sell mfrb's of toploaders for shipping cost if that gives an indication of my leaning.
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Big Ray
Posts: 147
Joined: Jan 2018
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Friday, February 15, 2019 12:27 AM | |
I'm with spaz - toploaders only. I dread when cards show up in the mail in the semi-rigids. The bulk of the damaged cards I've received have shown up in those things. I don't even try to pull cards out of them. I use a pair of scissors and cut off the side to remove the card. The semi-rigid is then deposited in the trash.
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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Friday, February 15, 2019 12:53 AM | |
After bending a card that I purchased in a "card-saver" last month, I'm now going to do exactly as Big Ray does and cut them out. I probably won't toss the empty ones but use the clear plastic for windows in some scale modeling projects. But if they have scratches, out they go.
While that may not sound like much, please remember that I do not throw anything away. I still have all the cards that got destroyed in the flood of February 2015, and I even have a collection of empty insulin pen caps.
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VERY slow trading due to health problems. Not transferrable so safe to trade with, just moving is painful and can't always access the cards. Cardboard History My COMC New Collection Website: Cardboard History Gallery (Still under construction) Tips on how to make your scans look like the card does in hand (No more washed out, fuzzy scans!):
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spazmatastic
Posts: 5,905
Joined: Dec 2014
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Friday, February 15, 2019 1:07 AM | |
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NO PWE's EVER!!! PLZ PM me 1st before sending any offer. ONLY selling cards as of March 2024. No trades or purchases right now. _______________________________________________________________________ Largest total PC card collections by Team, then Athlete (as of 3/22/24): STL Cardinals (MLB) - 8810; Carolina Panthers - 2888; GB Packers - 1790+ cards Mark Martin (NASCAR) - 2038 cards; Jimmie Johnson (NASCAR) - 1875 cards; Jeff Gordon (NASCAR) - 1594; Ricky Rudd (NASCAR) - 839; Ozzie Smith (MLB) - 707
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sandyrusty
Posts: 4,701
Joined: Dec 2014
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Gunny
Posts: 1,324
Joined: Jan 2009
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Friday, February 15, 2019 4:46 AM | |
Top loaders for my Main Collection fer sure. The semi-rigid thingees are immediately discarded if they enter my domain. I also have a fair number of binders which I am still figuring out what to do with, keep or convert to toploaders for keepers.
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AtarianX
Posts: 44
Joined: May 2018
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Friday, February 15, 2019 5:05 AM | |
Toploaders only for me, I utterly despise the semi rigid card savers. Case in point - I bought a Topps on-demand card I had missed from a dealer who sent it in a semi rigid. I don't know if it was the loader or the printing method Topps uses for their online cards, but when I tried to remove the card by cutting the sides off first, a huge portion of the card face remained stuck to the plastic, and destroyed the card. Even if I had to use one for a grading submission, I sure as hell wouldn't skip the penny sleeve!
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- Wil
Obsessed with Springfield MA Hockey and the history of the AHL. Always in search of cards & memorabilia related to Spfld Indians, Kings, Falcons, Thunderbirds, finding the 2004 and 2007 Choice Pawtucket Red Sox team sets.
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