althib

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Member Since:   7/17/2019
Last Login:   10/26/2023
Points:   3,262
Location:   100 Miles East of Montreal, Canada
     
Collection:   80,901 cards
Collects:  

I trade cards to build baseball, hockey and some miscellaneous sports / non-sport sets. I also PC Felipe Alou, Derek Aucoin, Steve Begin, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Dineen, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Bob Kudelski, Manon Rheaume and P.J. Stock as well. I do not buy cards. I also have a sweet spot for oddball / food issue / regional sets. New cards are regularly added to my FT/S list and all the cards I list here are NRMT or EX unless specified and I expect the same of you.

I don't collect micro-variations (dots, stars, copyright marks, holograms, printing plate codes...), they're not fun to search and I dislike the incessant frequency with which new ones are added. Seriously, what's the point if you gotta need to use a magnifier glass to check out if there's a dot on the back of a 1991 Fleer? However, I do all my best to check all my cards and to keep my lists up to date, but please ask me first, if micro-variations matter to you. The site really needs some way of opting out of micro-variations (just a default / any var. / unverified option for each card).

Besides helping to complete our collections one step closer each time, the opportunity would be nice to have traded with all the states, provinces and territories of North America. On this site only, I traded with members in 46 states, D.C., 9 provinces, N.W.T. and overseas. I can't wait to have a trade in Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, Wyoming, Manitoba, Nunavut and Yukon. However, if you don't live in the above jurisdictions, you're still more than welcome to trade with me. No trade to Russia, Belarus and Iran.

I'm an easy going, helpful and patient guy, but here's now my turn to announce that my NO TRADE LIST is growing due to an increased lack of civility on the forums and the full site. If (1) you nitpick and/or always have an opinion on anything and/or act like you own the site and you're not Admin or (2) you do not respond to counters or decline without expressing a reason or don't PM me to ask more time after several days of wait or (3) you send me ridiculous off-balanced offers or (4) you accept the trade and you can't mail your cards in a timely manner or you send me loose or severly damaged cards or (5) have a brand new (empty) account without info / feedback and ask for valuable cards or (6) you clearly didn't read my profile (ask first, at least) and ask me to buy your cards, then chances are that you just won a place on my NO TRADE LIST regardless of how much I may want what you have.

I am fine with shipping cards in single or multiple PWEs, if the cards are properly packaged. Also, I don't mind large or small transactions, but I currently prefer trades with 10 to 20 cards going each way or at least that the cards carry more value than the postage. I usually ship the same or the next business day. Just remember that Canada Post doesn't pick up or deliver on Saturday and Sunday.

International shipping is very easy, but it costs more for BOTH traders (not just from the U.S.). Here are some tips to save on shipping costs to Canada: use PWEs (Plain White Envelopes) and avoid bubble envelopes, plastic boxes and big stacks of cards. Ship as flat as you can (cut 9 pocket pages in 3 rows and insert 4-5 cards in each pocket). The more it looks like a greeting card or documents mailed in a regular letter instead of a package, the more it tends to be cheaper to ship. Current U.S. to Canada first class postage rate (up to 2 oz) is $1.40 and if non-machinable, $1.79. If you don't have Global Forever stamps handy, three regular Forever stamps work as well. There's also no need to pay $14.85 for shipping with international tracking, because it is just too expensive, it will be way slower to arrive and Canada Post won't track your postal item anyway. Overall, postal service tends to be slower in Canada and at times a bit harder to predict, but it is as reliable as in the U. S.. Lastly, no cross-border shipping by Fedex or UPS: they charge $40.00+ custom brokerage on each and every package they handle no matter if it is duty free or not.

A.S.

     


Feedback

100.00% Positive (835 Comments)

Aug 29, 2019 - 6:54PM
Halfnard
Rating: Positive

Awesome trade. Looking forward to more.

Aug 28, 2019 - 6:03AM
karsal
Rating: Positive

Fantastic large trade! Highly recommended trading partner.
Thank you.

Aug 28, 2019 - 12:05AM
Orry04
Rating: Positive

Great looking cards. Thanks for the trade. Hope to do it again soon.

Aug 27, 2019 - 9:11PM
George Hayes
Rating: Positive

Thanks for the trade. Cards looked brand new.

Aug 27, 2019 - 8:44AM
AwgyDawgy
Rating: Positive

Good simple first trade. Thank you for the cards.

Aug 26, 2019 - 2:31AM
RJ Smith
Rating: Positive

Great trader. Quick to mail. AA++

Aug 25, 2019 - 9:23PM
colonel98801
Rating: Positive

Thanks for the great trade!

Aug 23, 2019 - 1:14PM
Magai
Rating: Positive

This a great trader!!!! There were problems, but they were caused by me.

Aug 23, 2019 - 12:48PM
wax_house
Rating: Positive

great trade, thanks!

Aug 22, 2019 - 11:01PM
herbinator
Rating: Positive

Very nice small trade , great cards

Shane

Aug 22, 2019 - 6:23PM
dicefoot
Rating: Positive

Cards rec'd. A nice little PWE transaction. Thanks for the trade.

Aug 19, 2019 - 6:56PM
capsboy
Rating: Positive

Good trade, would trade with again.

Aug 19, 2019 - 3:54PM
karsal
Rating: Positive

Second as good as the first.
See you on the next one.
Thank you.

Aug 17, 2019 - 3:10PM
Joshua825
Rating: Positive

Great trade, hope to trade with again in the future!

Aug 17, 2019 - 1:33AM
otisthelab
Rating: Positive

Really nice to communicate with. Even though in some extra cards.

Aug 16, 2019 - 9:40PM
joe0786
Rating: Positive

Quick and easy trade. looking forward to more trades.

Aug 16, 2019 - 6:10PM
BigOinPa
Rating: Positive

Nice first small trade...Hope to trade with again.....

Aug 15, 2019 - 4:41PM
bkim
Rating: Positive

A nice trade for a nice card I needed and about 5 he needed
Safe Secure Swift shipping
Hope to do another sometime

Aug 14, 2019 - 4:28PM
jmkidd
Rating: Positive

Great Trader!

Aug 14, 2019 - 4:23PM
Bizzork
Rating: Positive

Great trade, would be happy to trade again.

Aug 14, 2019 - 4:15PM
CrazieJoe
Rating: Positive

Great trader, would trade with again. Many thanks.

Aug 14, 2019 - 6:11AM
SportsCardHunter
Rating: Positive

Great trade... Hope to do more in the future!

Aug 13, 2019 - 3:55PM
karsal
Rating: Positive

Excellent first trade, second in the mail.
Thank you.

Aug 10, 2019 - 6:37PM
Thick McRunfast
Rating: Positive

Great trade. Friendly TCDB member. Thanks very much!

Aug 9, 2019 - 9:33PM
KGTCards
Rating: Positive

Great trade!

Aug 9, 2019 - 8:58PM
Tgrs_4_me
Rating: Positive

Easy trade, looking forward to doing more.

Aug 9, 2019 - 6:31PM
madballboy
Rating: Positive

great trade partner

Aug 9, 2019 - 1:15PM
HookedSince68
Rating: Positive

My second trade this week with J.F.! Both outstanding. Highly recommend.

Aug 9, 2019 - 1:13PM
irish77
Rating: Positive

Excellent little trade. Looking forward to many more.

Aug 8, 2019 - 9:55PM
rmpaq5
Rating: Positive

Thanks for the nice little trade!

Aug 8, 2019 - 3:26PM
olerud363
Rating: Positive

Thanks for the trade!

Aug 7, 2019 - 6:39PM
WallyCub
Rating: Positive

Good Deal Well Done!

Aug 6, 2019 - 1:56PM
HookedSince68
Rating: Positive

Just completed first of two trades this week with this trader. Highly satisfied, recommend!

Tip for fellow Americans shipping small PWE trades to Canada: cut 9-pocket sheets, oui!, rigid top-loaders, non!

Aug 5, 2019 - 11:00AM
Mihome316
Rating: Positive

Great trader. Smooth transaction. Great to work with.

Aug 2, 2019 - 9:17PM
joe0786
Rating: Positive

Great cards, fast delivery, Looking forward to more trades.

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