General Forum

I know this has been addressed over the years but I figure the hobby has changed enough in the last couple years I wanted to bring it up again. Where is your favorite place to buy commons to complete sets? I am talking truly the filler cards. Not the big name rookies, stars etc. I much prefer completing sets but like everything else in the hobby it is getting increasingly expensive to do so.

• Sportlots - I like Sportlots but the negative is of course trying to find a particular seller that has a good number of what you are looking for. The box shipping option certainly helps to reduce shipping costs and this has generally been my go to for acquiring commons I am looking for.
• Cardbarrel.com (FKA Just Commons) - I've never ordered here but it seems like a decent option. The negative is they only have baseball and I am working on numerous basketball sets as well.
• COMC - I really only do this for very hard to find cards as they are pretty expensive for commons.

It seems like more and more your options turn out to around $1 for 5 cards not including shipping. Depending on how many you are missing you have to do the math to see if you are better off buying a complete set instead of just trying to buy the commons you need. This kind of kills the whole point of set collecting.

Has anybody discovered better alternatives? Thanks for your input.

Mitch

baseballcards.ca

If you find enough on his site to make the falt rate shipping worthwhile (and compared to other sellers' rates, his are by far the best), at $0.10 per card, you won't find cheaper unless buying large lots of duplicates and cards you already have.

I know there are several members here that will sell the commons real cheap.   Most other trading site just do not deal in commons.

It all depends on what set you are looking for.

Just to correct Bruno - think you mean www.baseballcardstore.ca.

I agree that I would probably start here. I know personally I have made a few collection purchases locally and would love to sell commons for a low price to help them out if I could and could also offer affordable shipping. I am sure many others are in that same position. I would probably just start a thread here saying something like: Looking to buy 2012 Topps cards to complete my set, willing to pay $.05 per card plus shipping for commons or something like that and I wouldn't doubt you would get several offering to help out.

that's the one, thanks. My mistake.

In my experience, this site is by far the best and cheapest way to complete sets.  Of couse you'll need something to trade and the patience to look for what you need.  I've listed over 200,000 cards to trade and I'm adding more all time.  There many other site members doing the same thing.  Good luck on your search.  Craig

NEPA Card Sales :) :) I'm slowly uploading my cards on there plus I have sports memorabilia like Mickey Mantle auto's and Whitey Ford just to name a few