***I have to turn off trading for a bit. I can't seem to find enough work/life balance to spend on pulling cards. I'm sorry. ***
I love trading. With that said, I don't like trading on uneven terms. If you want an autographed rookie patch of your favorite player from my collection, it's going to take more than 50 1987 Topps common cards. Like a lot more. As a matter of fact, even if you added every common card on my want list to the transaction for one rookie patch auto, I would hesitate. I value common cards as set builders, not collection pieces so if you look at the trade you've proposed from my angle and you wouldn't agree to it, then don't propose it.
I like to trade like for like, although I have no problem crossing sports or years (within reason --- a common from 1949 Bowman does not equal a common from 1992 Donruss). So, if you want a Brett Favre rookie card from 1990, I will not have much trouble trading that for a 2017 Topps Alex Bregman.
My order of appreciation is as follows:
1) My favorite players - Alex Bregman, Robin Roberts (pitcher), Tyrann Mathieu and Joe Burrow. Any one of these is almost an automatic lock in any trade.
2) Baseball - This is my sport. This is my passion. Baseball cards will always be given top priority for trades. I am collecting sets from my birth year to present. Anything you have on my want list is of course desired, but it sweetens the pot considerably if it is from the late 70s.
3) Football - I still like collecting/buying football cards, but I have no real desire to collect sets anymore. I will trade for the cards of my favorite players listed above but other than that, I don't really care all that much. Since cutting the cord 15 years ago, I sometimes get to watch college football but usually only if my LSU Tigers are playing and on Sunday, I just find other things to do. The NFL has gotten old and boring for me. I don't even watch the Super Bowl anymore (I feel like I have to revoke my citizenship or something).
4) Basketball - I don't care about the NBA at all. If the Houston Rockets make it to the playoffs, I'll root for them. But otherwise, basketball is not even on the radar. College basketball is more fun, but I never watch it either.
I hope everyone is doing great!
Cheers!
---Ford
