Darksnark

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, Gabriela Sabatini 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 am working 12 hour shifts, but I always try to 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.

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, Gabriela Sabatini 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 am working 12 hour shifts, but I always try to 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.

Football sets from 1970 or later: Topps, Score, Pro Set and Pacific

Hockey Sets: Upper Deck 

Teams

• New England Patriots
• Toronto Maple Leafs

Players

• Greg Lloyd
• Warren Saap
• Steve Yzerman

Current Priorities:

• 94 Topps Football
• 91 Upper Deck Football
• 2020 Score Football

Trading Note

I love trading and have no issues trading across the border to our friends down south. I don't particularly care about the dollar value of the cards in the deal and am more focused on balancing the quantity, but I will adjust if dollar value is important to my trading partner. I'm pretty easy and flexible and just ask that people are fair and reasonable. I will also happily trade football for hockey or vice versa and the era of the cards does not matter to me - I just want to get rid of my doubles for cards that I actually want. My doubles have absolutely no value to me as part of my collection. 

Buying

I am not really that interested in buying cards and would much rather trade. That being said, if something peeks my interest I still may go for it. I will not buy from outside Canada however, as the exchange does not make it worth my while.  

I have baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and racing to trade---happy to trade across sports (and trying to acquire more hockey)

My wants: 

• Hockey: Pittsburgh Penguins (all eras but particularly Sidney Crosby and Marc-Andre Fleury), Minnesota Wild (Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy, Brock Faber), Arizona Coyotes (Clayton Keller and Logan Cooley), Young Guns, certified autographs, relics, Pinnacle Masks, enforcers, minor league hockey (all eras). 
• Baseball: relics of players from the beginning of baseball through the 1990s.

Any size trade is fine

PWE is always preferred and has worked fine even for relics - please don't waste extra money on postage!

*****  042924 ****

..A set back on my ankle...I need another surgery on my ankle which I am having Friday May 3rd. I will be laid up another 6 weeks...NO WEIGHT BEARING ON FOOT...I have to turn off my trades...I have 11 trades in process and cards have been mailed out....I am so bummed but it has to be done.....

04-14-24....OK I'M GOING TO TURN ON MY TRADING TODAY. I WILL SEE HOW IT GOES...STILL REHABBING BUT GETTING BETTER...

03-30-24

SET BACK ON SURGERY...THE ROD THEY PUT IN MY LEG BROKE SINCE SURGERY ON 11-06-23...

BACK TO SQUARE ONE WITH REMOVAL OF ROD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.....

01-25-24

*****SURGERY WENT WELL...STILL NOT HOME ...RECOUPING NOW...WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW WHEN I RESUME TRADING...THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.....************

10-10-23

^^^^^^^^^^^   UNFORTUNATELY...I NEED RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY ON MY RT ANKLE. I WILL BE LAID UP FOR 6-8 WEEKS WITH NO WEIGHT BEARING FOR 6 WEEKS...I'LL HAVE TO TURN OFF TRADES FOR AWHILE..SORRY....THANK YOU..  ^^^^^^^^^^^^

*******  RIGHT NOW I AM ONLY TRADING WITH THE USA  AND CANADA....INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.....***********

********** Priority on Baseball Sets to complete....**********

2001 TOPPS ......need 2

2010 TOPPS.....need 1

********  Trying to Finish the 80-81 Topps HOCKEY set.....I'm looking for the UNSCRATCHED cards ....Any help will be appreciated  *****

Baseball and Hockey. Trying to complete sets in Hockey and Baseball from my childhood...Also collecting modern day sets..Basically a BASE SET builder..... No trade, too small or too big.....

As always, you can counter any trade I propose....I just want a FAIR trade for both parties...

Also collect PHILADELPHIA FLYER cards and PITTSBURGH PIRATE cards. 

 Happy Trading.....TOM.....

I will sell almost anything if the offer is reasonable.  I am completely upfront about condition and will send photos if you so desire.

***I have given up caring about "INC" or "INC." variances.  If these are of importance to you, I am not the one to trade with.  You get what you get.****

Various hockey sets, most between '80 and '97

My priorities are:

#1 - 1995-96  Score Hockey - Black Ice parallels, Check It + Golden Blades inserts

#2 - 1996-97 Score Hockey - Check It + Net Worth + Sudden Death + Dream Team inserts

#3 - Doug Gilmour - Anything I don't already have (not limited to trading cards)

#4 - Henrik Lundqvist - Anything I don't already have (not limited to trading cards)

#5 - All 1st Generation Pokemon TCG cards and various non-gaming cards as well

#6 - All Canadian and American NHCD sets

#7 - 1994-95 Parkhurst SE Hockey - Base Sets + Vintage inserts + Euro Stars

#8 - 1995-96 Parkhurst International - Base Sets + Parallels + Inserts

Other sets  - 1992 Fleer Baseball - Inserts + Update set

                  - 1996-97 Collector's Choice Hockey

                  - 1992-93 Score Canadian Hockey

                  - 2013-14 Score Hockey + Inserts + Update set

                  - 2x Ultra-pro 20-pocket Pages

                  - 2x Very lightly used "one-touch" holder

If I have cards which you are interested in, but not very much from my wantlist, send me a qucik PM. I can usually find some cards from your list and we can put a trade together. Likewise, depending on what your are interested in, I have, on occasion, "sold" cards for the price of whatever that postage costs in order to get them into the hands of someone who really wants them. 

I have lots of baseball and a little basketball from late 80's to early 90's that I'm looking to trade. If you see something you like, feel free to ask for more details, or send a trade or purchase offer. Although my preference is trading, I am willing to sell anything from my trade list that you might be interested in. To a lesser extent, I am also open to buying (as it may be the only way to obtain some of the inserts I am interested in)

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I am open to small and large trades, and any offer will be considered. Although I prefer to trade base card for base card, insert for insert, star for star, etc, I understand that this may not always be possible based on each others' needs and available traders, but please be reasonable. In doing this, my biggest aim is not necessarily looking at perceived monetary values, but moreso finding value for both sides by growing both of our collections. I am willing to trade cross-border, or even with our members outside of North America, as long as the trade is agreeable for everyone. Remember, international shipping costs are more for BOTH traders.

I am quite happy to provide details on card conditions or any kinds of photos you might want, just say the magic words. I will always do my best to let you know of any sort of defects I observe, but I ask the same in return. I believe I have a pretty good record of having done this with trading partners in the past. If the condition of any card is of utmost importance, please let me know. I am slowly adding grades and notes to anything I would consider to be less than "NM-MT", but I am not a professional grader, so I do not claim that these are 100% accurate.

Philadelphia Flyers hockey. Players with the last name Chamberlain. With focus on Wes Chamberlain (#1 on TCDB)

As of 3/11/24 i am turning off trading until i can get better organized. Hopefully i will be back soon. If i have something you really need send me a message

Until the end of June, I will be slow to answer to offers. It's my first full year of teaching in High school with 3 differents courses to give, so i won't have a lot of time for cards. Sorry

Main PC : Mikhail Sergachev

Looking for Tampa Bay Lightning Prospects.

Trying to complete :

• 22-23 UD YG and YG Canvas set (Extended YG and YGC)
• UD Base Sets from 2015-16 and 2018-19
• 2019-20 SP Retail (Rookie Jersey)
• 2021-22 Parkhurst Base set (to complete it)
• 2023-24 Tim Hortons Hockey - some Symmetry Standouts cards

Interested also in

• 2001-02 Parkhurst Vintage Autograph : missing 13
• 2006-07 Parkhurst Autograph (base set with autos) : missing 14
• 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions Autograph (base set with autos) : missing 32
• 2018-19 and 2019-20 Chronology Autograph
• 2020-21 SP Legends Autograph

Ranking on TCDB :

• 1st : Alex Barre-Boulet (108)
• 1st : Mikhail Sergachev (225)
• 1st : Gabriel Fortier (19)
• 1st : Ross Colton (33)

Until the end of June, I will be slow to answer to offers. It's my first full year of teaching in High school with 3 differents courses to give, so i won't have a lot of time for cards. Sorry

Main PC : Mikhail Sergachev

Looking for Tampa Bay Lightning Prospects.

Trying to complete :

• 22-23 UD YG and YG Canvas set (Extended YG and YGC)
• UD Base Sets from 2015-16 and 2018-19
• 2019-20 SP Retail (Rookie Jersey)
• 2021-22 Parkhurst Base set (to complete it)
• 2023-24 Tim Hortons Hockey - some Symmetry Standouts cards

Interested also in

• 2001-02 Parkhurst Vintage Autograph : missing 13
• 2006-07 Parkhurst Autograph (base set with autos) : missing 14
• 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions Autograph (base set with autos) : missing 32
• 2018-19 and 2019-20 Chronology Autograph
• 2020-21 SP Legends Autograph

Ranking on TCDB :

• 1st : Alex Barre-Boulet (108)
• 1st : Mikhail Sergachev (225)
• 1st : Gabriel Fortier (19)
• 1st : Ross Colton (33)

Decided to start collecting Buffalo Sabres cards from 1984 on, want list includes 1970 on though. So basically, taking all Sabres cards people want to jettison. Not looking for stickers though. 

Started collecting World Series one sheets from 1984 on. Always welcoming help on that front.

Open to trades and willing to help those looking to finalize sets. If it's on my trade list, I generally have it in a set or its part of an assortment of cards I've gotten over the years. Reach out if you have a specific need in those years.

August 07, 2023 - My apologies to everyone. I was in a car accident a few weeks ago and have a broken wrist, buggered elbow and leg. I am turning trading back on but ask for your patience, it's hard to go through the cards in my present condition.

OK, it is now April 01, 2023 and I have finally figured out what I'm going to concentrate on for the next two years.

Priority #1 - Tim Hortons cards on my want list and the first three binders that I still need (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)

Priority #2 - Young guns on my want list.

Priority #3 - Remaining McDonald's cards on my want list.

To that extent, I have started releasing all the O-Pee-Chee cards that I have in my collection and started adding, or correcting the Upper Deck base sets to my want list as well as memorabilia cards from Upper Deck.

I have no problem with cross sport trading and welcome all proposals.

Happy Trading.

February 2022 update:

So my efforts to focus on hockey as much as possible over the past 16 months have failed miserably. There are just too many really nice baseball (and a few football) sets to collect. I am a sucker for vintage look and feel (Gypsy Queen, A&G, Heritage, Archives). I am also pretty keen on inserts and a few parallels.

If you have any of the following, let's talk:

Hockey:

• OPC Retro parallels

Baseball:

• 2019 A&G Hotbox Gold parallels
• 2021 Gypsy Queen Green parallels
• 2021 Topps Archives Big Foil inserts

I've been having a great time trading around the world - looking forward to keeping the good times rolling in 2022!

I pretty much collect Hockey, and Basketball and non sport. I do have a large collection of over 250 000 cards that i am trying to get into the system here but as you are aware it takes a while to get them in. If you dont see anything in my collection just ask as i might have. I am looking to complete sets. I love trading as it keeps thewife off my ass about spending money on this but if i don't have a trade that you need but have cards i want please send me a price and i would be willing to look at it.

My Parkhurst, Tim Hortons, McDonalsds, Fleer (skybox, Flair) Pro Set, Donruss, Panini, OPC, Pinnacle, Topps Ultimate, in the game, Pacific,Leaf, Bowman and Classic and finally upper deck  and Score complete,  I also have a love for Star trek and would look at any deal on those cards. Now my hockey is done, i am going to add my 100 000 baseball and then my basketball. Please don't send me Deals on baseball, or basket ball as of yet until i get my collections in, i have many boxes to add, the ones in this system were what i had in binders.

Also my vinatage cards have been with me for years, if you very concerned over the condition of them please ask for my email and provide me with yours so i can send pics, my cards are in great shape for being with me over the years, no tears or folds but i would be happy to show you condidtion if your that serouis collector who wants mint. 

thanking for looking and i hope we can make a trade.

I am a person with a fast turn around, in most cases if we have a deal today, the cards will be sent tomorrow. I expect the same from you as well. I also check to make sure we are trading dollar for dollar. I dont do card for card unless they are same value or enough cards make up the value. Please don't send one or two card trades, lets make the biggest deal possible, or least the deal should be more then postage, and please make sure you put the transaction number on the envelope or somewhere inside the package, so many people don't and if your like me who have many deals going at once it makes it very hard to figare out what deal it is with out the number.

Also i have been trading for a while now, and the 2 biggest problems i have is the amount of tape people use to wrap the cards, please try to use as little as possible, and second please put the trading id on something in the package. I have any where from 5 to 20 deals happing at all times, its sucks when you have to go through deal by deal to find the transaction. It would be so much easier if the transaction id was printed on something inside, thank you. (Also your name and trading name would be a bonus as well)

Wow just hit over 100 trade deals, crazy time flies when your having fun! looking forward to hitting the 200 or 250 deal. Will have to do somethign special for the 250th Deal!.

1971-72 OPC

1974-75 OPC WHA

1984-85 OPC + Topps

Any year of OPC Retro variants

2016-17 Upper Deck Series 1+2 + Portraits, Canvas+ Game Jersey

2017 Upper Deck Toronto Maple Leafs Centennial (Especially Leafs Marks)

PC Jeremy Roenick

If there is a trade with 16 or less cards, I will trade using a Plain White Envelope.

I am fine receiving trades in PWE's as well

ANY MEMBER WHO CONDUCTS TRANSACTIONS WITH JMNOVFF WILL NEVER HAVE AN OFFER ACCEPTED BY ME.   READ MY FEEDBACK FOR AN EXPLANATION.

I am retired US Navy and retired law enforcement. 
Which equates to I have no tolerance for BS

WHY would anyone want to hold on to damaged cards to trade. 

If you sign in and can’t be bothered to reply with a simple acknowledgment to a trade offer( accepting or declining, or a simple I’m looking it over, then you are on my no trade list for no communication etiquette.

No trade list  ( this list is my guide of who not to do future trades with) 

Jmnovff   I paid for cards, never received them and wouldn’t get a full refund when requested. 

Hawking  I refuse to be told to go f@ck  myself

Oldtimer  bait and switch on a trade and lacks candor. 

MrMike    Has no candor, trades damaged, cigarette smoke smelling cards.   Read his feedback and be amazed like me he is still on this site. 

Shaggy69    for collecting PiF cards because he made other members believe he was hurt in a car accident. 

I won't trade with anyone that is farther than a Harley ride in the event I have to retrieve my cards in person. 

My Pronouns are Me, Myself & I

I'm all about the O-Pee-Chee (All Sports and Non Sports) + some Soccer and the occasional oddballs that catch my eye.

Love trading and will always try to find something to make it work. My trade lists goes up and down as I buy lots from garage sales/auctions/kijiji etc and then try to trade the pieces for more O-Pee-Chee goodness.

Please don't bother asking for things not on my trade list. If they're in my collection then they are in my collection for a reason.

#1 Larry Lozinski Collector

Happy to sell if we don’t have matches and there is something you’d like  

Primarily I'm an OPC hockey and Baseball set builder.  My OPC PC spans 1968 to 2004 (recently started adding more current OPC cards).  Lots of holes left to fill, lots of duplicates to offer.  

Secondly, I collect Topps basketball from the 70's and 80's . . . hard to find this stuff in Western Canada, so I have a long ways to go with the basketball collection.

I also have the staple Canadian food-issued McDonald's and Tim Horton's sets - that is the extent of my more modern cards.

I don't like creases and roughed up vintage cards, but I don't demand mint condition either.  I would like to say my vintage collection is VG to Excellent.

I'm up for any trades - I'll cross sports, eras and brands.  I don't mind trading a dollar for four quarters, but I may ask you to throw in a dime.

Excited to get trading.

(Picture - was sitting in a Starbucks enjoying my morning and these two decided to sit at my table.  Had to take a picture - didn't think anyone would beleive me!  lol)

Al

I have trades turned back on. The majority of my collection is still in storage but I have a handful of cards with me. If you would like to trade please feel free to message me and I would be more than happy to let you know what I have.

I am a diehard NY Rangers fan.

I am a collector of all thing's hockey, and I am always looking to expand my collection.

I started collecting in the early 80s and have recently started again.

I am mainly a set collector, but I do collect Gretzky and several other players as well as any other cards I find cool.

Always open for trade offers. If you don't see anything on my FS/FT list, I am open to checking if there are any cards on your Wantlist that I have (I still haven't added everything to the site).

I try and respond to offers within a day, sometimes it takes a little longer because I check the cards before I accept or counter. I never want to send any card out without the condition known.