Houston Astros and their affiliates
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January 2026:
Been here over six months now. Probably traded for 1000 cards. Awesome that I can improve my collection significantly without spending an ill-advised fortune on ebay :-). Thank you to all I've dealt with.
Becoming more used to the "cut-down-pages and cardboard shield" method of PWE trades. I still prefer 1 2 or 3 card trades where I can ship card holders, or medium sized trades that justify the use of a padded mailer. Even had a big trade where I used a priority mail box, and that worked well, since I was receiving 60+ cards. Thanks mfreeman.
--I will mark a trade shipped only AFTER the post office has it in their possession. Seems logical.
--I will leave feedback BEFORE i've received it. If you have fulfilled the conditions of the trade I'll say so, and you are free to say what you will about my end, no strings attached., Only fair.
I've stopped using Sportscardpro.
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June 2025:
After taking a decadelong break from collecting coming back with the express longterm goal of selling my collection, hopefully in one piece. To do that medium term goal is to get every card I own loaded either here or at sportscardpro.
While I'm doing this, no harm in trying to improve the collection, so have loaded a bunch of trader and a bunch of wants.
My collection overwhelmingly sits in 9 pocket sheets, which sit in binders, which sit in cardboard boxes, which are stacked up against one wall of my study. It is a chore if I want to get at a card in the bottom row, so sometimes with trades, it'll be a case where I'm waiting for the weekend to get at the cards.
Then some of my doubles are in various sizes of those white cardboard boxes, and those are (fairly) easy to get at for me, but may not be ordered--so THAT may take some time too.
Plus I'm new to the site, and still figuring things out.
So I've got some decent cards to trade, and I'm honest (you'll have to take my word for it while I build my reputation) and I ship in padded mailers but you might need to show some patience.
If you're curious about any card in my collection just search for it here: http://www.astroland.net/engine.php.
It's quicker than checking here, and then at sportcardpro.
