Thanks for reading and I hope we get to make a trade!
This site offers the unique ability to turn stuff I don't want into stuff I do for only the cost of postage. I make 3-4 trades a week and I've completed over 400 trades.
Send me offers! I get maybe 1 offer for every 50-60 that I send out. I enjoy trading, but constantly searching for trades is becoming a time suck. If I have something you want, please ask me for it. If we don't have matches I will find something I'm willing to trade for on your trade-list.
Within reason, the actual value is less important to me than expanding my collection. I don't normally look up values. If the site has prices listed, I may use those, but my view is trading a card I don't want for a card I do want is a win regardless of "value" or "worth". I will try and even out trades with more than a couple cards in each direction based on Beckett BV or COMC/Sportlots.
If you get a trade offer from me that doesn't meet your expectations, please offer me a counter. If I decline a trade, I will always provide a reason, please offer me the same courtesy. If you decline a trade without a reason, I'm probably not offering again. If your response is "it's not worth the postage" or "values are a little off" I probably won't offer again. It's just not how I look at trading.
Collecting interests:
- Ripken Collection: This is my primary collection; I've been a collector since I was a kid. Currently the #6 on the site. My goal is over 5000 unique cards logged. So, if I don't have it, I want it. Although my want-list doesn't include any card SN#ed 25 or less, that doesn't mean I won't trade for it. I whittled down my want-list to only include cards SN#ed higher than 25 to make the list easier to navigate. I am willing to trade from this collection, so long as I have the same number or more cards coming in as I do going out, but I'm selective on what I'm willing to deal from this collection based on how difficult it would be to replace it.
- Vintage & high-profile Orioles and St. Louis Browns players: I have cards from lots of different Orioles players. Some guys I may have up to a couple dozen cards. Within this collection I'm trying to put together a collection of rookie cards for the top 50 Orioles WAR players of all-time, 48/50 complete. I do cycle cards in and out of this collection, especially for current players. If there is something you like here, message me and we may be able to work something out. My want-list is generally small for this collection but I'm open to adding stuff not on my want-list. If there is something you like from my trade-list, you can always offer me some Orioles cards. I especially like orange parallels and black parallels; it pairs well with the jerseys.
- Orioles minor league players: Notable Orioles prospects and minor league cards of significant Orioles players. These are generally not available because I tend to only keep one minor league card per player. I may be willing to make a deal involving the same player.
- Baseball Stars and HOFers: Unless you'd be offering a better card of the same player, these cards are not available for trade. I'm always interested in acquiring a card of a good or great baseball player, whether or not they are on my want-list. Condition (on vintage) usually doesn't matter to me as long as it's not creased or ripped. I'm more interested in the historical value than the monetary value for this collection.
- 1992 Topps Baseball: It may be the epitome of junk era cards, but this was the set that got me into collecting. I built the set as a kid and is one of only 2 complete sets I have. It's nostalgic that Topps has used this layout for reprint sets. In addition to '92 Topps and Topps Traded I have completed the '92 portions of 2012 Topps Archives (6 cards), 2013 Topps Archives (3 cards), and 2022 Archives (25 cards), I also have finished sets of 2021 Topps Update Redux (50 cards) and the 2022 Topps Archives MLD autographs (15 cards). I'm currently building '92 portion of 2017 Archives (100 cards).
- Football and Hockey: Buffalo Bills, Washington Football, and Buffalo Sabres cards. Feel free to offer me anything I don't have, particularly off-base cards. Prefer players not be in their college jerseys. If you want something from me and we don't have any matches, feel free to offer me stuff from these teams, particularly Josh Allen, Sean Taylor, or Chris Cooley. Any of these are also available in the right trade.
- Non-sports: This collection is just used to catalog my early 90's Marvel sets. No wants or for-trades for these and I'm not willing to break my complete Marvel sets. If you are looking at a trade and can't find anything, my kids are into Pokémon and I'll take some of the insert cards (EX, GX, V, MAX, etc..) in trades to trade with (or bribe) my kids.
Other useless and non-useless information:
- I'm constantly trying to build the different insert sets from Ripken's 2007 HOF year. I've already put together the Ultra Iron Man, SPx Iron Man, Upper Deck Commemorative, Upper Deck Road to the Hall (w/Gwynn), and the Upper Deck Iron Men (w/Gehrig), and am working on Spectrum Road to the Hall, and Ripken Chronicles. I'm only 1 away on the Chronicles set. Any help on these would be greatly appreciated as they are very hard to find on auction sites.
- I have a personal goal of seeing every MLB stadium. Currently at 26 and hopefully crossing off both LA stadiums next! Lots of good memories trying to complete this goal, but the best in-game memory is seeing Max Scherzer's no hitter! 1 OUT FROM A PERFECT GAME! Stupid Jose Tabata...
- Packaging: I prefer PWE. Trades become less enticing when I need to drop $5-$6 on a bubble mailer. I typically will package smaller trades (6 cards or less) in semi-rigid holder(s) with first class stamp. Over 6 cards will be shipped in 9 pocket pages with cereal box cardboard and a non-machinable stamp. I seldom make trades over 18 cards, but those would generally require a bubble mailer. Please don't tell me after we both accept a trade that you want your stuff packaged BMWT if it doesn't fit with how I pack things. I try and review packaging expectations in profiles before proposing a trade, but if that is your expectation, please make me aware before we both accept the trade. If your packaging expectation isn't stated in advance, I'm packing how I see most appropriate.
- Shipping: I make regular trips to the post office and will attempt to mail things out the day after they are accepted. I will only ship PWE internationally, must be able to be sent with a single international stamp.
- Trading: I don't have any weird restrictions on trades. I'm fine trading big lots for small lots or small lots for big lots. I'll trade between eras and between sports. I'll do inserts for commons or commons for inserts. I just want both sides to feel like they've improved their collection after our trade is completed.
- Buying: I'm open to buying but only if it's slanted in my favor and likely only to add to my Ripken collection. I'm much more interested in trading. Buying, in the type of cards I need to increase my collection gets very expensive, very quickly.
- Selling: I'm open to selling anything on my trade list. If you'd want bulk base commons, I'd do $0.15 - $0.20 per card plus shipping. That should be better than on eBay or Sportlots. Anything off base, send me a reasonable offer. I'd love to clear some room in my trade boxes. I tend to use COMC to comp anything off-base and make sure my price is less than on the site. I will quote any purchase BMWT unless we agree to a lower cost method. All reasonable offers considered!
